Butter – Unsalted as always to control the sodium content of our dish.Chocolate – White chocolate chips to add creaminess and sweetness to our bars, you can substitute this with other kinds of chocolate if you’d like.Eggs –3 whole eggs, this will act as the binding agent of our bars.Vanilla – Secret flavor weapon enhancer, adds some great balance and dimension.Spices – We’re using ground ginger today, believe me this is the secret to that magic of these bars! Super aromatic and pairs so perfectly well with our frosting and cranberries.This will add lots of complexity and notes of molasses to our bars. Dry ingredients – All purpose flour, baking soda, and salt.You take that yummy cream cheese icing and spread it completely over the bars, don’t be shy, make sure you slather it on thick, then top with more cranberries, tis the season after all. You’ll notice I used the same icing recipe as in the Gingerbread Loaf so if you’re going to make it, simply double it up and use it for both recipes. The bar itself is loaded with cranberries and white chocolate chips, but then that icing is divine. Now we have lots of them, and boy are they perfect with a cup of coffee. So we bought one and shared it, and that a mistake because it was a tiny little triangle which meant we were both not satisfied when we were done, so we set it upon ourselves to go ahead and make these delectable morsels ourselves, and so we did. My friend introduced me to them a short while ago when we were at the Starbucks Drive Through and she insisted that I must try these bliss bars. You could also used grated orange peel-maybe about a Tablespoon.These Copycat Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars covered in frosting and cranberries are melt in your mouth good and a perfect sweet treat when on the go.Ĭranberry Bliss Bars! They are to die for. 1/4 teaspoon orange extract (in addition to the vanilla extract) or about 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice (I live at high altitude so I need to add more liquid). Things that I change based on my personal preferences: ~Add a little orange flavor to the bar batter. I also make additional changes based on my personal preference, so stop reading if you want exactly the Starbucks version. The above changes will get you a much closer version of the Starbucks bars. ~The texture of the bars can be improved by using 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 cup of butter (melted, not softened), and 2 eggs. The frosting should only have chopped cranberries and then a white chocolate drizzle on top. ~There is no ginger on top of the Starbucks bliss bar-only in the bar itself. ~There is no whipped cream topping on the Starbucks version-it is melted and drizzled white chocolate only.
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You can use grated orange peel (1 - 1 1/2 Tablespoons, or to taste) or orange extract (maybe about 1/2 teaspoon), or a combination of the two. Otherwise, this is pretty far off the original bars, Things that need to be corrected to make this recipe like the Starbucks: ~orange in the cream cheese frosting, NOT lemon. The one thing this gets right is the sweetness of the Starbucks version. So many problems with this recipe! This is NOT like the actual Starbucks cranberry bliss bars.
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You could also used grated orange peel-maybe about a Tablespoon.