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Healthy Carrot Cake Bars (with 3 Ingredient Cream Cheese Frosting)

Oct 15, 2020 · Modified: Mar 26, 2023 · This post may contain affiliate links · 14 Comments

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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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Healthy Carrot Cake Bars

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!

how to make carrot cake bars
how to make carrot cake bars with 3 ingredient cream cheese frosting

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

  1. plain Greek yogurt
  2. softened cream cheese
  3. pure maple syrup
3 photos of 3 Ingredient Cream Cheese Frosting

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)

Healthy Carrot Cake Bars are absolutely delicious and made in one bowl! The bars are topped with a fluffy 3 Ingredient Cream Cheese Frosting.
5 from 4 votes
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 35 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 9 bars

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

Properly measure flour by spooning the flour into the measuring cup. Then, level off the top of the cup with a knife. Do not place the measuring cup into the bag and scoop. You could end up with more flour than needed.
Do not over-mix the batter or the cake will be tough.
 
 

This nutrition information is an estimate and should not be taken as fact. The owner of this website is not liable for this estimation.

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Comments

  1. Lara

    January 06, 2021 at 10:10 am

    5 stars
    just made them,they're so delicious !!

    Reply
    • krista

      January 07, 2021 at 8:48 am

      Yay! Glad to hear that, Lara. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Grace

    January 16, 2021 at 8:43 pm

    5 stars
    So yummy and easy!

    Reply
    • krista

      January 19, 2021 at 8:15 am

      That's the goal! 🙂 – Krista <3

      Reply
      • Thuy Lan Pham

        April 09, 2021 at 2:46 am

        How do you make the tofu cream cheese?

        Reply
        • krista

          April 09, 2021 at 7:35 am

          You can purchase it at any major grocery store! I love Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese

          Reply
  3. Tawni Miller

    April 29, 2021 at 9:41 am

    5 stars
    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!!!

    Reply
    • krista

      April 29, 2021 at 1:21 pm

      Honestly, one of my favorites! So glad they were included at your Easter celebration. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Belina

    April 17, 2022 at 10:48 am

    5 stars
    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😆

    Reply
    • krista

      April 18, 2022 at 7:44 am

      Love to hear that! 🙂 You can freeze the bars unfrosted and leave the frosting stored in an airtight container in the fridge.

      Reply
    • Elissa

      March 27, 2023 at 11:44 am

      Could this be made using all almond flour?

      Reply
      • krista

        March 27, 2023 at 6:03 pm

        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.

        Reply

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