These fall-inspired Maple Cinnamon Sweet Potato Bars topped with a maple cinnamon cream cheese frosting are easy to make and will please any crowd.
One of my favorite fall treats is these pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting. Literally I could have them every day and be in heaven. So this year, I decided to take one of my favorite fall treats and add a spin with my favorite fall vegetable, sweet potatoes.
Topped with a maple cinnamon cream cheese frosting, this is my NEW favorite, sorry pumpkin move on over, this sweet potato bar is the BOMB!
Serve as a dessert, snack, or justify for breakfast. Come on, it has maple syrup in it, so that’s okay, right?
Enjoy! XOXO San
How do you make Maple Cinnamon Sweet Potato Bars?
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Mix eggs, oil, sugar, and mashed sweet potatoes in a large bowl. Sift remaining ingredients and add to the sweet potato mixture. Mix well and pour into greased jelly roll pan,
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Bake for 18-20 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool before you frost them.
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Note: You may use a 9×13 pan and bake for 25-30 minutes, insert toothpick to make sure it is done.
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In a large bowl, beat together the butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer. With the mixer on low speed, add the powdered sugar a cup at a time, add maple syrup, extract and cinnamon and beat until smooth and creamy.
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Spread frosting on cooled bars, then slice and serve!
Don’t forget to pin this to your favorite Pinterest board to save for later!
Maple Cinnamon Sweet Potato Bars
Ingredients
Sweet Potato Bars
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup canola oil
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 3/4 cup cooked & mashed sweet potatoes equal to about 2 sweet potatoes
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Maple Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon maple extract
- 4 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
Sweet Potato Bars
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix eggs, oil, sugar, and mashed sweet potatoes in a large bowl. Sift remaining ingredients and add to the sweet potato mixture. Mix well and pour into greased jelly roll pan,
- Bake for 18-20 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool before you frost them.
- Note: You may use a 9x13 pan and bake for 25-30 minutes, insert tooth pick to make sure it is done.
Maple Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
- In a large bowl, beat together the butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer. With the mixer on low speed, add the powdered sugar a cup at a time, add maple syrup, extract and cinnamon and beat until smooth and creamy.
- Spread frosting on cooled bars, then slice and serve!
Kids review: I didn’t tell anyone that it was made from sweet potatoes and they loved them. Even the hubby! Their favorite part though hands down was the maple cinnamon frosting, it will be going on our pancakes soon!
I am totally ok with calling this breakfast 🙂 This is such a great twist to the pumpkin bars…love it and pinned it 🙂
This looks and sounds delish! I am stumbling and pinning.
Thank you Scarlet! xo San
YUM. This sounds amazing. I love all of these fall flavors
The bars and the frosting look awesome! Would the kids have reacted differently if they’d known there were sweet potatoes in the bars? Thanks so much for bringing these delicious bars to TYSH recipe link party! I hope you’ll swing by again next week to #stoptheyuck with us again! HUGS
Thanks, will see you next week. xo San
Oh my goodness, those look good! I love the healthy twist with the sweet potato…my kids love those. Looking forward to giving this a try!
Could I please have one of these bars right now? Thank you so much for sharing this awesome post with Full Plate Thursday and hope you are having a fantastic weekend!
Come Back Soon,
Miz Helen
Wow! I will definitely be trying this out this Fall! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
This is a very good article. Thank you for a great information.
these do look yummy! I am hoping to try this weekend. Question: these look as though the icing has vanilla bean in it, does it?
I hope you enjoy them! The flecks in the photos should just be the ground cinnamon that is added but you can definitely add vanilla bean if you’d like!