Healthy Vegan Sweet Potato Pie Bars

happy weekend friends!! wow, so many people are pumped for Healthy Vegan Sweet Potato Pie Bars and that’s made me even more excited to share! the bars truly are out of this world and you won’t believe how easy it is to make them. also, there’s no added sugar!

no added sugar, so that means that i just used dates and a banana to sweeten the bars.

love a recipe sometimes with no added sugar! while maple syrup is amazing, i know a lot of people enjoy these kinds of recipes.

something that’s really important in this recipe- use fresh sweet potatoes, not canned ones. while canned sweet potatoes are amazing for some recipes, not this one.

it’s not only important to use fresh ones for the taste but also the texture.

for the filling, everything is going to be added to a blender and blended until a super smooth and thick consistency.

additionally, you will need a food processor for the crust!

while it might be slightly annoying to use two different appliances, trust me, the recipe is worth it. everything else about it is easy.

plus, the crust and filling bake at the same time!

you don’t pre bake the crust and then add the filling.

instead, you lay out the crust, top with the filling and then bake for about 35 minutes together.

the texture for both is exceptional! the crust is hard but still has a somewhat chewy component and the filling is just so creamy but stays in tact.

super important- you HAVE to let the bars cool for at least 30-45 minutes before cutting into them so they set.

i’m going to go over the ingredients you need below, but an important one is going to be arrowroot powder.

i used bob’s red mill brand and i don’t recommend you replace it with something else such as cornstarch or tapioca flour.

arrowroot is unique in baking and to ensure they come out perfectly, just stick with that!

here’s everything you need to make the bars:

Filling

4 cups of boiled sweet potatoes

1 large banana

3 tablespoons arrowroot powder

1 teaspoon cinnamon

¼ cup of sunflower seed butter (sunbutter is best)

½ cup unsweetened plain almond milk

1 tsp vanilla extract

Crust

7 medium-large medjool Dates

¾ cup of oat flour

½ cup of almonds

¼ cup of sunflower seed butter

½ cup almond milk

while i said this in my stories on and my reel, i’ll say it here too lol, this is not the start of fall recipes for me!

fall recipes are THE best but i’m not ready to start cranking them out yet, i just happened to have a million sweet potatoes that needed to be eaten.

sweet potatoes are amazing any time of the year but yeah, this would TOTALLY be an amazing recipe for the holidays.

here are some other sweet potato recipes of mine that you would love!

Spicy Barbecue Breakfast Sweet Potatoes

Vegan Cheesy Sweet Potato Taquitos

Healthy Vegan Sweet Potato Mac and Cheese

Baked Sweet Potato Spinach Soup

Vegan Pizza Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes

Roasted Veggies and Tofu with Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Vegan Chili Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

Vegan Sweet Potato Black Bean Taquitos

Bruschetta Sweet Potato Toast

Sweet Potato Pie Marshmallow Cookies

are you going to make my Healthy Vegan Sweet Potato Pie Bars?!

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