Chocolate Maple Pecan Bars are the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving or Christmas desserts this year! Everyone will love bars that taste like pecan pie!
With the holidays upon us {um, can you believe Thanksgiving is this week?!}, most kitchens are gearing up for major cooking and baking!
From mid-November through the end of the year, my oven really gets a work out between cooking holiday meals and baking yummy holiday treats like Chocolate Maple Pecan Bars.
With so many amazing sweet treats around, I try to look for ways to trim fat and calories any way I can. One easy way is by replacing traditional items in baking, like butter, with a lower calorie option like I did for this recipe.
What are your favorite baking substitutions and pecan recipes to use?
If you love these Chocolate Maple Pecan Bars, check out these other great pecan desserts:
Essential items for these pecan pie bars:
- Baking pan
- Parchment paper
- Mixing bowl
- Saucepan
- 1 3/4 cup Chocolate Cookie Crumbs
- 1/4 cup Powdered Sugar
- 6 tbsp I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® spread melted
- 8 tbsp I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® spread
- 1/2 cup Light Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup Maple Syrup
- 2 tbsp Heavy Cream
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 1/2 cup Chopped Pecans
- 1/2 cup Mini Chocolate Chips
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 9x9 baking pan with parchment paper.
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Combine cookie crumbs and powdered sugar in a small bowl. Add 6 Tbsp melted I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® spread and stir until moist.
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Press into bottom of baking pan to create the crust.
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In a saucepan over medium heat, melt 8 Tbsp I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® spread, sugar and maple syrup over medium heat. Stir until all of the sugar is dissolved and mixture is slightly foaming.
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Remove from heat and whisk in heavy cream and vanilla extract. Fold in pecans.
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Pour pecan mixture over crust. Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
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Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes or until center is set. Cool completely before slicing.
omg, drool. these bars look amazing!!
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This recipe does not say how much maple syrup to add.
Thank you so much for pointing that out! It is 1/2 cup. I will go change it in the recipe.
These look absolutely delicious!