Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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Pumpkin Pecan Pie Candy

It’s the third day of A Week of Pumpkin. And today we’re going to mix it up a bit. I don’t make candy. It’s just not my thing. I like to make things that go into the oven. But I wanted to step out of my comfort zone for a minute to try these candies.

My friend KT really liked these candies. I thought they were a bit too sweet. I know I used sweetened coconut instead of unsweetened, but I reduced the sugar by 1/2 cup. If I made these again, I might reduce the sugar by another 1/4 cup or so. These candies taste like a pumpkin flavored pecan pie and were really fun and messy to make. These would go great on a holiday treats tray for sure.

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Pumpkin Pecan Pie Candy

Yield: 30 pieces

Ingredients:

1 (15oz) can pure pumpkin
2 cups white sugar - since my coconut was sweetened, I cut the sugar down to 1 1/2 cups
2 cups unsweetened coconut - I couldn't find unsweetened, so I used sweetened coconut
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Directions:

In a medium saucepan, combine the pumpkin, sugar, coconut, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. On medium heat, cook and mix together and allow sugar to dissolve. Continue cooking and stirring until mixture forms into a ball, about 15-20 minutes. Have patience, it will eventually turn into a ball once the liquid evaporates.

Remove mixture from heat and add in vanilla. Transfer to a heat safe bowl and cover mixture with plastic wrap so a skin does not form. Chill in refrigerator until cool.

Using a cookie scoop that is about a TBSP size, scoop up balls and roll in the palm of your hands. Roll balls in the chopped pecan, coating all sides. Put back in fridge to let set.

Store in airtight container up to a week.

Recipe from Cathy's Kitchen Journey

And don’t forget about my Power of Pink Challenge going on all month.

Check out my week of pumpkin here.

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12 Responses to “Thanksgiving Two-Fer Bars”

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    Megan — November 25, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    Oh my goodness – these sound fabulous! I made some delicious caramel-pecan bars, and I can just imagine how nice a pumpkin layer would be too!

    Happy Thanksgiving!

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    Erin — November 25, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    Wow! These look awesome!

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    Engineer Baker — November 25, 2009 at 5:53 pm

    Oh, I remember loving these! So glad you liked them as bars too!

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    Erin — November 25, 2009 at 8:12 pm

    I loved this last year! They look wonderful as bars!

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    nutmegnanny — November 25, 2009 at 9:08 pm

    What a delicious looking bar! I love all the Thanksgiving flavors…yum!

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    Coconut Recipes — November 26, 2009 at 3:04 pm

    Looks delicious!

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    Nanita — November 26, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    Прекрасно предложение!Хубава вечер!

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    Kerstin — November 27, 2009 at 1:46 am

    I love this pumpkin/pecan flavor combo and the bars are so pretty!

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    Kevin — November 28, 2009 at 10:36 pm

    Those pumpkin bars look so good!

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    Erika — September 21, 2010 at 10:58 pm

    Sooo happy I came across this recipe! I can’t wait to try these out when the holiday season rolls around.

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    Stephanie — November 2, 2010 at 1:52 am

    wow! I will have to try these–“they taste like Thanksgving”–SOld 🙂

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    naleśniki — November 26, 2014 at 2:53 pm

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