Pineapple Bars
Pineapple Bars are so light and full of crushed pineapple. They are quick to throw together and even quicker to disappear. Our favorite pineapple dessert recipe!
Today seems like a good day to make a treat.
If you have some crushed pineapple in your cupboard, I recommend you use it to make this Pineapple Bars recipe!
If you love pineapple desserts, you will love these bars. They are sweet, full of pineapple flavor and just heavenly.
We also made a video to show you just how easy they are to make, you can find in the recipe card!
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What are Pineapple Bars?
Pineapple bars are a sweet treat - the consistency is soft and moist, almost like a cake, but you cut it into squares and eat it like you would a brownie or a blondie!
We love to make these for a Sunday treat. They are super great to take to picnics or BBQs in the summer, or to enjoy in the winter when you're dreaming of warmer days!
If you need a pineapple bars recipe to use a can of crushed pineapple, make these. You will not regret it!
Ingredients
- butter
- sugar
- eggs
- flour
- baking soda
- salt
- crushed pineapple
- powdered sugar (for garnish)
How to make the bars:
Grease a 9x9 baking dish and set aside. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Strain crushed pineapple. I find that a mesh strainer works best to strain as much liquid out as possible.
- Add butter, sugar, and eggs into a large bowl and mix well with a hand mixer.
- Beat in flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Stir in pineapple.
- Spread batter evenly into the prepared pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until they are cooked through.
Pro Tips:
- Pineapple Bars are gooey in texture so a toothpick will not come out 'clean.'
- Let the bars cool completely before cutting them into bars.
- A plastic knife is the best thing to cut them with.
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Pineapple Bars
Video
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup flour
- ¼ tsp. baking soda
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 1 ¼ cup crushed pineapple well-drained
- powdered sugar for garnish
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together butter, sugar and eggs.
- Beat in flour, baking soda and salt.
- Stir in pineapple.
- Spread into a greased 9x9 square pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 28-33 minutes until done. Cool in pan for 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar and cut into squares. Serve.
Notes
Pro Tips:
- Pineapple Bars are gooey in texture so a toothpick will not come out 'clean.'
- Let the bars cool completely before cutting them into bars.
- A plastic knife is the best thing to cut them with.
Nutrition
We hope you love this pineapple bars recipe by Mandy from Mandy's Recipe Box.
Be sure to check out these other pineapple dessert recipes from Mandy:
This post was originally published in April 2015 and has been updated with new photos, a video and more detailed information.
My college roommate used to make a similar recipe and I haven't had it in years. Brought back so many memories! It's easy and delicious!
move aside lemon bars, these are the next best thing! thank you so much for sharing this amazing recipe!
Made this as a quick dessert, wow! This was a moist and light dessert. Definitely the key was to drain the juice from the pineapple. I certainly will be makIng this again.
I made them as written, cooked for the lower baking time and they were not gooey at all, much more cake like. I thought they seemed overcooked too. Others have said the same thing so Im not sure how to fix the problem.
Delicious! Mine also turned out more like cake but we loved it, I used GF 1:1 flour, and cut the sugar to 1/2-3/4 cup as suggested by other bakers.
I also added cinnamon, vanilla and unsweetened coconut to the batter. And sprinkled sprinkled more coconut and a little brown sugar on top. I baked this in a glass 8x8 baking dish at 350 for 35-40 minutes
Will definitely make this again!
Thanks!
These were good. Lightly sweet. I don't know what I did wrong though because mine turned out completely cake-like and not a gooey bar at all like I'd hoped. I know I properly drained the crushed pineapple with a mesh strainer. (maybe too much?) I may have used a little too much flour? Maybe I overmixed it. Maybe I just overcooked it. I suppose any one of those issues could cause a more cake-like texture. I'll do a bit of trial and error until I get it right because taste-wise these were very good and super easy to make.
Do you think brown sugar on the bottom would come out ok? My husband was saying to try it.. but i wasn’t sure although we love pineapple upside down cake!
Just made this. Easy and delicious. Did not change anything besides cutting sugar to 3/4 cup. Thank you for the awesome recipe!
So glad you loved it! Thanks for letting us know Zoya.
Very good! I used about 3/4 sugar and didn't add the extra powdered sugar on top. I did add a little rum and vanilla extract for a little extra something.
Sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing Lynn.
This is one of my favorite recipes for several reasons—easy to put together with staple ingredients, the right size for our small family, and delicious.
Cook time was too long and you cannot substitute with coconut flour for a gluten-free recipe. They came out very very dry. Just wanted to make sure this was noted five stars for the recipe with regular flour.
Wow, these are sooooo good!
I made a half recipe using a small can of pineapple and a 9x4 loaf pan baked for 30 minutes. It wasn’t strongly pineapple flavored but the texture was wonderful and we loved what my wife called its “clean” taste. I would definitely make it again.
So glad to hear it!
Just tried this recipe and loved it! A few notes:
- Didn't have enough butter so replaced it with 3/4 cup of canola oil. Still came out moist and spongy!
- Didn't have a 9x9 so used an 8x8. Had to leave it baking a bit longer (38 minutes).
- Would've left it to cool down a bit longer than 10 minutes so cutting it would be a bit easier. Was to excited to keep waiting.
This came out delicious and I will surely try it again with butter and see how that turns out.
They are great. Can they be frozen
I don’t eat eggs, is it really necessary? Or what can I add that may substitute it
Could almond flour be substituted for plain flour to make these gluten-free?
Ok these were actually delicious! I had opened an old can of crushed pineapple to try and help with a relentless cough, had a ton left over and did a quick internet search and picked the easiest recipe I could find and WOW! Deliciously light and subtle sweetness! My husband I have eaten half the pan already
So glad to hear this! Thanks Stacy!
Can you use a sugar substitute for this recipe
I haven't tried it so I'm not sure, but let us know if you do!
These pineapple bars are absolutely delicious! I had a few pineapple tidbits remaining from another recipe that I rough chopped and added to the crushed pineapple. I liked the bit of texture it added to the bars. I drained the pineapple in a mesh strainer then wrapped in paper toweling to squeeze out the remaining juice. These were a hit and will be made again and again.
Thanks Dee! So glad you liked them.