Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars (Easy Recipe)

You’ll love these copycat Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars! Soft blondies, white chocolate chips, dried cranberries, and cream cheese frosting.

Get ready to make friends – these Cranberry Bliss Bars are a huge crowd favorite. If you’ve had a Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar, then you know how great this flavor combo is – white chocolate and dried cranberries are a match made in heaven!  These are a replica of the Starbucks bars, but I actually like them better! Plus, it’s way more affordable to whip these up at home.

Recipe overview

1. Blondies: Soft and chewy brown sugar blondies filled with white chocolate chips and dried cranberries. This blondie batter comes together in minutes, no mixer needed. 
2. Cream cheese frosting: This sweet and tangy frosting gets spread over the top of the brownies, with an option to add orange zest to bump up the flavor. 
3. Topping: A sprinkle of tart and chewy dried cranberries and a drizzle of melted white chocolate are the perfect finishing touch for this recipe. 

Why you’ll love this recipe

• Ease: The blondie batter and frosting come together in about 5 minutes (plus 20 minutes hands off bake time). Easy peasy! 
• Flavor: Brown sugar blondies, tangy cream cheese frosting, tart dried cranberries, and sweet white chocolate. This flavor combo is incredible!
• Festive: The red and white colors makes these bars perfect for the holiday season; they look fantastic on a holiday cookie plate!

Recipe tips

• My number one tip is NOT to over-bake the blondies. The top of the bars should be dry with the center just slightly underdone when you pull them from the oven. They will continue to cook a bit as they cool. We’re going for soft and tender bars – not dry and hard.
• Allow enough time for the blondies to cool completely before topping with frosting.
• When melting white chocolate for the topping make sure that you melt the white chocolate very slowly. It can go from melted to lumpy in a matter of seconds.
• Feel free to swap the dried cranberries for dried cherries.

Serving and storage

• Serving: Serve slightly chilled or at room temperature. The colder the bars are the firmer they will be. I like to keep them at room temp for an hour or two before serving.
• Storage: Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. I would assume that you could freeze these, but I haven’t tried it. 

More holiday desserts

White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
M&M Christmas Cookies
Ginger Molasses Cookies
Toffee Bars
Cranberry Cake

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