Pumpkin Oat Bars

Even your snack bars can be in-season when you incorporate fitting ingredients. For fall, we’re adding pumpkin and warm spices to update this healthy on-the-go vegan snack.
Even your snack bars can be in-season when you incorporate fitting ingredients. For fall, we’re adding pumpkin and warm spices to update this healthy on-the-go vegan snack.

Pumpkin Oat Bars

Serves 8

Ingredients:

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• 1 cup water

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• 1 cup almond milk

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• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar

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• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

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• Generous pinch of salt

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• 1-1/4 cups steel cut oats

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• 1 (15-ounce) can pure pumpkin puree

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• 1 cup raw pumpkin seeds

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• 6 ounces chopped dark chocolate

Directions:

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1. Spray a 9-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.

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2. In a medium saucepan, combine water, almond milk, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and salt. Bring to a boil over high heat.

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3. Stir in oats and reduce the heat to medium. Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

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4. Stir in pumpkin and pumpkin seeds. Pour mixture into the prepared dish.

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5. Place dish in the freezer for 20 minutes to set the oat mixture.

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6. Cut into bars and set aside.

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7. Melt chocolate in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir until chocolate is melted and smooth.

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8. Dip the bottoms of the bars in the chocolate and set upside down on a baking sheet lined with waxed paper. Place in the freezer until chocolate is set.

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9. Turn bars over and drizzle the tops with chocolate. Freeze until set.

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10. Serve immediately or store in an airtight container layered with waxed paper for up to 4 days.

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