Orange Creamsicle Bars
Orange Creamsicle Bars: Soft and chewy orange bars topped with fluffy cream cheese frosting: tastes just like an orange creamsicle!
In general I'm not a big fan of citrus. It is too sharp and tangy for my palette. However, when you mix orange with sweet cream, it becomes truly magical in my mind.
I've always enjoyed frozen orange creamsicles, but let's be honest they're not the most exciting dessert in the world.
I wanted to capture the contrast of tangy citrus with mellow cream in a dessert. These Orange Creamsicle bars do just that.
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Orange Creamsicle Bars
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Ingredients
Bars
- 1 Box White Cake Mix
- 1 Small Box Instant Vanilla Pudding 3.4 oz
- 2 Eggs
- ½ Cup Vegetable Oil
- 1 Cup White Chocolate Chips
- 2 Teaspoons Orange Extract
- Orange Food Dye or red and yellow!
Frosting
- 4 Tablespoons Salted Butter Softened
- 3 Ounces Cream Cheese Softened
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 Cups Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray an 8x8 baking dish with nonstick spray.
- In a large bowl stir cake mix and pudding until just combined. Mix in eggs, oil, orange extract, and food coloring.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Cool completely.
- Mix butter, cream cheese, and vanilla together. Gradually add powdered sugar. Spread frosting over the bars with an offset spatula.
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What do you think of these Orange Creamsicle Bars?
Absolutely brings back memories from my child hood! We love making these at my house!
These were fantastic! Creamsicle is such a great flavor.
The Orange Creamsicle Bars were a delightful treat! They had the perfect balance of citrus flavor and creaminess. My kids loved them, and they were so easy to make!
These were so good! My kids really liked them, they had fun helping me in the kitchen too!
The kids helped me make these, and they enjoyed them so much! It really tastes just like creamsicle! It was creamy, delicious, and so easy to make!
Orange flavored desserts are my favorite in the summer, this one hit the mark!
These are so good! I had everything I needed except white cake mix. So I used a box of yellow cake mix instead because I didn't want to go to the store. They were still amazing!
Might want to re-do your recipe. Better off using a 13x9 pan -- the bars will come out thin like the picture and not 2 inches thick like in the 8x8 pan. Also, if baked in the 8x8 pan, they need to be in the oven for more like 40 min, not 15-20. Will be trying original recipe in 13x9 pan next time. Thanks anyway.
Hi Emily,
I'm sorry you had a bad experience with my recipe. I made mine using the smaller pan, as I prefer a thicker/chewier bar. Sometimes the camera/angle can makes things look different.
Thanks for sharing your feedback with me.
These look so fun and remind me of all the creamsicle and dreamsicle flavored things of my childhood!
Thanks Jocelyn!
The orange bars sound good. I'm going to make these next week. Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks so much Lisa. Let me know how they turn out. Hope you enjoy!