Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
 
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Soft and spongy, perfectly flavored pumpkin squares speckled with chocolate chips and topped with cream cheese frosting. A combination that you will absolutely love and make again and again.
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Recipe type: Dessert/Fall/Pumpkin
Serves: 25
Ingredients
  • 4 eggs
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • 1 cup canola or vegetable oil
  • 1 (15 oz) can pumpkin puree
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour (Try it with wheat flour, if you have some.)
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ (heaping) cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • FROSTING:
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • 1 (8 ounce) package of cream cheese, softened
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
  1. BARS:
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 13"x 18" cookie sheet. Set aside.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, mix eggs, sugar, oil, and pumpkin until creamy.
  4. Next, add all dry ingredients and mix well.
  5. Stir in the chocolate chips.
  6. Pour into prepared cookie sheet and bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  7. Cool completely before frosting.
  8. FROSTING:
  9. Place softened butter and softened cream cheese in a medium-sized mixing bowl.
  10. Use a hand mixer to cream them together.
  11. Next, add the powdered sugar and mix until smooth and creamy.
  12. Spread evenly over completely cooled bars. (See step-by-step pictures for a tip on spreading frosting easier.)
  13. Keep bars refrigerated.
  14. Enjoy!
Recipe by Real Life Dinner at https://reallifedinner.com/pumpkin-chocolate-chip-bars-with-cream-cheese-frosting/