Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bars

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups flour
• 1/4 cup splenda brown sugar blend
• 1/2 cup splenda sugar blend for baking, divided
• 1 cup old fashioned oats
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped or 1/2 cup pecans
• 3/4 cup light margarine
• 1 (8 ounce) container fat free cream cheese
• 3 eggs
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 cup mini chocolate chip

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f. line a 13x9 pan with foil and spray with a non-stick cooking spray. set aside.
• 2 combine flour, splenda® brown sugar blend, half of the splenda® sugar blend, oats and walnuts. cut in the margarine with a fork until the mixture is crumbly. press all but one cup of the crust mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. bake for 15 minutes. allow to cool.
• 3 beat cream cheese, eggs, the remaining half of the splenda® sugar blend, the pumpkin and the pumpkin pie spice until it is well blended.
• 4 pour the cream cheese mixture over the pre-baked crust and sprinkle with the 1 cup of remaining crust and the chocolate chips.
• 5 bake for 25 minutes or until set. lift from pan to cool. cut into 24 bars.