Skinny Carrot Zucchini Bars Recipe

Weight Watchers Recipe of the Day: Skinny Carrot Zucchini Bars

Are you looking for healthy dessert recipes you can serve your family without a lot of guilt?

Skinny Carrot Zucchini Bars

These skinny carrot zucchini bars are a great way to entice your family into eating their veggies.

Recipe Notes

They are packed with nutritional goodness from carrots, zucchini, raisins, walnuts and whole wheat pastry flour.

Low in fat, the whole recipe uses just ¼ cup of canola oil. So you can serve these carrot zucchini bars without a lot of guilt.

I also added ¼ cup of carrot puree to help keep them moist with minimal fat.

In addition to being healthy, these carrot-zucchini bars are are quick and easy too. Just stir together the ingredients, spread the batter in a pan and bake.

How Many Calories and WW Points in these Frosted Zucchini Bars?

According to my calculations, each bar with frosting has 156 calories and

7 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
7 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
7 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
4 *PointsPlus (Old plan)

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If you like this lightened up recipe for carrot zucchini bars, be sure to check out some of my other Weight Watchers friendly dessert recipes including WW 2-Ingredient Pineapple Angel Food Cake, Low-Fat Lemon Bars, Double German Chocolate Mini Cupcakes, Crock Pot Fruit Cocktail Cake and Slow Cooker Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies

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Skinny Carrot Zucchini Bars Recipe

These lighter, healthier carrot zucchini bars made with whole wheat flour and less fat for an easy, tasty and delicious treat your family will love!

Prep Time20 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Total Time50 minutes mins

Servings (adjustable): 24

Calories: 156

Author: Martha McKinnon | Simple Nourished Living

Ingredients

For the carrot zucchini bars:

• ▢ 1-½ cups whole-wheat pastry flour or white whole-wheat flour
• ▢ ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ▢ 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ▢ ½ teaspoon salt
• ▢ 2 large eggs
• ▢ 1-½ cups shredded carrots (about 3 medium)
• ▢ 1 cup shredded zucchini
• ▢ ¾ cup packed light brown sugar
• ▢ ½ cup raisins
• ▢ ½ cup chopped walnuts
• ▢ ¼ cup canola oil
• ▢ ¼ cup pureed carrots (I used a small jar of baby food carrots)
• ▢ ¼ cup honey, or maple syrup

For the citrus icing:

• ▢ 8 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
• ▢ 1 cup powdered sugar
• ▢ 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice or orange juice
• ▢ 1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon or orange zest (optional)

Instructions

• Preheat your oven to 350F degrees. Lightly grease the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch pan. In a large bowl, stir together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking powder and salt until well blended.
• In another bowl stir together the eggs, shredded carrots, shredded zucchini, brown sugar, raisins, walnuts, oil, pureed carrots and honey until well blended.
• Stir the carrot zucchini mixture into the flour mixture just until blended.
• Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Remove from the oven and place the pan on a wire rack to cool completely.
• Sprinkle the cooled carrot zucchini bars with a dusting of powdered sugar or spread with citrus cream cheese frosting made with reduced-fat cream cheese.
• To make the icing, in a mixing bowl, beat the reduced-fat cream cheese, sugar, juice and zest until fluffy.

Equipment

Mixing Bowls

Box Grater

9x13 Baking Pan

Recipe Notes

Serving size" 1 frosted zucchini bar

Click here to see your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site.

7 *SmartPoints (Green plan)

7 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)

7 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)

4 *PointsPlus (Old plan)

1 bar without icing: 111 calories, 4.1 g fat, 17.6 g carbs, 0.9 g fiber, 2.3 g protein, *3 Weight Watchers Points Plus, *5 Weight Watchers SmartPoints, *5 Freestyle SmartPoints

Nutrition Facts

Skinny Carrot Zucchini Bars Recipe

Amount Per Serving (1 bar with icing)

Calories 156 Calories from Fat 57

% Daily Value*

Fat 6.3g10%

Carbohydrates 22.6g8%

Fiber 0.9g4%

Protein 3.2g6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: carrot cake, carrot zucchini cake

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*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.

I love carrot and zucchini filled baked goods. They somehow seem more wholesome!

Here are some of my favorite recipes for baked goods with carrots and/or zucchini:

• Mom's Lighter Zucchini Bread with Coconut
• Skinny Apple Zucchini Loaf Cake
• Enlightened Carrot Cupcakes
• Healthy Breakfast Muffins

Here's a different take on making Healthy Low-Fat Carrot Zucchini Bars with Citrus Cream Cheese Frosting:

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