Pumpkin White Chocolate Bars

I love pumpkin lattes, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin cream cheese, even roasted pumpkin seeds.  It is October, the leaves are changing and that means pumpkin candles burning in my house and LOTS of cooking with pumpkin!  These pumpkin bars are simply scrumptious! 

I found this recipe on one of my favorite blogs - mixandmatchmama - click here for her post

Recipe:

1 box white cake mix

4 eggs, divided

16 tablespoons butter, melted and divided

1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened

2 cups white chocolate chips, divided

1 (15 oz) can pumpkin

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 (16 oz) box powdered sugar

1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

 

Combine the cake mix, 1 egg, and 8 tablespoons butter and mix well with an electric mixer. Pat the mixture into the bottom of a lightly greased 13 by 9-inch baking pan. This will be your "crust". Sprinkle one cup of white chocolate chips over the crust.

 

To make the topping: In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and pumpkin until smooth. Add the remaining 3 eggs, vanilla, and the other 8 tablespoons butter, and beat together. Next, add the powdered sugar, and pumpkin pie spice and mix well. Stir in the remaining 1 cup of white chocolate chips. Spread pumpkin mixture over cake "crust" and bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Make sure not to over bake as the center should be a little gooey.