For SouthLakesMom and anybody else who loves really, really good food!.
Can you say delicious? If you like pumpkin pie, you will love this. It is found at almost every Thanksgiving party here on the island. I just had some Sunday at church. Tomorrow I will be making my own.
Pumpkin Crunch Squares
1 large can of easy Pumpkin Pie Mix
3 large eggs
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cinnamon
1 12oz can Evap. Milk
1 Plain Yellow Cake Mix
1 cup (2 sticks) real butter (unsalted)
Chopped Walnuts (fine)
Waxed Paper
Combine pumpkin pie mix, sugar, eggs, cinnamon, and evaporated milk in a bowl. Set aside. Line a 9×13 pan with wax paper enough to hang over the sides (But not too far!). Pour mixture into pan.
Sprinkle cake mix over the top, then the chopped Walnuts. Drizzle the melted butter over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool on cooling rack. Refrigerate overnight.
Topping:*
1 block (8 0z) Cream Cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tub Cool whipCream together powdered sugar and cream cheese. Fold in Cool Whip.
Remove Pumpkin Crunch from the refrigerator and flip over onto cookie sheet. Remove wax paper. Spread the topping* over the pumpkin crunch. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Makes 24 squares
*Pumpkin Crunch is very rich already, so I do not use the cream cheese and Cool Whip topping. I just add a drop of whip cream and enjoy as is.
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Can you tell me where to find something in my house that lets me bake? What do you mean Line a pan? How do you combine? Can I take the cookie sheet off my bed? Refrigerate? Hmmmm does a cooler work? ROFLMAO
Thom — come on over, we’ll save you a piece. (Men ….)
So I see you didn’t answer my questions…pffft…now I can never make these
Maybe that’s just as well 
Sounds yummers. i don’t have to bake this years but I’m saving the recipe for another time.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving. Turkey Butt
Nessa — you will love this!
I am back home since sunday night. From blue sky and heat I landed in Belgium in a storm which let the plane waggle like a dog tail. Now I am sitting (not singing) again in the rain and am surprised of Christmas decorations !
If you want to have a look on the pyramides it’s here http://gattinatravels.blogspot.com/
Gattina, welcome home! I’ll be by to visit!
Ohhhhhhhhhh NOW you post it again! AFTER I went on a hunt through your blog! And the last time it wasn’t actually posted IN the blog – it was posted as a link to a published recipe that wasn’t even called Pumpkin Crunch Squares! It was called Not So SPOOKY Pumpkin Treats … or something like that!!! You didn’t make it EASY for me! LOL!
Melli — yeah, I did recently post this on Associated content. I also posted it about 2 years ago on my cooking blog — remember that?
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
We have a nut allergy here — can anyone think of any substitutions for the walnuts? Obviously we’ll lose some of the crunch factor…but maybe graham cracker crumbs? Whatcha think?
Kelley — taste-wise, why not Graham cracker crumbs? — But they will moisten and maybe not crunch.
Oh, no, look at Thom’s comment! Awww, bless. Someone needs to go bake him something.
….. I’m busy.
Besides finding an equivalent to “can of pumpkin” working from scratch, I need a gluten-free version for my kid. Yay Google! LOL
Susan — any gluten-free dry cake mix (which I am certain you know how to make) and just take plain pumpkin and season it for pie, or have Ella bring you a can of pie filling!
Well get the apron on Betty Crocker and get busy !!!!
This sounds simply divine!! I’m going to have to try it.
Susan — you won’t regret it!
sounds yummy but no way could i make anything like it here as half the ingredients are unknown or unavailable here
Polona — I posted this in October as Spooky treats. In the comments — look for Mumma & my answers — you will find conversions & likely work arounds, but it might make baking this more troublesome than it is worth — although it is darn tasty.
i think i remember the spooky treats post – thanks
for the time being i guess i’ll stay with the local pastry but i’ll know where to look if i suddenly want me some pumpkin treats
You just might have saved Thanksgiving Day for me, Quilly! I’ve been looking for an alternative to pie (we’ll have 2, but I like to have 3 desserts), and cookies are too Christmas-y. Think I’ll give these a whirl. Thanks!
Melissa — it only seems fair since I picked up your Pecan Pie recipe yesterday! LOL!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Might be something for us to make to take to Peter’s.
Dr. John — they’re way yummy!
I’m so glad I whined!
Kelley — “squeaky wheel”.
Saving the recipe now to my archives. Sounds yummy. No picture?
Church Lady — I haven’t made it yet this year, and last time I made it the camera was broken, so no pic.
your recipe for the TOPPING omits the quantity for powdered sugar.
but, I agree. Whipped cream alone would be better.
Gigi – -the amount for the powdered sugar was there — somehow I had typed it in the top section. Thanks for noticing. I moved it to where it belongs! The topping is yummy, but on top of the already rich Pumpkin Crunch it is way too sweet!
This is only my second Thanksgiving here in the islands so I haven’t seen this recipe yet. It looks really yummy!
My family would revolt if we didn’t have the traditional pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving and Christmas, but this sounds interesting for between times! I hope you’ll share a photo some time after it is made.
I can see this heading off to a potluck in the near future!
I’ll have to substitute almonds because my dh (who is not a picky eater and has no food allergies) does not like walnuts.