Pumpkin Bar Overnight Oats

November kicks my pumpkin cravings into high gear. Say what you will about October, but November and pumpkins just go together. I'm all in now. Completely. Maybe it's because I get homemade pumpkin bars on my birthday—which, by the way, happens to fall on Thanksgiving this year. So I have to wait for Thanksgiving to eat the aforementioned pumpkin bars because #tradition.

But I'm cheating a bit this year.
Just kind of.

I decided to try my hand at pumpkin bar overnight oats. Not warm oats because we're still wearing shorts and walking around without coats up here in Michigan. For real. So, overnight oats. I pulled out my mom's recipe for pumpkin bars, and then pulled out some of the ingredients, plus my oats.

The best part of the pumpkin bars, by far, is the cream cheese icing. It's basically cream cheese and powdered sugar (so healthy). So I put just a touch of powdered sugar into the oats.

It provided just the right amount of sweetness to not make the oats themselves seem too much like a dessert. I topped the oats with chia seeds and pepitas, which do not make an appearance on the original pumpkin bars.

The beautiful thing about overnight oats: You just have to throw everything in a jar, stir it up, then let it sit (you guessed it) overnight in the 'fridge.

They were really delicious. Not too sweet, not too savory. Here's the recipe. Of course, with overnight oats, you can do as you please. They'll turn out every time, right?

PUMPKIN BAR OVERNIGHT OATS
Source: A Daily Dose Original

Ingredients
• 1/2 Cup Old-Fashioned Oats
• 3/4 Cup Milk
• 1/4 Cup Pumpkin Puree
• 1/4 Tsp. Cinnamon
• 1/8 Tsp. Nutmeg
• 1/4 Tsp. Powdered Sugar
• 1 Tsp. Chia Seeds
• 1 Tbsp. Pepitas (Raw Pumpkin Seeds)

Directions
Throw everything in a single-serve jar or bowl. Mix, then store in the refrigerator overnight. Enjoy! And adapt the recipe as you see fit. So much fun to play with flavors!

Question: What is your favorite way to enjoy pumpkin at this time of year? Do you switch to warm oats when the weather gets cold, or does weather not affect your hot/cold cravings?