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By: Leigh Anne Wilkes
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Cranberry Bliss Bars are a blondie filled with ginger and dried cranberries topped with a orange flavored cream cheese frosting, more cranberries and a white chocolate drizzle. They are better than the seasonal Starbucks treat.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe!
Starbucks Copycat Recipe: If you are a fan of the Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars you are going to love this recipe. It has been taste tested by fellow fans and found to be “better than the real thing.” The cake on this homemade version is lighter and not as dense as the real thing which everyone preferred.
Great Flavor: These copycat Starbucks Cranberry Bliss bars are the perfect combination of cranberry, ginger, white chocolate and a touch of orange zest.
Pretty and Festive: Thanks the red and white colors, these bars are perfect for the holiday cookie plate!
Ingredients
- Flour. I use unbleached all purpose flour
- Brown Sugar
- Butter. I use salted butter
- Eggs
- Ground Ginger
- Vanilla Extract
- Salt
- Dried Cranberries
- White Chocolate or white chocolate chips. Chop white chocolate into small chunks.
- Candied Ginger. This can be hard to find and you can leave it out. It is usually found in the bulk section of the grocery store.
- Cream Cheese
- Powdered Sugar
- Orange Zest
How to make Cranberry Bliss Bars
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9 x 13 pan with nonstick spray.
- Beat together butter and brown sugar in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or use a hand electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Stir in eggs and vanilla extract, beating until light and fluffy.
- Pour in flour, powdered ginger and salt. Mix well
- Fold in the cranberries, chocolate chunks or chocolate chips and minced candied ginger
- Spread mixture in prepared pan and bake for about 20-25 minutes or until light golden brown or toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- After cake cools, mix all frosting ingredients together and spread over top of cake
- Sprinkle with minced cranberries.
- Drizzle with white chocolate.
Tips
- Use a cake decorating bag with a small round decorating tip or a zippered freezer bag that you have snipped one of the corners off to drizzle melted chocolate.
- Allow Cranberry Bliss Bars to cool completely before cutting. Cut them into rectangular shaped pieces and then cut each rectangle in half diagonally. I also like to cut the edges off of all four sides to give it a nice clean finish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you store Cranberry Bliss bars?
Because of the cream cheese in the frosting they should be kept stored in the refrigerator. Store in an airtight container. They will keep for 2-3 days. They can also be frozen for up to 2 months.
What is the best way to serve them?
They can be served chilled or room temperature. I prefer them at room temp.
The Cranberry Bliss Bar would make a great addition to a holiday cookie plate too since they are pretty and delicious. So if you are looking for some Bliss in your life – give these a try.
Check out more delicious treats:
- Chocolate Sugar Cookies
- Copycat Starbucks Coffee Cake Recipe
- Cranberry Orange Cookies
- Slow Cooker Cranberry Sauce
- Small Batch Coffee Cake
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Cranberry Bliss Bar Recipe
Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Coffee shop style cranberry bliss bars with white chocolate and cranberries.
serves: 16 bars
Prep:20 minutes minutes
Cook:20 minutes minutes
Total:40 minutes minutes
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Ingredients
Cake Base:
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 1/4 cup brown sugar packed
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/4 cup minced dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup quality white chocolate bar coarsely chopped
- 1/4 cup minced candied ginger
Frosting:
- 4 oz. cream cheese softened
- 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp butter softened
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp grated orange rind
Drizzle:
- 2 Tbsp minced dried cranberries
- 1/3 cup white chocolate melted
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9 x 13 pan
Beat together butter and sugar and then add eggs and vanilla beating until light and fluffy
Add flour, powdered ginger and salt. Mix well
Fold in the cranberries, chocolate chunks and minced candied ginger
Spread batter in pan and bake for about 20-25 minutes or until light golden brown
After cake cools, mix all frosting ingredients together and spread over top of cake
Sprinkle with minced cranberries
Use a cake decorating bag of melted chocolate with a small round decorating tip to drizzle the chocolate over the cake
Cut into bars
Tips & Notes:
Do not overbake. Bake just until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.
Use a cake decorating bag with a small round decorating tip or a zippered freezer bag that you have snipped one of the corners off of for melted chocolate. Drizzle over bars. You can also use a fork to add the white chocolate drizzle.
Allow Cranberry Bliss Bars to cook completely before cutting. Cut them into rectangular shaped pieces and then cut each rectangle in half diagonally.
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Nutrition Facts:
Calories: 318kcal (16%) Carbohydrates: 39g (13%) Protein: 2g (4%) Fat: 17g (26%) Saturated Fat: 10g (63%) Cholesterol: 73mg (24%) Sodium: 192mg (8%) Potassium: 67mg (2%) Sugar: 29g (32%) Vitamin A: 540IU (11%) Calcium: 36mg (4%) Iron: 0.9mg (5%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Dessert
Cuisine:American
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Heidi F. says
I make these every December to put on cookie plates for our friends and neighbors. They are so good!
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goggly says
Those look JUST like the rice Krispie treats that they market in the Disney parks …
just those opt for $3.99 each!Reply
goggly says
I like my Mickey biscuit cutter as well as do not need
a special occassion or excuse to bake them!Reply
Cindy says
Try this recipe with dried blueberries instead of the cranberries. It’s better!
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Leigh Anne says
Good to know – thanks!
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Hillary says
Hey! Just wanted to tell you. I made these last year for the first time….then made them again and yet another time. They were so good and I could.not. Get enough of then. Been dreaming about them all year in fact!! I love a good Pinterest recipe and you are the wxact definition of what I’m looking for. I actually went to Starbucks and had a slice because I haven’t had time to make a pan of these yet. And even though it was delicious and sparked my needs for this baked good, I know this recipe will be better. Thanks lady!
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Leigh Anne says
So glad these were just what you were looking for! Enjoy!
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