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Chocolate Covered Pumpkin Breakfast Bars

October 21, 2013 By Kaylee Pauley 4 Comments

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chocolate-covered-pumpkin-breakfast-bars1hI love the fall. I love the crisp autumn mornings, love the smell of drying leaves, love wearing layers and scarves, love the idea of a bonfire with roasted marshmallows and s’mores, love to hike in the mountains and marvel at the changing colors, I could go on and on. And I guess I already have. But needless to say, fall is my favorite time of the year. Which is why we chose this time of the year to visit Vermont.

chocolate-covered-pumpkin-breakfast-bars33Josh and I just got back from visiting the New England area, specifically Vermont, with his parents a few weeks ago. Truly, more than once, a feeling that I was meant to live in Vermont swelled up inside of me. Now granted, we did visit during one of the most beautiful times of the year, the colors were absolutely incredible. The foliage is so beautiful there in the fall, that they have names for people like us, they call us Leaf Peepers. Vermont actually has a large industry built to support the tourism they receive during these autumn months.

Aside from the beautiful colors, the state is full of small business, local restaurants, Mom and Pop Bed and Breakfasts, there are little to no chains. Only in Burlington, one of Vermont’s biggest cities, did we even see a Best Western hotel and a few larger chain stores and restaurants. They have done their best to keep large corporations out of the state in an effort to support small, locally owned businesses. As a result, everything is so quaint and charming. So you have lovely old homes, cute small cafes, gorgeous bed and breakfasts and lovely people all placed in an incredible and colorful scenery, who wouldn’t want to live there?

chocolate-covered-pumpkin-breakfast-barsNow, once the cold and snow sets in, I’m not sure I’d find it so charming. But for now, Vermont will remain in my memory as a picture-perfect place to live. And the best part about it all? I feel like I get fall twice! We were there the first week of October and while it was still warm in Nashville, there everyone had their pumpkins on the porch, scarecrows in the yard and mums by the front door. Then, upon returning to Tennessee, the mornings are cooler, the mums are out and at the entrance to every grocery store are pumpkins of all shapes and sizes. Hence, fall twice.

chocolate-covered-pumpkin-breakfast-bars1Enough about Vermont for now, I plan to do another post before too longer sharing a bit more on the places we stayed, the things we ate and the gorgeous pictures we captured. For now, lets talk about these Chocolate Covered Pumpkin Breakfast Bars

chocolate-covered-pumpkin-breakfast-bars1aThese are a tasty, healthy and festive breakfast bar, and what breakfast bar isn’t better covered in chocolate?? I must admit, when I started these bars I had planned on calling them granola bars, but the consistency wasn’t quite as crunchy, crispy, or chewy as I like my granola bars to be. Instead, the texture came out much more like a bar would be, only because of it’s loaded nutrition value, it feels like a breakfast bar rather than a dessert bar.

chocolate-covered-pumpkin-breakfast-bars1bRegardless of what it’s called, it’s good and good for you! When I made it, all I had on hand for the chocolate was unsweetened bakers chocolate, while this worked with the addition of a little stevia and honey, I would definitely go with a dark chocolate bar, dark chocolate chips or bittersweet bakers chocolate next time. I love stevia in my coffee, but it’s taste is a bit more distinct (at least to my palate) when added to chocolate.

chocolate-covered-pumpkin-breakfast-bars1dNotice the pictures of a couple of apple slices, but no apple slices on the ingredients list? That’s because I didn’t have any applesauce, so I put a couple of peeled slices through my Nutribullet and it worked great.

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chocolate-covered-pumpkin-breakfast-bars1gBENEFITS OF PUMPKIN:

  • Pumpkin is a low calorie vegetable and contains no saturated fats or cholesterol.
  • Rich in dietary fiber, anti-oxidants, minerals, vitamin-A, vitamin-C and vitamin-E.
  • Contains high levels of vitamin-A, which is a powerful natural anti-oxidant and is required by the body for maintaining the integrity of skin and mucus membrane.
  • Pumpkin is an excellent source of many natural poly-phenolic flavonoid compounds such as α, ß carotenes, cryptoxanthin, lutein and zea-xanthin.
  • It is also rich source of minerals like copper, calcium, potassium and phosphorus.

chocolate-covered-pumpkin-breakfast-bars1fIf you’re looking to swap up your morning routine and wanting something pumpkin to celebrate fall setting in, these Chocolate Covered Pumpkin Breakfast Bars are definitely worth trying!

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Chocolate Covered Pumpkin Breakfast Bars

Chocolate covered pumpkin breakfast bars loaded with whole oats, sliced almond, flaxseed and sunflower seeds!
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time25 minutes mins
Total Time45 minutes mins
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate, Pumpkin
Servings: 18
Calories: 160kcal
Author: Kaylee Pauley

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cups sliced/chopped almonds
  • 1 3/4 cup whole oats
  • 1/2 cup ground flaxseed
  • 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
  • 1/2 cup toasted shredded coconut
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1/4 cup applesauce
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate can use semi-sweet baking chocolate, dark chocolate chips or favorite dark chocolate candy bar
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 tsp honey if desired for additional sweetness

Instructions

  • Preheat Oven to 350 degrees and grease 9x13 pan.
  • Combine all dry ingredients in large bowl, stir.
  • Combine all wet ingredients in smaller bowl, stir.
  • Add wet ingredient to dry ingredients and stir until well combined.
  • Spread the mixture into the prepared pans and press firmly with a spatula to evenly fill.
  • Bake 10 minutes, then remove from oven and press down firmly with spatula.
  • Bake additional 10 minutes, press firmly with spatula then bake last 5-10 minutes watching carefully to ensure they do not get too dark.
  • Let pumpkin bars cool slightly, then melt chocolate and coconut oil (honey if desired) and drizzle over bakes bars.
  • Set bars in refrigerator until chocolate hardens.

Notes

Nutrition info will vary based on the chocolate you use for the topping.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 160kcal | Carbohydrates: 16.7g | Protein: 4.3g | Fat: 9.8g | Saturated Fat: 3.5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.3g | Sodium: 49.2mg | Fiber: 4.4g | Sugar: 5.7g

Nutrition benefits taken from nutrition-and-you.com.

Filed Under: Almonds, Breakfast, Dark Chocolate, Flaxseed, Honey, Pumpkin, Sunflower Seeds, Whole Oats

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Comments

  1. Meredith says

    October 21, 2013 at 9:40 PM

    YUM!!!!! i’m going to need more tasting sessions at work ASAP! great pics, kaylee!!!

    Reply
    • Kaylee Pauley says

      October 23, 2013 at 10:07 AM

      I think I can work on that! I have a Flourless Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe I plan to make again soon, I’ll bring a few in to get your feedback!!

      Reply
  2. Heather says

    October 28, 2013 at 11:08 AM

    Yay, I have all of these ingredients!! I have a ton of pumpkin and dark chocolate I’m trying to find recipes for, this is perfect. Is the coconut unsweetened or sweetened? Can’t wait to make these, and the Flourless Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies!!

    Reply
    • Kaylee Pauley says

      October 28, 2013 at 11:20 AM

      I used unsweetened, but I think either would work!

      Reply

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