Healthy Carrot Cake Bars are absolutely delicious and made in one bowl! The bars are topped with a fluffy 3 Ingredient Cream Cheese Frosting.
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If you love carrot cake, you must make these bars! The cake is super moist with very minimal oil and only sweetened with a bit of pure maple syrup. You will have no idea that these bars are secretly healthy.
To make these cake bars extra special, they are topped with a 3 Ingredient Cream Cheese Frosting. Seriously, it's the best NO butter cream cheese frosting ever. I wanted to call these carrot cake dream bars because they are truly heavenly!
Ingredients in Healthy Carrot Cake Bars
- whole wheat pastry flour
- almond flour
- pumpkin pie spice
- baking powder
- pure vanilla extract
- eggs
- unsweetened applesauce
- avocado oil - Grab the avocado oil HERE! Use code “frozenbananas” at checkout for a discount!
- pure maple syrup
- grated carrots - grate carrots with a box grater or use a food processor
- chopped walnuts
Ingredients in 3 Ingredient Cream Cheese Frosting
- plain Greek yogurt
- softened cream cheese
- pure maple syrup
How to make healthy carrot cake bars from scratch
- Combine all ingredients to form the batter.
- Pour the mixture into a baking pan.
- Bake.
- Let Cool.
- Make the frosting.
- Frost, slice and enjoy!
How to store Healthy Carrot Cake Bars
Store the frosted carrot cake bars in an airtight container, in the refrigerator for about 2-3 days.
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Healthy Carrot Cake Bars (with 3 Ingredient Cream Cheese Frosting)
Ingredients
Ingredients in Healthy Carrot Cake Bars
- 1 ¼ cups whole wheat pastry flour - All purpose flour may work, but I haven't tested it.
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ¼ cup avocado oil - (Grab the avocado oil HERE! Use code “frozenbananas” at checkout for a discount!)
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- ½ cup grated carrots - (grate carrots with a box grater or use a food processor)
- ⅓ cup chopped walnuts
Ingredients in 3 Ingredient Cream Cheese Frosting
- ⅓ cup plain Greek yogurt
- 8 oz softened cream cheese
- 3 tbsp pure maple syrup
Instructions
- Mix together all ingredients for the cake batter until combined.
- Pour the mixture into an 8×8 baking pan lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Let the cake cool for about 10 minutes in the baking pan. Then, transfer it to a cooling rack to cool completely before frosting. Allow the cake to cool completely!! I know it's hard, but you don't want the frosting to melt.
- Grab your stand mixer. Use the paddle attachment on your mixer and combine the yogurt, cream cheese and maple syrup until creamy. There should be no lumps.
- Evenly spread the frosting over the cake. I added a sprinkle of extra chopped walnuts over the top.
- Slice into bars and enjoy!
Notes
This nutrition information is an estimate and should not be taken as fact. The owner of this website is not liable for this estimation.
Lara
just made them,they're so delicious !!
Yay! Glad to hear that, Lara. 🙂
Grace
So yummy and easy!
That's the goal! 🙂 – Krista <3
Thuy Lan Pham
How do you make the tofu cream cheese?
You can purchase it at any major grocery store! I love Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese
Tawni Miller
These were so yummy! I made them for Easter and subbed GF flour for whole wheat to accommodate our family and they were a big hit! I can’t believe how yummy that frosting is!!!
Honestly, one of my favorites! So glad they were included at your Easter celebration. 🙂
Belina
I made it this morning. Very delicious😋 Thank you for this healthy version carrot cake bard’s recipe. Can these bars store in Frozen? I can’t finish whole within 3 days by myself😆
Love to hear that! 🙂 You can freeze the bars unfrosted and leave the frosting stored in an airtight container in the fridge.
Elissa
Could this be made using all almond flour?
No, every flour has a different texture. You could try a gluten-free flour blend with xanthan gum added in place of the whole wheat pastry flour if you're looking for a gf option. I like Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour.
Ishita Agarwal
Hi! I was interested in making these carrot cake bars, but I don’t have applesauce or pumpkin spice available where I live. Could you suggest a substitute and the ratio I should use? I was thinking of using greek yoghurt or cottage cheese, but I’m not sure if that will replace the applesauce.
Thank you!
Hi! You can use cinnamon instead of the spice. You can probably use mashed banana in place of the applesauce, but you will need to mash it very well until it's liquidy. I haven't tried this sub so I can't guarantee the same results and the cake will have a banana flavor.
Tawni Miller
DELICIOUS!!! The best Carrot Cake Bars and love the velvety frosting:)
Yay! 🙂
Ashley
These look so good and I can’t wait to make them! My husband can’t hand almonds. Is there another nut flour or other flour I could sub? Thanks!
Since flours have different textures, you wouldn't be able to sub the almond flour one for one with another flour. You could use more whole wheat pastry flour, but you will have to play around with the measurement a bit to obtain the right texture.