Vegan Pumpkin Pie Bars

You’ll fall in love with these vegan pumpkin pie bars, with their buttery crust and delicious pumpkin pie filling, topped with even more delicious crumbles on top! If you’re looking for something different than the traditional pumpkin pie, these delicious pumpkin bars should do the trick!

A vegan pumpkin pie bar sits on a white plate with a cup of coffee behind it.

Once they unleash the pumpkin flood gates, it’s really hard to stop. Even after Thanksgiving is over, I’m still in love with pumpkin. That’s why I’m sharing these Vegan Pumpkin Bars with you today.

And I toyed around with the idea of calling them breakfast bars because you really could have them for breakfast. But then think how disappointed you’d be when the rest of your day doesn’t compare to the delicious vegan pumpkin bars you had for breakfast?

Key Ingredients

You can find the full printable recipe, including ingredient quantities, below. But first, here are some explanations of ingredients and steps to help you make this recipe perfect every time.

Here are the ingredients you’ll need for this recipe, including substitution ideas:

  • Coconut oil — Use refined coconut oil for a more neutral flavor.
  • Peanut butter — I love substituting peanut butter for butter whenever I can. You can substitute vegan butter or coconut oil.
  • Syrup — I use a syrup sweetener, like agave nectar or maple syrup.
  • Vanilla — We’ll add some vanilla extract for flavor.
  • Pecans — Some chopped pecans in the crust make this dessert extra special.
  • Flour — I recommend using whole wheat pastry flour (which is different from whole wheat flour) or all-purpose flour. Or you can substitute gluten-free flour.
  • Rolled oats — These are also referred to as old-fashioned oats.
  • Spices — You’ll need ground cinnamon, cloves, and pumpkin pie spice.
  • Baking powder — We’ll add baking powder to the crust for the best texture.
  • Salt — A bit of salt enhances the sweet flavor.
  • Pumpkin puree — I use canned pumpkin, but not pumpkin pie filling (pumpkin filling is simply pumpkin puree, whereas pumpkin filling has added sugar and seasoning).
  • Ground flaxseed — We’ll add texture and a bit of nutrition with ground flaxseed in the filling.
A mise en place of ingredients for vegan pumpkin pie bars, including pumpkin, oatmeal, and more.

How To Make Vegan Pumpkin Pie Bars

  1. Combine the coconut oil, syrup sweetener, and pecans in a food processor until well combined.
  2. Add the flour, oats, cinnamon, cloves, baking powder, and salt to the food processor and give it several short bursts of pulsing until combined.
  3. Press the crust into a prepared pan, reserving a half cup for the topping.
  4. Stir the pumpkin, flax, agave, cornstarch, and pumpkin pie spice. Spread it over the crust.
  5. Top with the reserved crust mixture.
  6. Bake for 25 minutes until the top is golden brown. 
  7. Cool completely. Then refrigerate for up to an hour before cutting into bars. 

Storage Tips

Store these bars in an airtight container in the fridge for 5 to 7 days.

Marly’s Tips

If you’d like some ideas for making this recipe perfect or changing it to adapt to your tastes, I’ll get you started. Here are some of my favorite expert tips:

  • Feel free to double the batch and use a 9×12″ cake pan
  • Add a little vegan cream cheese to the pumpkin mix to make it even creamier
  • Try a teaspoon or two of cinnamon in the pumpkin layer
  • Straight out of the oven, these bars will be a bit crumbly but allow them to cool a bit and that crust will firm up nicely
One slice of these vegan pumpkin pie bars sits on a plate with oatmeal and spices behind it.

More Pumpkin Recipes

Have you ever thought about combining pumpkin and chocolate? These egg-free pumpkin brownies do that perfectly. If you’d like to try some other pumpkin recipes, check these out:

A pumpkin pie bar on a white plate with a blue cloth napkin behind it.

We hope you love this recipe for Vegan Pumpkin Bars as much as we do.

A vegan pumpkin pie bar sits on a white plate with a cup of coffee behind it.

Vegan Pumpkin Bars

You'll fall in love with the vegan pumpkin bars, with their buttery crust and delicious pumpkin pie filling, topped with even more delicious crumbles on top!
4.88 from 8 votes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 12 bars
Calories: 237kcal

Ingredients

Oatmeal Crumble

  • cup coconut oil
  • ½ cup syrup sweetener , Agave, Maple Syrup
  • ½ cup chopped pecans
  • 1 ½ cups whole wheat pastry flour (see note for gluten-free)
  • 1 ½ cup rolled oats
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt

Pumpkin Filling

  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 3 tablespoons syrup sweetener , Agave, Maple Syrup
  • 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

Instructions

  • Heat your oven to 350°F/175°C. Spray a 9×9 baking pan with vegetable spray. 
  • In a food processor, combine the coconut oil, syrup sweetener, and pecans and pulse until well combined.*
  • Then add the flour, oats, spices, baking powder, and salt to the food processor and give it several short bursts of pulsing until combined. Press most of the crust into a prepared pan, reserving about a half cup for topping.
  • In a separate bowl, combine the pumpkin, flax seeds, syrup, cornstarch, and pumpkin pie spice. Stir to combine. Spread the pumpkin mixture over the crust. Top with the reserved crust mixture.
  • Place in the oven and bake for 25 minutes. The top should be golden brown. 
  • When done, remove from oven and cool completely. Then refrigerate for up to an hour before cutting into bars. 
  • These will keep up to 5 to 7 days in the fridge.

(The products above contain sponsored links to products we use and recommend)

Notes

*Use ½ cup coconut oil for a more rich crust
*Use gluten-free baking flour to make this recipe gluten-free
Calories: 237kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Sodium: 52mg | Potassium: 173mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 3177IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1mg

The nutrition information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator and should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

Enjoy!

4 Responses to Vegan Pumpkin Pie Bars

  1. Avatar thumbnail image for MarlyPatricia Dunn Reply

    5 stars
    Yummy but I did add some sugar and I used pecan maple syrup I added organic dates and pecan pieces to one batch

  2. Avatar thumbnail image for MarlyJoan Bitterman Reply

    4 stars
    I made these today for the first time. To me, they are delicious in the sense of an energy bar, not too sweet, but definitely a treat and satisfying.
    I doubled the amount of filling because it seemed to me that the proportion of crust to filling needed some rebalancing. I think I will triple the filling next time and add a little more coconut oil to the crust for moisture, make it more like a pumpkin pie.
    I had to finish the crust by hand because my food processor is a little wimpy and wasn’t able to handle the addition of the dry ingredients. I also used whole wheat flour King Arthur’s) because that’s what I had on hand.
    Thanks for a new kind of treat. We will see tomorrow night at my Christmas party how fast it goes.

  3. Avatar thumbnail image for MarlyAgnes Chrismer Reply

    Peanut butter is listed in #2 of the instructions.

  4. Avatar thumbnail image for MarlyJill Reply

    5 stars
    When do you add in the peanut butter? I do not see it listed in the instructions. thanks!

Rate / Comment

Your email address will not be published.

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.