Cranberry Orange Macadamia Bars

My husband loves the seasonal Cranberry Bliss Bars from Starbucks, so I thought I would try to make something similar for him at home.  Most of the recipes I looked at used dried cranberries and orange extract, neither of which I love in my baked goods, so I baked a batch using fresh cranberries and the zest of a couple of clementine mandarins.  I also have a thing for nuts in my baked goods, so I had to throw in some macadamia nuts too!

Cranberry Bliss Bars

Cranberry Bliss Bars from One Girl Talks

Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip

Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip from Jamie Cooks It Up

Cranberry Recipes

When I saw this beautiful cranberry garland from Funky Junk Interior I went looking for more blog posts about cranberries.

I was expecting to write a post about using them for Christmas decorations, but after getting hungry looking at all the great recipes I found, I figured I would share some of them with you.

P is for Party has a recipe for cranberry poppers:

This cranberry salsa from Your Homebased Mom is going to make an appearance at our house before the holiday season is over:

if you didn't get enough pumpkin during Thanksgiving you might want to dress it up for the holidays with this cranberry pecan pumpkin tart from Good Life Eats:

or if you are looking for something simpler you can try her popcorn trail mix (that has dried cranberries in it):

What is your favorite cranberry recipe?