• Baking Recipes,  Brownies & Bars,  Christmas & holidays

    {Countdown to Christmas} Cranberry Bliss Bars for the sweet tooth

    If you’re the type to frequent Starbucks not just for its coffee but also for its snacks, then you’re in luck with today’s post. I don’t go to Starbucks at all but I’ve been told they serve up something like this around the holiday season: a spiced bar dotted with white chocolate chips; filled with the aroma and tang of orange zest; topped with cream cheese icing and a sprinkling of the colours of Christmas, all thanks to the green of pistachios, the red of dried cranberries, and shaved white chocolate. Now how does that sound? In truth, it’s really the festive appearance of these bars that captured my attention.…