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Yum Alert: Vegan Pumpkin Pie Cream Bars

Vegan Pumpkin Pie Cream Squares
Written by emilyc

The earth doesn’t dictate when Fall starts; Starbucks does. Since it’s Starbucks Fall, it’s not too early to start making variations of pumpkin pie, especially vegan ones. Recipe and image via Sweetly Raw.

Vegan Pumpkin Pie Cream Squares

Ingredients:

Filling:

1/2 cup pitted packed dates
1/2 cup SO Delicious vanilla coconut milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoons maple syrup
1 1/2 cups cooked pumpkin puree
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon melted coconut oil

Crust:

2/3 cup pecans
1/3 cup almonds
1/3 cup pitted, packed dates
1/4 cup dried shredded coconut
Pinch of salt
1-2 teaspoons water or vanilla

For preparation instructions, click here.

About the author

emilyc

Emily is a New Yorker trapped in a Floridian's body and loves every minute of her big city life. With a major in international business and years of being surrounded by ill-fitting suits and all the wrong shoes, she learned that the importance of fashion needs to be communicated to the world. To her, fashion is on the same level as charity work and feeding hungry children. Emily can be found frolicking the streets of her gayborhood enjoying the off-color humor of the gays.