CRANBERRY BLISS BARS (STARBUCKS COPYCAT)
You'll find these bars at Starbucks during special holidays. The texture is like a chewy brownie, but the flavors include white chocolate, zesty orange, and cranberry, finished with a cream cheese frosting. NOTES - this recipe uses a 10x15 pan. One of the photos shows you how to make the right cuts to create signature triangle shapes. Nov. 2013 note - the bars bought from Starbucks have gone down-hill this year with icing that is flavorless and no real ginger flavor to the bars. Skip Starbucks and make your own! For Valentine's Day, I used a heart-shaped cookie cutter and tinted the icing pink. They were beautiful!
Provided by CookinDiva
Categories Bar Cookie
Time 2h40m
Yield 40 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (325 for a glass or dark pan). Prepare a 10x15 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 10x15 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 9x13 pan, the bars will be thicker and will take 26-28 minutes.
- FROSTING: Blend cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add orange extract and confectioners sugar and beat until frosting is fluffy and spreadable (adding 1 t. milk if needed). Spread evenly over COOLED bars.
- GARNISH: Use a zester to remove rind from an orange; sprinkle zest over frosted bars. 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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Azhankhan Khan
[email protected]I'm not a huge fan of cranberries, but I still enjoyed these bars. They were very sweet and the white chocolate was a nice touch.
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[email protected]These bars were easy to make and tasted great. I would definitely make them again.
Rana Sajid
[email protected]I had some trouble finding all of the ingredients for this recipe, but it was worth it in the end. The bars were delicious!
Danish Sheikh
[email protected]These bars were a bit too sweet for my taste, but they were still good.
Sahal Kharash
[email protected]I made these bars for a party and they were a huge success. Everyone loved them!
Yaseen Sheik
[email protected]These bars were amazing! I loved the combination of the tart cranberries and the sweet white chocolate. They were also very easy to make.
Izuki Midoriya
[email protected]I've made these bars several times now and they're always a hit. They're so easy to make and they taste delicious.
TJ VIRK
[email protected]These were a huge hit with my family! They were so easy to make and tasted just like the Starbucks version. I will definitely be making these again.