One of my favorite recipes to bring to parties around Christmastime are these Copycat Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars!
At Starbucks these are a seasonal item at over $3 each! (Or a box of 6 for $12). Rather than waiting until Christmastime and paying so much, now I can make them any time of year!
One thing to note about these is they are definitely best served within a day or two of making them. After a couple days they start to get sort of hard and stale tasting. For this reason I only make them when I know I’ll be able to serve most of them right away!
Starbucks Copycat Cranberry Bliss Bars
Ingredients
Scale
BARS
- 1 cup butter ( 2 sticks, very soft)
- 1 cup brown sugar ( some cooks reduce this to 2/3 cup)
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons orange extract or 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 3/4 cup craisins (dried cranberries)
- 3/4 cup white chocolate chips
FROSTING
- 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1 teaspoon orange extract (or vanilla)
- 2 T. milk
TOPPING
- 1/3 cup craisins, chopped
- 1 –2 tablespoon grated orange rind
- 1/3 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/2 teaspoon canola oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (325 for a glass or dark pan). Prepare a 10×15 by lining it with parchment paper or use a non-stick spray.
- BARS: With an electric mixer, beat together softened butter and sugars 3-5 minutes until light; gently blend in eggs and orange extract (don’t overbeat eggs). Add the flour, baking powder, and ginger and beat briefly. Add the cranberries and chips, stirring just until incorporated.
- Spread thick batter in prepared 10×15 pan. Bake 350 for 20-24 minutes until light brown AT EDGES and a skewer tests clean. Don’t overbake or your bars will be dry. Let it cool completely. NOTE: If you use a 9×13 pan, the bars will be thicker and will take 26-28 minutes
- FROSTING: Blend cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add orange extract, milk and confectioners sugar and beat until frosting is fluffy and spreadable (adding 1 t. milk if needed). Spread evenly over COOLED bars
- GARNISH: Chop 1/3 cup Craisins coarsely; sprinkle over frosted bars.
- DRIZZLE: Mix white chocolate and oil in a glass measuring cup. Microwave 1 minute; stirring every 15 seconds until melted. Use a fork or whisk to drizzle the white chocolate diagonally across the bars.
- Allow one hour for the white chocolate to set before cutting. **To make signature Starbuck triangles, cut into 20 large squares (5 cuts by 4 cuts with the knife). Then cut each square in half diagonally to create triangles.
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i need to try these!
I haven’t tried your recipe yet, but I definitely will. I LOVE these bars and wait for Starbucks to get them out every year. By far my fav! Thanks for figuring out the recipe.
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