A coworker from a specialist team brought these in for breakfast the first time I tried them. She purchased them from Starbucks®, which are reportedly a seasonal treat. In light of the fact that they cost more than $2 for each tiny “triangle” piece when I checked them out after work, I made the decision to learn how to build them myself. All of my relatives pushed me to make these again. After doing some research, I discovered that there are a few copycat recipes available online, but this is my own take on the idea.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 24 bars |
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon orange extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®)
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
- ½ (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1 teaspoon orange extract
- ½ cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®), chopped
- 1 tablespoon grated orange zest, or more to taste
- ⅓ cup white chocolate chips
- ½ teaspoon canola oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9×13-inch baking dish with parchment paper.
- Beat butter, brown sugar, and white sugar for bars together with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Stir in eggs, orange extract, and vanilla extract until well blended. Add flour, baking powder, and ginger; mix until well incorporated and the batter looks like soft cookie dough. Stir in cranberries and white chocolate chips until well mixed. Spread the stiff batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until light brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Don’t overbake, or your bars will be dry. Let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, mix cream cheese and butter for frosting together until light and fluffy. Add confectioners’ sugar and orange extract; beat mixture until fluffy and spreadable. Spread evenly over the cooled bars.
- Combine cranberries and orange zest for topping in a food processor and roughly chop. Sprinkle evenly over the frosted bars.
- Mix white chocolate chips and oil together in a glass, microwave-safe measuring cup. Microwave until fluid enough to drizzle, 1 minute to 1 minute 15 seconds, stirring every 15 seconds until melted. Use a fork or whisk to drizzle the melted chocolate diagonally across the bars.
- Allow chocolate to set for at least 1 hour before cutting into squares or triangles.
- Bake bars at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for a glass or dark pan.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 317 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 46 g |
| Cholesterol | 55 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 64 mg |
| Sugars | 37 g |
| Fat | 14 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |