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Frosted Pistachio Bars

1 review
Test Kitchen Approved
Total Time

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling

Makes

2 dozen

Updated: Jan. 15, 2022
Bar cookies are the best-so fast and easy. Go as spooky as you dare when decorating this pan for Halloween. Shannon Sheehy, Chesterfield, Virginia
Frosted Pistachio Bars
Frosted Pistachio Bars Recipe photo by Taste of Home
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 packages (3.4 ounces each) instant pistachio pudding mix
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup chopped pistachios, optional
  • FROSTING:
  • 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • Optional decorations: candy eyeballs, M&M's minis, milk chocolate M&M's, Life Savers hard candies and gummies, regular and mini peanut butter cups, licorice twists, shoestring licorice, Starburst fruit chews, mega and regular Smarties, Nerds, Runts, Snaps chewy candies, candy corn, tiny-size Chiclets gum, butterscotch hard candies, Rolo candies, Caramel Creams and PayDay candy bar

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, whisk flour, pudding mix, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk egg, oil, water and vanilla until blended; stir into flour mixture. If desired, stir in pistachios. (Dough will be stiff.)
  2. Press dough into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake 20-25 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
  3. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, vanilla and salt until blended. Gradually beat in confectioners’ sugar. Spread over top. Decorate as desired.
  4. Cut into bars before serving. Store in the refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts

1 bar: 219 calories, 8g fat (2g saturated fat), 16mg cholesterol, 227mg sodium, 35g carbohydrate (25g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.