Cranberry Bliss Bars - The Recipe Rebel (2024)

These Cranberry Bliss Bars are made with a blondie base, with cranberries and white chocolate chips, they’re topped with a sweet cream cheese frosting and white chocolate drizzle! A Starbucks Copycat Recipe, they’re perfect for the holiday season!

This easy Cranberry Bliss Bars recipe (a Starbucks copycat!) is always a huge hit on our holiday cookie trays!

The best thing about homemade Christmas recipes though, is that you can make them any time of year.

While most have to wait to enjoy these seasonal Starbucks treats, we have them whenever we want!

We love baking up a batch as soon as the weather starts to cool off, or even on a rainy summer day.

They’re also great for giving as edible gifts, though I won’t blame you if they don’t actually make it to your friend’s house…

Try mySeven Layers Magic Bars,Cream Cheese Brownies,Cherry Cheesecake Brownies, myMillionnaire Shortbread recipe, and theseCaramel Nut Barsfor moredessert bar ideas!

Ingredients Needed:

• Brown Sugar:brown sugar (packed) adds more richness and flavor than white granulated sugar.
• Salted Butter:use salted butter in this recipe for the base and topping, as it helps enhance the flavors.
• Egg:to bind the ingredients of the blondie together.
• Vanilla Extract:adds a warm, sweet flavor to the blondies and the cream cheese frosting.
• Flour:use all-purpose flour for these bars.
• Salt:helps to enhance the flavors in the bar base and the frosting.
• Cranberries:dried cranberries add flavor and texture to these bars in the blondies, and on top of the frosting.
• White Chocolate Chips:use white chocolate chips to add sweetness through the bars, and then melt some to drizzle on top of the bars.
• Cream Cheese:use your favorite brand of cream cheese. Full-fat cream cheese will give you the creamiest flavor and texture in the frosting, but low-fat cream cheese will work too.
• Powdered Sugar:to add sweetness and substance to the cream cheese frosting.

How to Make Starbuck’s Cranberry Bliss Bars

This recipe is quick and easy to make! Full instructions are included in the recipe card below.

1. Whisk sugar and butter: Combine brown sugar and melted butter. Whisk until smooth.
2. Add egg, vanilla, and salt: Next, add the egg, vanilla, extract, and salt and whisk until combined.

3. Mix in flour: Add flour, and stir just until combined.
4. Add add-ins:Gently stir the cranberries andwhite chocolate chipsinto thebase of the bars.

5. Put in pan and bake: Spread mixture into prepared pan and bake until a toothpick comes out clean in the center.
6. Add topping and chill:Spread frosting over the cooled bars and sprinkle with dried cranberries. Chill and serve.

Homemade Cranberry Bliss Bars FAQs

Tips and Notes

• Electric Mixer.You can use an electric mixer to make these bars, but you’ll want to use a rubber spatula or wooden spoon to gently stir in the cranberries and chocolate chips.
• Cutting the bars.Be sure to let the bars cool completely or chill before cutting them. This will help them hold their shape better.

Copycat Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars Variations

• Mix up the fruit.You can substitute dried cherries, or even raisins, for the cranberries. Any dried fruit would work, chopped into small enough pieces.
• Use another chocolate.You can useany kind of chocolate for these bars. Try milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate for a different flavor. You can also use small chunks of chocolate instead of chocolate chips in the bars too.
• Add other flavors.Add a swirl of caramel or raspberry jam before chilling the bars for an extra layer of flavor!

Serving Suggestions

Serve a delicious Cranberry Bliss Bar with a hot cup of coffee or tea for an afternoon pick-me-up!

These bars make the perfect addition to your holiday cookie trays alongside myNo Bake Mint Chocolate Bars,Peppermint Bark, and myTriple Chocolate Raspberry Brownies!

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