This Healthy Cranberry Bliss Bars recipe is low calorie and low sugar! And you can have one of these Starbucks copycat cranberry bliss bars for just 88 calories!
Make these low calorie cranberry bliss bars for holiday gatherings, or anytime you have a craving for the familiar flavors of winter.
This cranberry bliss bar Starbucks copycat recipe is easy to make and comes with helpful ways to cut calories from all your sweet treats!
So skip the high calorie version (290 calories at Starbucks), and make this recipe for cranberry bliss bars at home (for just 88 calories). They will save you calories and money!
This healthy recipe for Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars Recipe is just 88 calories, and low sugar!
Healthy Cranberry Bliss Bars
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Ingredients in Low Calorie Cranberry Bliss Bars
These cranberry bars can be made with low and zero calorie sugars (I only recommend the all-natural stuff) or with regular sugars and honey.
The calories and sugar will change if you use regular sugar and honey, but the bars will still be under 150 calories. And that’s a far cry from Starbucks’ Cranberry Bliss Bars at 290 calories each!
Shopping List for Skinny Cranberry Bliss Bars:
Ingredients for Cranberry Bars:
- Olive oil spray
- Flour (all-purpose or gluten-free)
- Cinnamon
- Baking soda
- Salted butter
- Zero calorie all-natural sugar (or white sugar)
- Zero calorie all-natural brown sugar (or light brown sugar)
- Egg whites
- Unsweetened apple sauce
- Vanilla extract
- Dried cranberries
- White chocolate chips
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- White chocolate chips
- Coconut oil (or olive oil)
- Low fat cream cheese
- 0% Greek yogurt
- All natural zero calorie honey substitute (or honey)
- Vanilla extract
- Dried cranberries
How to Make Healthy Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars
It’s very important that you let these cranberry bars cool before you add the cream cheese frosting.
If you don’t cool them first, you’ll melt your cream cheese and it will get thin and runny. So be sure you let the cookie bars cool completely before you frost them!
How to Make Low Calorie Cranberry Bliss Bars:
Cranberry Bars:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and spray a 9×13 baking pan with olive oil.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the butter with white and brown sugar.
- Add in the egg whites, applesauce, and vanilla and whisk until fluffy.
- Pour the contents of the medium bowl (the dry ingredients) into the large bowl (the wet ingredients) and mix until until just combined.
- Fold in the cranberries and the white chocolate chips, and pour the batter into the prepared baking pan, smoothing out to the edges.
- Bake for 15 minutes, then set aside to cool. (NOTE: You will want these cooled or the cream cheese frosting will melt!)
White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Melt the white chocolate chips in the microwave in 10 second increments, mixing in-between, until melted completely.
- Add the coconut oil to the melted white chocolate and mix together… This will stop it from hardening too fast.
- To a large bowl, combine the cream cheese, Greek Yogurt, honey substitute and vanilla.
- Add 1/2 of the cranberries and 1/2 of the melted white chocolate to the large bowl.
- Use a hand mixer or countertop mixer to whisk on medium speed for 2-4 minutes, until it’s smooth and fluffy.
How to Assemble the Skinny Cranberry Bliss Bars:
- Once the cranberry bars have cooled completely, smooth the frosting over the top.
- Sprinkle with cranberries and drizzle with remaining melted chocolate.
- Place in the fridge for 30-60 minutes to set.
- Cut into 15 squares (4 cuts vertically and 4 cuts horizontally) and then cut each square diagonally to make triangles.
Healthy Cranberry Bliss Bars Recipe
This healthy recipe for Starbucks Cranberry Bliss bars are just 88 calories each!
You can make these low calorie cranberry bliss bars with the all-natural zero calorie sugars we recommend. Or with regular sugar. It won’t change the calories too drastically (more below in the nutrition section).
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Low Calorie Cranberry Bliss Bars {88 CALORIES}
Equipment
- 9×13 Baking Dish
Ingredients
Cranberry Bars:
- Olive oil spray
- 2 cups flour (all-purpose or gluten-free)
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ cup salted butter melted
- ⅔ cup zero calorie all-natural sugar (or white sugar)
- ⅔ cup zero calorie all-natural brown sugar (or light brown sugar)
- 2 large egg whites
- ¼ cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup dried cranberries roughly chopped
- ¾ cup white chocolate chips
White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting:
- ¼ cup white chocolate chips
- ½ teaspoon coconut oil or olive oil
- 8 oz block of low fat cream cheese softened to room temperature
- ¼ cup 0% Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup all natural zero calorie honey substitute (or honey)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup dried cranberries roughly chopped
Instructions
How to Make the Cranberry Bars:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and spray a 9×13 baking pan with olive oil.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the butter with white and brown sugar.
- Add in the egg whites, applesauce, and vanilla and whisk until fluffy.
- Pour the contents of the medium bowl (the dry ingredients) into the large bowl (the wet ingredients) and mix until until just combined.
- Fold in the cranberries and the white chocolate chips, and pour the batter into the prepared baking pan, smoothing out to the edges.
- Bake for 15 minutes, then set aside to cool. (NOTE: You will want these cooled or the cream cheese frosting will melt!)
How to Make White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Melt the white chocolate chips in the microwave in 10 second increments, mixing in-between, until melted completely.
- Add the coconut oil to the melted white chocolate and mix together… This will stop it form hardening too fast.
- To a large bowl, combine the cream cheese, Greek Yogurt, honey substitute and vanilla.
- Add 1/2 of the cranberries and 1/2 of the melted white chocolate to the large bowl.
- Use a hand mixer or countertop mixer to whisk on medium speed for 2-4 minutes, until it’s smooth and fluffy.
How to Assemble the Cranberry Bliss Bars:
- Once the cranberry bars have cooled completely, smooth the frosting over the top.
- Sprinkle with cranberries and drizzle with remaining melted chocolate.
- Place in the fridge for 30-60 minutes to set.
- Cut into 15 squares (4 cuts vertically and 4 cuts horizontally) and then cut each square diagonally to make triangles.
Nutrition
Nutrition and Calories in Cranberry Bliss Bars
Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars Calories are 290 calories! Buy mine are just 88 calories and!
Even if you use real sugar and honey in the recipe, it will still come out to under 150 calories per bar!
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Article History:
- Originally written and published December 1, 2021 by Audrey Johns
- Updated on October 2, 2023 by Audrey Johns
