These Pumpkin Oat Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are the perfect fall treat. Use some simple ingredients to create this delicious spin on pumpkin oatmeal cookies.
weeknight-easy
Easy cleanup
You’ll Learn: How to get a chewy but creamy texture
Worth It: It builds a freezer stash for stress-free treats later
Bonus: Perfect for meal prepping
Why You’ll Love this Recipe
- Perfect fall treat – Pumpkin and chocolate is one of the best combinations for fall, and I love the flavor of these cookie bars.
- Easier than cookies – By turning pumpkin oatmeal cookies into bars, it’s so much easier and quicker to make for a simple dessert!
- Great for freezing – These bars freeze so well. Make a batch and freeze for up to three months to enjoy later!
Serving Suggestions
These pumpkin oatmeal cookie bars are great anytime of day as a sweet treat! Pair it with an iced shaken espresso with pumpkin spice syrup.
For more pumpkin treats, try these pumpkin blondies or pumpkin pie bars!
Ingredients and Ingredient Substitutions
- Pumpkin puree – the pumpkin puree provides the perfect texture for the cookie bars
- Egg – the egg binds together the batter for your pumpkin bars
- Vegetable oil – use vegetable oil or another neutral oil to make your bars
- Brown sugar – the brown sugar adds sweetness and a caramelization that is so delicious
- Vanilla extract – you can also use vanilla bean paste in place of the extract to add the vanilla flavor
- Rolled oats – make sure to use rolled oats for the best results and texture when baking
- All purpose flour – if you would like to make this recipe gluten free, you can substitute 1 for 1 gluten free flour
- Pumpkin pie spice – since pumpkin puree does not add a ton of flavor, the pumpkin pie spice will provide the classic pumpkin taste
- Baking powder – the baking powder helps with the rise on your pumpkin oatmeal cookie bars
- Kosher salt – a little bit of salt intensifies all of the flavors in your cookie bars
- Semi sweet chocolate chips – I love using semisweet, but you could substitute darker chocolate or milk chocolate if you prefer
How to Make
Step One: Make the Batter
Preheat oven to 350F and line a square baking pan with parchment paper. In a large mixing bowl whisk together pumpkin puree, egg, oil, brown sugar and vanilla.
In a separate bowl mix together the rolled oats, flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and salt. Fold dry ingredients into wet with a flat spatula and then fold in the chocolate chips.
Step One: Bake and Enjoy
Pour the batter into the lined 8×8 baking dish and top with extra chocolate chips. Place in the oven to bake at 350F for 35 minutes.
Remove and top with flakey sea salt. Allow to cool completely before cutting into 12 squares.
Storage and Freezing
Store your pumpkin oatmeal cookie bars in an airtight container on the counter for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Check out these other pumpkin recipes!
You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
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Recipe
Pumpkin Oat Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup neutral vegetable oil
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups rolled oats
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ¾ cup semi sweet chocolate chips plus more for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line an 8×8 baking pan with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl whisk together pumpkin puree, egg, oil, brown sugar and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl mix together the rolled oats, flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and salt. Fold dry ingredients into wet with a flat spatula and then fold in the chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into the lined 8×8 baking dish and top with extra chocolate chips.
- Place in the oven to bake at 350F for 35 minutes.
- Remove and top with flakey sea salt. Allow to cool completely before cutting into 12 squares.
Nutrition Information
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
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