Vegan Cranberry Bliss Bars – Chocolate Lined Katie

With the identical smooth texture and vacation taste as the favored Starbucks recipe, these do-it-yourself vegan cranberry bliss bars are a fully pleasant deal with!

Starbucks vegan cranberry bliss bars

From frappuccinos, to peppermint sizzling sweets, to cinnamon dolce lattes and apple crisp oatmilk macchiatos, the vegan choices at Starbucks abound.

Nevertheless, one merchandise that you simply nonetheless can’t get as a vegan at Starbucks is their well-known cream cheese cranberry bliss bars.

Not eager to miss out on the vacation enjoyable, I’ve give you my very own vegan model of the espresso store basic. Apart from being egg free and dairy free, these do-it-yourself cranberry bliss bars could be low calorie, keto, sugar free, and gluten free as nicely!

Additionally make these Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cream cheese frosting recipe

You may both use your favourite vanilla or white frosting (many packaged manufacturers are unintentionally vegan!) or go along with the vegan frosting recipe under:

Beat softened 8 ounces of retailer purchased cream cheese or do-it-yourself Vegan Cream Cheese with 4 ounces of butter or plant based mostly butter, 2 cups of powdered sugar or powdered erythritol, and 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract.

Add milk of alternative, similar to almond milk or coconut milk, if wanted to skinny it out.

This vegan cream cheese frosting recipe makes greater than sufficient to frost the bars. Attempt utilizing leftover frosting on these Vegan Cinnamon Rolls.

Vegan cranberry bliss bars substances

The festive cranberry Christmas bar recipe requires dried cranberries, powdered ginger, baking soda, salt, pure vanilla extract, almond flour, sweetener of alternative, water, orange zest, and elective common or mini white chocolate chips.

Almond meal could be substituted for the almond flour. Or for a nut free model, you can also make my Chickpea Blondies, substituting dried cranberries and white chocolate chips for the darkish chocolate chips. Make sure to add the orange zest as nicely.

I’ve not tried some other flours on this recipe, similar to coconut flour, white all objective flour, or gluten free flour. So I can’t suggest some other flours right here.

The recipe works with pure maple syrup, agave, honey (not for vegans), or keto maple syrup. In case you want to experiment at your individual threat with granulated sugar or one other dry sweetener, remember to report again with outcomes!

The best way to make the vegan cranberry bars

Begin by lining an eight inch sq. pan with parchment paper. Put aside.

Preheat the oven to 350 levels Fahrenheit.

In a big mixing bowl, stir collectively the almond flour, powdered ginger, salt, baking soda, and the dried cranberries.

Add all remaining bar substances, and stir to kind a batter. As a result of these are made with gluten free almond flour, there’s no want to fret about overmixing.

Scoop the batter into the ready eight inch pan. Place a second sheet of parchment paper over high, and use your arms to smush down till the batter evenly covers the whole lot of the underside of the pan.

Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 12 minutes, then take away from the oven and let cool utterly earlier than frosting.

The vegan cranberry bliss bars could be omitted at room temperature if serving them at a celebration or occasion. For freshness, I like to recommend storing leftovers coated within the fridge. Bars can be sliced after which frozen. Thaw earlier than consuming.

Keto cranberry bliss bars

For a low carb and sugar free recipe, use keto maple syrup or your favourite keto liquid sweetener as a substitute of the pure maple syrup.

I’d guess that utilizing powdered erythritol and changing the liquid with water might additionally work, however I’ve not tried it but and due to this fact can’t suggest this.

The recipe requires almond flour, so there isn’t any must substitute any flours. Don’t attempt to substitute coconut flour, as a result of the bars will come out very dry and crumbly.

You may additionally like this Keto Cheesecake

Changing the recipe to gram measurements

If, like me, you favor to bake with a meals scale as a substitute of measuring cups for precision and simple clear up, listed here are the measurements to make use of:

360g almond flour, 45g water, 10g pure vanilla extract, 120g maple syrup, 60g white chocolate chips, 60g dried cranberries, and different substances not measured in grams.

One medium orange will yield round two teaspoons of orange zest.

Watch the cranberry bliss bar recipe video, above

Extra Vacation Desserts

Crustless Pumpkin Pie

Candy Potato Brownies

Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars

Vegan Apple Pie

Chocolate Pudding Cake

Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars