This easy vegan Pumpkin Bark recipe is so simple and tasty! It is made with dark chocolate and spices, plus some nuts and dried fruit. It's is a great way to use up a Halloween pumpkin - just whiz up the innards and flesh into a fragrant purée, or used canned pumpkin.
Pumpkin Bark
Chocolate bark is such an easy treat to make, and adding pureed pumpkin gives it a lovely new dimension along with loads of warming spices.
If you haven't got pumpkin, any squash, such as butternut, would work just fine.
This bark would make a lovely, simple-to-make gift and is something that the kids can help with - if you can convince them to wait until it sets to taste it!
I fobbed my son off with a large bunch of kale to play with instead of eating the chocolate. Oddly, it worked.
He used it like an umbrella and then hid plastic snakes in it, while his little sister took nibbles.
Vegetables: good for dinner, dessert and, it would seem, playtime. Three-year-olds are strange creatures.
Pumpkin Guts Recipe
This recipe is also good for using up the inside of a fresh Jack o Lantern pumpkin.
Just remove the seeds, then puree the raw stringy fresh pumpkin innards as well as any of the firm flesh that you can scrape from the inside.
You can then heat the pumpkin puree in a pan to reduce it and evaporate some of the water. Or you can use it as a raw puree. Both work!
If you're looking for more recipes to use up the stringy insides of pumpkins, try my Pumpkin Cupcakes with Avocado Frosting!
Canned Pumpkin
You can also just use canned pumpkin (not the pumpkin pie filling, but the plain pumpkin puree).
Looking for more great Halloween recipes?
Try these!
Easy Halloween Mummy Pies
Halloween Cupcakes
Witch Finger Cookies
Get the Chocolate Pumpkin Bark Recipe
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Chocolate Pumpkin Bark
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin puree tinned, or pureed raw pumpkin
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon allspice
- 7 oz (200g)dark chocolate, broken into pieces
- ⅓ cup (50g) mixed dried fruit and nuts
Instructions
- Line a cookie sheet with baking paper.
- If using fresh pumpkin, there is no need to cook it, just puree the raw stringy bits and/or the firm inner flesh with a hand held stick blender until smooth. Stir the spices into the pumpkin puree.
- Melt the chocolate in microwave, or a bowl of water over a saucepan of boiling water (bottom of bowl not touching the water). Stir in the spiced pumpkin.
- Spread the chocolate thickly over the parchment paper and sprinkle the dried fruit and nuts onto it. Set aside and allow to harden for a few hours. Break or cut into pieces and serve at room temperature.
Nutrition
The nutritional information provided is approximate and can vary depending on several factors, so is not guaranteed to be accurate. Please see a registered dietician for special diet advice.
Vohn
This was fabulous! I was looking for a way to use the inside of the carving pumpkin and this was perfect.
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy
I was thinking about making my own chocolate bark this year and this looks like a great one to try!
Culinary Flavors
Such a great snack especially for the afternoon cravings!
kellie anderson
Bravo, Kate! This is so appealing as an alternative to sincere toffee and all of the other sugary treats on Bonfire Night. You are so clever!
Emily @amummytoo
Wow, this looks really beautiful. And raw pumpkin? Wow! Thanks for linking up to #recipeoftheweek. I've Pinned this and there's a fresh linky live now. Hope to see you there 😀
Kate Veggie Desserts
Thanks, Emily!
Caroline Taylor
Lovely idea to snack on!
Kate Veggie Desserts
Thanks very much, Julie 🙂
Julie's Family Kitchen
What a lovely recipe, sounds absolutely delicious.
Karen
What a fabulously festive and decadent treat Kate! I love it! I can see myself making something similar this Christmas for all my chocolate loving friends! Karen
Kate Veggie Desserts
Thanks, Karen!
Kate Veggie Desserts
Thanks Alison, they are so easy that I'm sure I'll be making them again at Christmastime. The spiced chocolate is very festive.
Alison
These look amazing, and would be ideal for Christmas nibbles too.
Kate Veggie Desserts
Hi Vicki, no need to cook it. I just pureed the stringy bits and some flesh with a hand held stick blender. It smelled amazing! You could steam it if you prefer, but there isn't any need to.
Vicki - the Free From Fairy!
This looks fantastic and I love the idea of your blog...I shall be coming back for more inspiration! Could you just clarify the pumpkin bit? Surely, you need to cook the pumpkin before you puree it, although you say pureed raw pumpkin... Thanks!