Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Blondie Bars
Soft and chewy homemade chocolate chip blondie bars with a fun seasonal pumpkin spice twist!
Can we talk pumpkins and Halloween for a quick minute? And I’m not talking about the orange or even off white variety. Teal. Teal? Yup.
Teal is the color of food allergy awareness, a topic near and dear to my heart. So this year, FARE (Food Allergy Research & Education) is encouraging people to paint a pumpkin teal to raise awareness for food allergies. Halloween is especially hard for kids with food allergies, as I’m sure you can imagine.
All kids should have the right to participate in all activities. To be kids. To be like their friends. To not be scared. But reaching into a bowl of unknown candy… often filled with those very allergens you’re trying to avoid, is scary.
Paint a pumpkin teal (and/or print this free sign) to let people know you have safe, non food items this Halloween. Great non food items can be found on FARE’s website.
I’ve painted my pumpkin! I hope you will too.
And sticking with the pumpkin theme… pumpkin chocolate chip blondie bars.
I’ve been waiting ever so impatiently to share these with you.
These are the perfect mashup of my favorite blondie bars and Fall. Soft and chewy spiced pumpkin blondie bars with chocolate chips throughout. These will be devoured, so be sure to grab a piece while you can!
Add these to your Fall baking plans!
And PS… this is an EGG FREE recipe. Great for those with an egg allergy!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Blondie Bars
Ingredients
- 1 C unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 C granulated sugar
- 1 C light brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 C pumpkin puree
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- Pinch ground cloves
- 2 1/2 C all purpose flour
- 1 1/4 C semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9x13 pan with parchment paper, leaving some overhang for easy grabbing. Lightly grease exposed sides of pan. Set aside.
- In a large bowl or stand mixer, cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Mix in vanilla and pumpkin until smooth. Scrape sides of bowl as needed. Add salt, baking soda, spices and flour, mixing until no streaks remain. Stir in chocolate chips by hand.
- Spread batter out in an even layer, in prepared pan. Bake at 350°F for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool completely in pan.
- Transfer to a cutting board to cut into desired sizes.
- Store in an airtight container.
Love the idea of painting pumpkins teal as a sign of allergen-free treats! Agree – all kids should have fun on Halloween!
These blonide bars look so good! I would love a piece with my morning coffee!
Thanks Anna!
I love this and have not heard of it….sharing!!!! My youngest dd is severely allergic to peanuts and soy. And…the blondies…delish!
Thanks Marjory! Trying to spread the word as much as I can :)
I bet Halloween is such a hard month for those with food allergies! I had no idea teal was their awareness color though!
Great recipe!
Thanks Kristen!
I like the idea of painting the pumpkins teal, since I have a food allergy, I’m on board! Great recipe friend!
Great to hear! And thank you :)
I love the idea of painting a teal pumpkin! I live in a small little community so we never get trick-or-treaters BUT I will pass this information on to my mom who gets tons of little ones every year. Such a great idea! Now, onto these delicious cookies. Love the combination of chocolate and pumpkin, yum!
Thanks for passing the info along! :)
I’m really happy to see all this awareness for food allergies, especially for a holiday like Halloween.
These bars look so good!!
Thanks Aggie – me too! :)
Painting pumpkins–what a cool idea! Teal is such a lovely shade. These bars look wicked tasty.
Thanks Jennie!
Gorgeous blondies, love the chocolate and pumpkin spice!
Thanks Laura!
I’ve been lucky as I’ve never had to deal with a food allergy, but I love the idea of painting pumpkins teal! I also am obsessed with these pumpkin blondies…they look irresistible!
Thanks Taylor!
These pumpkin blondie bars look perfect, so chewy and full of chocolate chips! Can’t wait to try these.
Thanks Stacey!
I love that you added pumpkin to a blondie. What a great dessert.
Thanks Christie!
Such a great idea to paint a pumpkin teal! These pumpkin blondies look fabulous, I think I might need to bake a batch to eat while handing out goodies to the trick-or-treaters!
Thanks Danae!
Cool — I love the idea of painting a pumpkin teal :) Such a cool idea.
These pumpkin bars …. drool-worthy!!
Thanks Sharana!
These blondies look so delicious, and so full of yummy pumpkin flavor! And of course, can’t go wrong with chocolate and pumpkin. Pinned!
Thanks Rachel!
these look so delicious I can’t handle it!
Thanks Angelyn!
Oh my these have me drooling. They sound so delicious!
Thanks Julie!
These brownies look really good Rachel and the pumpkin added is a nice twist.
Thanks so much! :)
I saw painted teal pumpkins yesterday and I could not figure out what it was about! Now I know! These bars look fabulous! I can’t get enough pumpkin chocolate chip these days! Pinned
So glad to hear you saw some teal pumpkins! And thank you :)
My girls have egg, soy, and peanut allergies. So a few years ago we started getting a visit from the Switch Witch after Halloween. You leave all of your halloween candy out at night and then the Switch Witch comes and takes your candy because she needs it and leaves you a present. Just something little but always something special. :) You of course have to tell your children a wonderful story about the switch witch but Sparkle Stories has a free story about the switch witch too!
I only heard of people doing that kind of switch this year. Thankfully I still have time to decide if that’ll become a new tradition or not! Thanks for the reminder :)