Ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin

• ⅓ cup sugar or sugar substitute (see Tips)

• 2 tablespoons honey

• 1½ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

• ½ cup refrigerated or frozen egg product, thawed (see Tips)

• 1 teaspoon vanilla

• ¾ cup evaporated fat-free milk

• ½ cup lightly sweetened toasted oat bran cereal flakes with oat clusters (such as Smart Start®)

• ⅓ cup coarsely chopped almonds, toasted

• ¼ cup dried cranberries

• ½ teaspoon finely shredded orange peel

• 8 gingersnaps, broken

• 2 ounces dark or bittersweet chocolate (60 to 70% cacao), chopped

• 2 teaspoons finely chopped crystallized ginger

• 2 gala or Jonathan apples (or 2 ripe pears)

• ¼ cup water

• ¼ cup chopped walnuts or pecans, toasted

• 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup