Call me basic, but it’s not the holidays until Starbucks comes out with all their Christmas goodies. While I love a good caramel brulee latte, what I crave all year long are Cranberry Bliss Bars. If you have been reading my blog for a long, long time, you might remember when I shared my recipe for these babies like legit SEVEN(!) years ago. Over the years, we have tweaked the recipe a bit, but the recipe is so good (and my photography has improved so much) that they are worth sharing again. These have become a holiday tradition at our house and we make them at least once a year.
Copycat Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars
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Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
- Bar:
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1½ cups packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon orange extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- 1 cup ounces white chocolate chips
- Frosting:
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 6 ounces white baking chocolate, melted
- ½ cup dried cranberries, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium bowl, melt butter; stir in brown sugar. Let cool to room temperature. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon; gradually add the dry mixture to the butter mixture. Stir in the cranberries and chopped chocolate.
- Spread the blondie batter into a lightly greased 13×8 pan. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- To Prepare the frosting use an electric mixer to beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar until smoth. Gradually add half of the melted white chocolate. Frost brownies, sprinkle with cranberries and drizzle with remaining melted white chocolate. Cut into triangle-shaped bars. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.
The best part about these is that when you make them at home, they come out to be so much cheaper than buying them at $4 a pop at Starbucks. When you have a forever hungry 8 year old boy, treats like these can put a real dent if your pocket because sharing one is not an option! We have already finished our first batch of these bars and there are still 3 weeks until Christmas, so we will probably whipping up another batch in the coming days.
Hope you enjoy these!
What are your favorite holiday treats?
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