Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Bars

• 1 cup Pumpkin Puree
• 1/2 cups Unsweetened Applesauce
• 1/4 cups Pure Maple Syrup
• 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
• 2 whole Eggs
• 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
• 1 cup All-purpose Flour
• 1/2 teaspoons Salt
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoons All Spice
• 1/4 teaspoons Nutmeg
• 1/2 cups Dark Chocolate Pieces

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F.
2. In a stand mixer, add pumpkin, applesauce, maple syrup, and sugar. Cream together until well combined. Add in eggs, one at a time.
3. In a separate bowl, combine flours, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and spices. Stir to combine. Once combined, slowly add this into the pumpkin mixture. Once well mixed, stir in chocolate chips.
4. Pour batter into a greased 9 x 13 pyrex. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until the cookies reach their desired gooeyness.
5. (Inspired by Love from The Oven's Low-Fat Pumpkin Oatmeal Spice Cookies.)

pumpkin puree, unsweetened applesauce, maple syrup, brown sugar, eggs, whole wheat flour, allpurpose, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, all spice, nutmeg, chocolate

Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/dark-chocolate-pumpkin-bars/ (may not work)