These Cranberry Bliss Bars are a Copycat Starbucks Recipe and taste just like the real thing! Make them at home all year long and never have to be without them again!
I am about to blow your mind – I tried my first Cranberry Bliss Bar from Starbucks this year. Yes, as-in a few weeks ago and I instantly became hooked.
After spending a bit more than I’d like at Starbucks lately, I decided it was time to learn how to make my own Cranberry Bliss Bars at home and that is when this Copycat Starbucks recipe was born!
If you love the popular Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars every holiday season, you are going to love these!
Copycat Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars
Ingredients Needed:
- All-purpose flour
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Ground cinnamon
- White sugar
- Brown sugar
- Unsalted butter, melted
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- White chocolate chips or chopped white chocolate
- Dried cranberries
For the cream cheese frosting:
- Cream cheese, softened
- Confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)
- White baking chocolate, melted
- Dried cranberries, chopped into smaller pieces
- Vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly spray a 13×9 -inch baking dish with nonstick spray.
In a medium-size bowl mix together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
In another bowl mix together the granulated sugar, brown sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla extract.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ones in 2 batches, until the batter is well mixed.
Fold in the white chocolate chips and the dried cranberries and mix well. Spread the batter onto the baking pan and press down with the back of a spatula to even out the batter.
Bake for 15-20 minutes until the edges are golden brown and an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let it cool completely.
Meanwhile, prepare the cream cheese frosting; in a large bowl beat with a hand mixer the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract until well blended.
Frost the (cooled down) bars with the cream cheese frosting and sprinkle the chopped dried cranberries on top. Drizzle with the melted white chocolate.
When the white chocolate cools down and sets, cut into 9 large squares, then cut easy square diagonally to create triangles.
Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Enjoy!
Things To Note:
- To melt the white chocolate, place the chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 10 seconds and stir, then for another 10 second and stir until the chocolate is nice and melted. Be very careful as white chocolate burns and melts way faster than milk or dark chocolate.
- Don’t overbake the batter. Even a few more minutes of baking time will result in a crumbly, dried out bar.
- Add some orange zest to the cream cheese frosting and/or to the batter. It’s totally optional but it will elevate your frosting and the subtle hints of citrus work wonders in this recipe. Not only that but orange and cranberries are a match made in heaven.
Want another tasty Starbucks recipe? Try our Copycat Starbucks Cool Lime Refresher Recipe.
Copycat Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars
Ingredients
For The Bars
- 1 and ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅔ cup granulated white sugar
- ⅔ cup lightly packed brown sugar
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter melted
- 2 large eggs
- ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup white chocolate chips or chopped white chocolate
- ⅓ cup dried cranberries
For The Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 cup 9oz cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup confectioners sugar powdered sugar
- ⅓ cup white baking chocolate melted
- ⅓ cup dried cranberries chopped into smaller pieces
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly spray a 13×9 -inch baking dish with nonstick spray.
- In a medium-size bowl mix together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- In another bowl mix together the granulated sugar, brown sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla extract.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ones in 2 batches, until the batter is well mixed.
- Fold in the white chocolate chips and the dried cranberries and mix well. Spread the batter onto the baking pan and press down with the back of a spatula to even out the batter.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes until the edges are golden brown and an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let it cool completely.
- Meanwhile, prepare the cream cheese frosting; in a large bowl beat with a hand mixer the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract until well blended.
- Frost the (cooled down) bars with the cream cheese frosting and sprinkle the chopped dried cranberries on top. Drizzle with the melted white chocolate.
- When the white chocolate cools down and sets, cut into 9 large squares, then cut easy square diagonally to create triangles.
- Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Enjoy!
Notes
NUTRITION
Nutrition information is a rough estimate only; actual values will vary based on the exact ingredients used and amount of recipe prepared.