These easy homemade Chewy Pumpkin Granola Bars are a healthy snack, a grab and go breakfast, or even dessert, just add ice cream!

Pumpkin Granola Bars wrapped in parchment, tied with green twine and stacked on a plate.

I love autumn, the colors, the flavors, the weather. (Okay, well, since we live in sunny Southern California we don't get a lot of the weather, but we do get some of it.) With a good imagination it is easy to slip into the feelings of fall while enjoying all things pumpkin.

And you know I love to bake! So, I wanted to bake something pumpkin-y, but not a pie, because, well, I will eat a pumpkin pie in one sitting! It needed to be semi-healthy but also yummy, so I decided to make Pumpkin Granola Bars.

Pumpkin Granola Bars wrapped in parchment and stacked on an orange plate.

Why should I make Pumpkin Granola Bars?

These bars are Gr8 because they can be a breakfast on the go, a healthy after-school snack, or top them with a scoop of ice cream for dessert! (Then they're not quite as healthy! insert winking emoji here.)

Make a double batch and freeze some for later, or send them to school with your kids, or take them as a hostess gift.

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Chewy Pumpkin Granola Bars

Name: Chewy Pumpkin Granola Bars
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 2 cups old-fashioned oats (make sure they are gluten free if you have a sensitivity); 3 Tablespoons finely chopped pecans (toasted); 2 Tablespoons sunflower seeds (toasted); 2 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 cup canned pumpkin (or fresh pumpkin pulp if you have it!); 4 Tablespoons honey; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 lightly beaten egg; 1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional, the chocolate makes the bars a little gooey, yummy, but gooey!)

These Chewy Pumpkin Granola Bars are perfect for a healthy snack, breakfast on the go, or even dessert!

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time30 mins

Cooling Time1 hr

Total Time40 mins

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Pumpkin Granola Bars

Servings: bars

Author: Anna

Ingredients

2 cups old-fashioned oats, make sure they are gluten free if you have a sensitivity
3 Tablespoons finely chopped pecans, toasted
2 Tablespoons sunflower seeds, toasted
2 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup canned pumpkin, or fresh pumpkin pulp if you have it!
4 Tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 lightly beaten egg
1/2 cup chocolate chips, optional, the chocolate makes the bars a little gooey, yummy, but gooey!

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350ºF.
Line an 8"x8" pan with parchment paper so the edges overhang the sides. Alternatively, butter the pan.
Mix together the oats, pecans, sunflower seeds, pumpkin pie spice and salt in a medium bowl.
In a large bowl blend the pumpkin, honey, vanilla and egg until completely incorporated.
Add the oat mixture to the pumpkin mixture and mix well.
If using, add the chocolate chips and stir until evenly combined.
Press this mixture into your prepared pan.
Bake for 20 to 30 minutes until the edges start to brown.
Remove from oven and cool on a rack for 30 minutes.
Grabbing the edges of the parchment, carefully lift and set onto the cooling rack.
Cool for another 30 minutes and carefully cut into 12 bars.

Notes

Gr8 Do Ahead Tips:

Bars can be wrapped individually in plastic wrap and stored in the refrigerator for up to a week. Then just grab and go! Or, bars can be frozen for up to 2 months.

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