Starbucks Cranberry bliss bar

I'm I the only feind who couldn't wait for this starbucks seasonal item? I have to limit myself to only a few but they are sooooo delicious (especially at 320 Cals a pop)

I haven't had it but I loooove cranberries so I'll give it a try. Also, you can try making it yourself...I found this recipe for ya'. Maybe you can substitute a couple of things like low-fat cream cheese or skim milk.....

Top Secret Recipes version of Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar by Todd Wilbur

The tangy cranberries and sweet lemon frosting make this cake bar a holiday favorite that evokes piles of cloning requests when Starbucks stops selling it after Christmas. Now, with this easy-to-make clone, this treat can be a perennial hit. Break out this red and white treat for the gang on this holiday and you might be as popular as the guy in the red and white suit.

Cake

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 1/4 cups light brown sugar, packed
3 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup diced dried cranberries
6 ounces white chocolate, cut into chunks

Frosting

4-ounces cream cheese, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
4 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 cup diced dried cranberries

Drizzled Icing

1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
2 teaspoons vegetable shortening


1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

2. Make cake by beating butter and brown sugar together with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs, vanilla, ginger, and salt and beat well. Gradually mix in flour until smooth. Mix 3/4 cup diced dried cranberries and white chocolate into the batter by hand. Pour batter into a well-greased 9x13" baking pan. Use a spatula to spread the batter evenly across the pan. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until cake is light brown on the edges. Allow cake to cool.

3. Make frosting by combining softened cream cheese, 3 cups powdered sugar, lemon juice and vanilla extract in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. When the cake has cooled, use a spatula to spread frosting over the top of the cake.

4. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of diced cranberries over the frosting on the cake.

5. Whisk together 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon milk, and shortening. Drizzle icing over the cranberries in a sweeping motion or use a pastry bag with a fine tip to drizzle frosting across the top of the cake.

6. Allow cake to sit for several hours, then slice the cake lengthwise (the long way) through the middle. Slice the cake across the width three times making a total of eight rectangular slices. Slice each of those rectangles diagonally creating 16 triangular slices.

From: http://www.topsecretrecipes.com

Makes 16 bars.

It is a caloric luxury, but I agree: it is soooooooooooooooooooooooo good!

Last time I checked the nutritional info, they only had ~210 cals. I tried one last year and was disappointed.

WHen was the last time you checked? maybe it was a different portion size

This is all I could find nutritional info

Thanks Breaking Free, I got one from a fresh pack I was in heaven lol

I too love the cranberry bliss bar. I use to work for Starbucks when I was in college. I would have 1 or 2 each day I worked. When we would close the restaurant at night, my co-workers and I would try all the pastries and I would eat most of the bliss bars and claim that they had expired so I could mark them out on the register. Unfortunately, I gained 40 pounds when I worked there. Since the bliss bars are in season, I haven't had one. But my mouth drools for one each time I pick up a non-fat latte.

Thanks for the recipe but i have great difficulty and would probaby eat the entire batch!!!!!   i love them tooo!!!