Crock Pot Pumpkin Pie Bars are sugar-free and low carb and the easiest way to serve an amazing traditional dessert for the holidays!
Pumpkin Pie
I don't know anyone not serving pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving, that would be absurd.
But I do know how crazy difficult in can be to be the one hosting and making a feast for a big family and pies might end up being last on the TO DO list.
I get that because my hubby and I make a whole lot of sides to help my mom on Thanksgiving. We make butternut squash, broccoli rabe, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and applesauce and even my own birthday cake. Yes my birthday is the 24th of this month and it's a tradition my mom has set since I was a baby, to celebrate on Thanksgiving since it usually lands close to it every year.
With all that food to make and my own birthday cake, pumpkin pie is not on my list to make. One can only do so much in 24 hours right?
My mom will often buy all these incredible homemade pies at a local farm we have in RI. Of course these are pies I can't eat as they are not gluten free or sugar free, but as long as I make my own birthday cake I'm ok without pie or so I thought.
Slow Cooker Desserts
The slow cooker isn't just for savory recipes. If you've never made a dessert in your slow cooker, start today with this recipe. It will free up your oven space on Thanksgiving day!
If you've been around here a while you may know my very popular Sugar-Free Pumpkin Custard recipe?
It's only 76 calories, low carb, crustless and amazing. I've made that into Pumpkin Pie before but I didn't feel like making that standard pie crust, so I tried something else in this recipe. This crust is basically just all made in the food processor and spread into the bottom of the crock pot. EASY! The filling is a slight adaption to the pumpkin custard recipe with the addition of some chocolate chips. My favorite sugar-free brand of chocolate chips is Lily's found online or at Whole Foods.
Other Slow Cooker desserts you might enjoy:
Whether you decide to keep it sugar-free this Thanksgiving or not is your choice, but at least a fabulous pumpkin pie that IS sugar-free can be made fairly easily in the crock pot and no one will even notice it's healthy!
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Crock Pot Sugar-Free Pumpkin Pie Bars
Ingredients
Crust
- ¾ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup raw sunflower seeds or sunflower seed flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup Swerve confectioners
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
Filling
- 1 can pumpkin puree
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 6 eggs
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon liquid stevia
- Optional: ½ cup sugar-free chocolate chips such as the brand Lily's
Instructions
Crust
- Place all ingredients for the crust in a food processor and process until fine crumbs.
- Grease the bottom of a slow cooker.
- Press the crust mixture onto the bottom of the slow cooker as evenly as possible.
Filling
- Add the filling ingredients to a stand mixer and blend until combined well.
- Stir in or top filling with optional chocolate chips if desired.
- Pour mixture onto the crust.
- Cover and cook on low 3 hours.
- Uncover and let it cool 30 minutes then refrigerate the entire slow cooker for at least 3 hours.
- Slice and serve with sugar free whipped cream!
Notes
- Nutritional information is not including chocolate chips.
- If you don't have cinnamon liquid stevia you can use vanilla or plain will work as well.
- Our youngest has a tree nut allergy so I use sunflower seeds in many recipe. This can be replaced with almond flour if you desire.
- This recipe was first published in November 2014 and updated with video in November 2019.
Nutrition
About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & Refined carb free for 17 years and has written 2 cookbooks, Sugar-Free Mom, and Naturally Keto and her 3rd book The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, is a four part program to help you detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar and lose weight all while eating a delicious, nutrient dense whole foods. Meal plan offers two tracks to follow, low carb or keto. She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and Sugar Free Tribe weight loss membership. Learn more.
Mary LUX
should I lessen the cooking time for a 7 quart pot?
Joanne
I too would like to know the size of canned pumpkin. 19 ounce or 28?
Brenda
15 ounce
Linda
What size of canned pumpkin?
Glenda Clemens
What size crockpot???
Brenda
Mine is a 6 quart
Michele
Could I very politely suggest that you add that (the crockpot size) to the directions so that a person doesn’t have to scan the questions? I can’t wait to see how mine comes out❤️❤️
TDA
Please what could I use instead of shredded coconut?
Brenda
You could use flour or ground nuts.
Maryann McCorry
Hi Brenda,
After 3 hours, what do you do next? How far ahead can you make it before serving? Thx
Anne
LOVE your recipes- however I'm allergic to coconuts and you use coconut flour or coconut in lots of recipes. Any ideas on a substitute? I'm not allergic to nuts- just coconut! Thanks!
Nikki+@+NikSnacks
Yay to these crock pot pumpkin bars, but um.. your book?! Wow! I didn't know! Congrats! I want to hear more about it! Are you going on a tour? I hope so 🙂
Melanie
A crockpot? Who would've thunk it? Genius! Looks delicious!
Ashley+@+Wishes+and+Dishes
I love that these are made in the crock pot!! Brilliant!
Renee+-+Kudos+Kitchen
I've only made a couple of cakes in my slow cooker but, like you, I find it works wonderfully well. These pumpkin pie bars look seriously delicious!
Kim+(Feed+Me,+Seymour)
Pumpkin pie is my one serious weakness. I love it in bar form!
Sarah+Walker+Caron+(Sarah's+Cucina+Bella)
I love anything pumpkin. This has me written all over it. YUM!
Karen
Sounds yummy! Unfortunately I cannot eat coconut. 🙁
Ginny+McMeans
So glad you tried this and succeeded. Love that there is a crust and also the crust ingredients. Thanks!
Kirsten / ComfortablyDomestic
Honest to goodness, your pumpkin bars are the first dessert I've seen made in the crock pot that didn't look anemic or weird. They look delicious!
Brenda
Thanks so much Kirsten!
Paula+-+bell'alimento
I've never tried making many desserts in my slow cooker. I think I need to change that.
Stephanie @ Back for Seconds
Once again, my mind is blown! These look better than pumpkin pie to me! And the crock pot?! SO awesome!
Jules
This looks amazing! Do you think I can use full fat coconut milk instead of the heavy cream (dairy allergy)?
Thank you!!!
Brenda
Yes I think that would be just fine.
Cookin+Canuck
I love that you are able to make these in the slow cooker. And that crust with the coconut...heavenly!
Brenda
Thanks Dara!
Heather // girlichef
This is so cool! I love the idea of making it in the crockpot. Added to my ever-growing must-try list!
Brenda
Thank you!
Lindsey Dowiot
Oh my, oh my! This looks heavenly! I can't wait to try this recipe! I love dessert bars, and crock pot cooking, so this is perfect
Brenda
Thanks Lindsey!
The+Food+Hunter
I love when people share healthy recipes
Erin@TexanerinBaking
I've never seen slow cooker bars! They look awesome. 🙂 And I can take those pies your mother buys off your hands. 😉
Brenda
LOL Erin, Unfortunately my Italian family is not on the healthy eating bandwagon so she'd fight you for them!
Nutmeg+Nanny
I feel like I need to get on this slow cooker dessert train. Not only does it look delicious but super simple too!