Holiday, Recipes, Sweets / November 21, 2018

Pumpkin Spice Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pumpkin Spice Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting are a fluffy and delicious fall dessert! Using a cake mix short cut, this sweet pumpkin treat comes together in a snap!

Well, we are more than a week into October and although it doesn’t quite feel like fall in Florida, I can’t put it off any longer – it’s pumpkin season. While I’m not a big PSL (Pumpkin Spice Latte) gal, I do enjoy pumpkin flavored candles and, most of all, pumpkin desserts. I guess I am still kind of basic then, right?

Pumpkin Spice Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting are a fluffy and delicious fall dessert! Using a cake mix short cut, this sweet pumpkin treat comes together in a snap!

If you follow my blog you know that I love to doctor up a box of cake mix. My cake mix cookie bar recipes (like this one and this one) are some of my most popular because they are so simple. That’s why, I am switching it up a bit and sharing a recipe that I baked over the weekend. These Pumpkin Spice Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting are just as easy as my cookie bars but a little more decadent 🙂

If you follow my blog you know that I love to doctor up a box of cake mix. My cake mix cookie bar recipes (like this one and this one) are some of my most popular because they are so simple. That’s why, I am switching it up a bit and sharing a recipe that I baked over the weekend. These Pumpkin Spice Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting are just as easy as my cookie bars but a little more decadent :)

These fluffy pumpkin spice bars are a soft, melt in your mouth bite of all my favorite fall flavors.

My trick is to use a spice cake mix for this recipe because it already has the fall spice triple threat: cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. Add butter (duh), eggs and a can of pumpkin and you’re all set. The batter will bake up into a rich, spicy sponge cake.

Pumpkin Spice Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting are a fluffy and delicious fall dessert! Using a cake mix short cut, this sweet pumpkin treat comes together in a snap!

While the cake itself it packed with fall flavors, what really makes these bars decadent and totally addictive is the cream cheese frosting. There’s something about a classic cream cheese frosting recipe that you just don’t mess around with – so I didn’t. Spread this tangy, sweet frosting over the top for a perfectly indulgent fall treat the whole family will enjoy!

Try the recipe below and let me know what you think!

Happy Fall!

Kelsey Renee

 

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Pumpkin Spice Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting are a fluffy and delicious fall dessert! Using a cake mix short cut, this sweet pumpkin treat comes together in a snap!

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  1. Jane

    This was just the recipe I was looking for. I wanted a texture that resembled bars more than cake like. Very delicious made with very few ingredients and pumpkin instead of oil!! Win, Win. I always like to read reviews and didnt find any so here you go – make it you wont be sorry.

    19 . Jan . 2019
    • Kelsey Renee

      I am so glad you liked them! Thank you for the comment!

      29 . Jan . 2019

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