I love Cranberry Bliss Bars. Actually anything with white chocolate and cranberries I’m bound to like. And because I have a longstanding obsession with Seven Layer Bars — or Magic Bars, as they’re sometimes called — marrying two favorite bars into one had to happen. A buttery graham cracker crust, topped with white chocolate chips, chocolate chips, walnuts, dried cranberries, coconut, and sweetened condensed milk. It’s a fast, easy, one-bowl, no-mixer recipe that’s as easy as sprinkling and layering ingredients in a pan and the bars have everything going. There’s a slightly crunchy graham cracker crust, extra crunch from the walnuts, with chewiness from the cranberries and coconut. So much texture and diverse but complimentary flavors in every bite. The cranberries perfectly cut through the sweetness of the white chocolate, coconut, and creamy sweetened condensed milk while semi-sweet chocolate chips round things out. If you need a holiday dessert that’s virtually effortless but that tastes like a million bucks, this is the one!
Cranberry Magic Bar Ingredients
To make the dried cranberry 7 layer bars, you’ll need the following ingredients:
Butter Graham cracker crumbs White chocolate chips Semi-sweet chocolate chips Chopped walnuts Dried cranberries Sweetened shredded coconut Sweetened condensed milk
How to Make Cranberry Magic Bars
The dried cranberry bars are incredibly easy to make and require virtually no prep work. Here are the basic recipe steps:
Can This Recipe Be Doubled?
Absolutely! Simply double the ingredients and bake in a 9×13-inch pan.
Can the Recipe Be Made in Advance?
Yes, the sweetened condensed milk prevents the bars from drying out so they keep well for up to 1 week at room temperature. Wrap the pan tightly with foil to keep them fresh.
Tips for Making 7 Layer Bars with Cranberries
The crust will look skimpy in the pan, but that’s okay. The bars are very rich so you don’t want a super thick crust. Note that the recipe calls for sweetened condensed milk, NOT evaporated milk. They’re two different products; do not try to substitute one for the other. Keep an extremely close eye on bars in the final minutes of baking because coconut can go from raw-looking to burnt in one minute. I’ve baked the bars in different ovens and have baked for as long as 27 minutes and as short as 20 minutes; watch your bars and not the clock.
More Dried Cranberry Desserts:
Cranberry Bliss Bars {Starbucks Copycat Recipe} — They taste just like the real thing and you can make them at home, year-round! Think of all the $ you’ll save. Spot-on, easy recipe! Tried this recipe? Leave a review! Consider leaving a 5 star rating if you’ve made and loved one of my recipes!
Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies — Soft, chewy, buttery, perfectly sweetened with white chocolate, and so much texture from the cranberries!
Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cake — The flavors of Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars in a soft, easy, no-mixer cake!
Cranberry Chocolate Chip Bars — Super soft, buttery bars packed with chewy cranberries! And there’s a chocolate overload in every bite!
The Easiest Foolproof Fudge Recipe — Look no further than this recipe for the EASIEST and most FOOLPROOF fudge that takes less than 3 minutes to make!! Customize it with your favorite add-ins like cranberries and walnuts!
