Scarily Good Pumpkin Spice Bars

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Ingredients

• ¼ cup ketchup
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 eggs
• ¼ tsp. ground ginger
• ½ cup oil
• ¼ tsp. ground cloves
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ¼ tsp. ground allspice
• 1 cup minus 2 tbsp. Canned pumpkin
• 1 cup (6 oz.) semisweet chocolate chips (about ½ of a 15 oz. can - NOT pumpkin pie mix) Frosting -
• 1 cup flour
• 4 oz. cream cheese (½ of an 8 oz. pkg.)
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• ¼ cup (½ stick) butter, softened
• ½ tsp. baking powder
• 1 cup plus 2 tbsp. Powdered sugar
• ¼ tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. vanilla
• 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x13-in. Pan.
• 2. In large bowl of an electric mixer, combine the ketchup, eggs, oil, granulated
• sugar and pumpkin. Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt,
• cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and allspice. With mixer at low speed, gradually add
• dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture. Blend well, scraping the bowl. Stir in the
• chocolate chips and pour into the prepared pan. (It will not be a deep layer.)
• 3. Bake about 20 minutes (but check early), until a toothpick inserted in the centere
• comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack.
• 4. For frosting, in a small bowl of an electric mixer beat together the cream cheese
• and butter until smooth. Sift the powdered sugar and add a little at a time,