This is one of my favorite times of the year! All the gift-buying, baking and decorating and visiting with family – I just love the warm and cozy feeling I get and totally get into the spirit! The best part is all the baking while sneaking in bites of the homemade treats and the smell that comes from the kitchen. If you love Starbuck’s recipe, you’ll want to have this one! The bars have a little holiday cheer to them and I like to serve them for a party or a special day. Once fall comes around, I love nothing more than than a Pumpkin Spice Latte and these dessert bars. A Starbuck’s Cranberry Bliss Bar copycat recipe.Ĭranberry Bliss Bars are a decadent fall holiday dessert served at Starbuck’s. Cut bars to serve.Chewy brown butter blondies stuffed with white chocolate and cranberries then topped with a white chocolate, cream cheese frosting with cranberries and orange zest. Cover and refrigerate until chocolate is set, at least 30 minutes. Drizzle with remaining melted white chocolate. Sprinkle bars with cranberries and remaining orange zest.Spread the frosting evenly over the bars. Stir in vanilla, 1 teaspoon of orange zest and half of the melted white chocolate. Using an electric mixer beat cream cheese and powdered sugar until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Once bars are cooled melt white chocolate in microwave on 50% power stirring every 30 seconds.Let bars cool completely in pan before proceeding. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Spread batter evenly in the prepared baking pan.Fold in the cranberries and white chocolate. Gradually add flour mixture to butter-sugar-egg mixture until combined. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.Then whisk in the vanilla and orange zest. Once cooled, whisk in eggs, one at a time. Stir in brown sugar until fully dissolved. In a large bowl melt butter in microwave.If they go slightly stale, dunk them in a glass of milk! And if possible, store these in a single layer so you don’t mess up the cream cheese frosting on top. They should keep well in an airtight container for about a week. These cranberry bliss bars are best stored in the fridge and eaten cool. I then sprinkled them with dried cranberries, orange zest, and then drizzled on some melted white chocolate. Top with frosting - Once cooled, spread the thick cream cheese frosting on top of these cranberry bliss bars. If you don’t, the frosting will run everywhere and make a huge mess. Let the bars cool - You need to let the bars cool completely before topping them with frosting. To tell when these bars are finished baking, stick a knife into the very center and see if it comes out clean. Fold in the cranberries and white chocolate chips, and then pour the batter into a prepared 9-by-13-inch pan.īake the bliss bars - These bars will need about 20 minutes in the oven. Mix all the dry ingredients in a separate bowl slowly incorporate them into the butter mixture. Make the cookie base - Melt the butter in the microwave, then stir in the sugar and vanilla. Okay, so the basic steps for these bars are: The dried cranberries contrast beautifully with the orange zest, making these bars taste just like the holidays! These white chocolate cranberry bliss bars have a chewy, shortbread-like base and are topped with the most incredible cream cheese frosting. This copycat Starbucks recipe is one of my all-time faves.