Chocolate Swirled Pumpkin Bars
By: Giangi Townsend
Published: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 - 9:12am

Ingredients




2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 15 ounces can pumpkin
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate pieces
1 8 ounces package cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon milk

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 15x10 inch baking pan with foil, extending foil over the edges. 2 In a large bowl stir together: flour, 1 ½ cup sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and ground cloves. Stir in pumpkin, 4 eggs and oil until well combined. Spread the batter in the prepared pan. 3 In a small pan melt ¾ of the chocolate chips over low heat. Stirring to ensure that all the chocolate is melted and not burning on the side of the pan. Remove from hea 4 In a small bowl beat cream cheese and 1/3 cup sugar with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Beat in 1 egg, milk, and melted chocolate. Spoon over pumpkin batter. Using the blade of a knife, swirl slightly to marble the pumpkin and chocolate mixture. Chop the remaining chocolate pieces and sprinkle over the chocolate pumpkin mixture. 5 Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until puffed and toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan over a wire rack. Using foil, lift uncut bars out of the pan. Cut into bars. 6 Around 24 bars.

About

To all my chocolate lovers, do I have a treat for you today.  Imagine sweet, soft decadent chocolate blended with a even more soft, full of flavor pumpkin sponge like cake… Is your mouth watering yet?
I have had so much fun making this recipe that it will be part of my fall repertoire from now on.  I love how not overpowering the cinnamon and ground cloves are blended with the pumpkin, however complimenting the flavor.