Pumpkin Granola Bars
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
Wet Ingredients
- 1/4 Cup Nut/Seed Butter (I used pumpkin seed butter! See notes below)
- 1/4 Cup Pumpkin Puree (this is different than pumpkin pie filling!)
- 1/3 Cup Agave
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Seasoning
Dry Ingredients
- 1 Cup Oats (whole rolled oats)
- 1 Cup Vegan Protein Powder (I used Plantfusion Complete Protein - Plain)
- 1/4 Cup Pumpkin Seeds
- 1/4 Cup Hemp Hearts
Other
- 1/2 Cup Chocolate Chips (I used enjoy life)
- Sea Salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- In a large bowl add all of your wet ingredients and mix until smooth.
- In a smaller bowl add all of your dry ingredients and miss until combined. Then add your dry ingredients to your wet ingredients and mix until everything is combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Line 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper and add batter - pressing into edges of pan until smooth.
- Bake for 20 minutes until chocolate starts to melt.
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle sea salt on top while still hot. Let sit for ~10 mins to cool.
Notes
Feel free to use whatever nut/seed butter you have or prefer. I had some Pumpkin seed butter and really wanted to amplify the pumpkin flavor!