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Pumpkin s'mores bites recipe

Pumpkin s'mores bites recipe

5 ratings

Created by The Tesco Real Food team

With a spiced pumpkin cheesecake base and a melting s'mores topping, these tasty little bites are perfect for your Halloween party spreads. Or simply bake a batch for a cute teatime treat – you can use butternut squash if pumpkin isn't available. See method

  • Makes 12
  • Takes 1 hr 20 mins
  • 244 calories / serving

Ingredients

  • 1 small butternut squash or culinary pumpkin (about 700g), peeled, deseeded and chopped into 1-2cm cubes
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ground ginger
  • ½ tsp mixed spice
  • 5 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 200g digestive biscuits
  • 100g butter, melted
  • 12 squares milk cooking chocolate
  • 6 white marshmallows, halved widthways
If you don't have any butternut squash, try sweet potato

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    1015kj
    244kcal     12%

  • Fat

    14g 20%

  • Saturates

    7g 35%

  • Sugars

    15g 17%

  • Salt

    0.2g 3%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 26g Protein 2.8g Fibre 1.9g

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C. Put the squash or pumpkin on a baking tray and toss to coat in the oil. Cover with foil, then roast for 30 mins or until soft but not browned, tossing halfway through. Leave to cool for 5 mins.
  2. Transfer the roasted squash or pumpkin to a food processor with the spices, maple syrup and egg; blitz until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
  3. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases. Wipe out the food processor and blitz the biscuits to fine crumbs. Add the melted butter and pulse a few times to combine, then divide the mixture between the muffin cases, using your fingers to press it firmly into the base and halfway up the sides until tightly packed. Bake for 10 mins.
  4. Spoon the pumpkin mixture over the biscuit bases, then cover with foil and bake for another 15 mins. Cool in the tin for a few mins and preheat the grill to high.
  5. Top each s’mores bite with a square of chocolate, followed by a marshmallow half, then grill for 1½-2 mins until the marshmallows have melted a little. Leave to cool slightly in the tin for a few mins before removing the paper cases to serve.

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