CHIPS AHOY! Pumpkin Pecan Bars

Name: CHIPS AHOY! Pumpkin Pecan Bars
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: 24 CHIPS AHOY! Cookies, chopped, divided; 1 cup pumpkin; 1 Tbsp. brown sugar; 1 Tbsp. pumpkin pie spice; 1 can sweetened condensed milk; ½ cup pecans

These easy pumpkin bars feature a delicious crust using chocolate chip cookies. They're the best fall version of your favorite magic cookie bars!

Prep time:

0 min

Total time:

0 h

Servings:

Makes 20 servings.

Ingredient list

24 CHIPS AHOY! Cookies, chopped, divided
1 cup pumpkin
1 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
½ cup coarsely chopped pecans

Directions

Heat oven to 350°F.

Line 13x9-inch pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides; spray with cooking spray.

Reserve 1/2 cup chopped cookies for later use. Spread remaining chopped cookies evenly onto bottom of prepared pan.

Mix pumpkin, sugar and pumpkin pie spice in medium bowl until blended. Gradually add sweetened condensed milk, mixing well after each addition.

Pour pumpkin mixture over chopped cookies in pan; spread pumpkin mixture to evenly cover cookies.

Sprinkle evenly with nuts and reserved chopped cookies.

Bake 35 to 40 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 min.

Use foil handles to remove dessert from pan.

Refrigerate 1 hour before cutting dessert into bars to serve.

Recipe Tips

Variation
Prepare recipe using your favorite variety of chopped nuts. Or for a change of pace, omit the nuts
Pumpkin Pie Spice Substitute
No pumpkin pie spice on hand? No problem! Here's an easy way to make your own. For each 1 tsp. of pumpkin pie spice needed, just combine 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. ground ginger, 1/8 tsp. ground allspice and 1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg.