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WW Recipe of the Day: Slow Cooker Cranberry Caramel Cookie Bars
I’ve been a big fan of Cookie Swaps for as long as I can remember. So, this year I decided to participate in the Third Annual Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap, hosted by, Love & and Olive Oil and The Little Kitchen.
To participate, I made a $4.00 donation to Cookies for Kid’s Cancer, a non-profit organization that raises money for pediatric cancer research. As a Thank You, OXO sent me 3 colorful heat resistant spatulas.
I was then given the names of three fellow food bloggers, Meghan from Spoonful of Flour, Allison from What This Mamma Eats, and Mandy from Kitchen Joy.
I sent each of them a dozen of my homemade Cranberry Caramel Slow Cooker Cookie Bars, an easy and delicious no-bake cookie, for which I used my slow cooker to melt the caramel.
In return, I received a dozen cookies each from three other food bloggers. Chocolate Chip Cookies from Cristina of Cupcake and Bacon, Molasses Cookies from Chelsea of This Grand Adventure, and Dark Chocolate Sour Cream Crinkle Cookies from Stacie of The Divine Miss Mommy.
How fun is that?
Recipe Notes
It took me a while to choose these No-Bake Cranberry Caramel Cookie Bars as the cookies I should share. I knew I wanted a recipe for which I could use the slow cooker, that would travel well and taste great.
So I turned to Camilla Saulsbury’s The Ultimate Shortcut Cookie Book: More Than 800 Scrumptious Recipes that Start with Refrigerated Cookie Dough, Cake Mix, Brownie Mix, or Ready-to-Eat Cereal (affiliate link), selecting these cranberry caramel slow cooker cookie bars from dozens that I thought would work.
The perfect combination of sweet, chewy, tart and crunchy, Rod gave them an enthusiastic endorsement. My mom and sister approved too.
And melting the caramel in the slow cooker made these cranberry caramel slow cooker cookie bars such a breeze to make.
How Many Calories and WW Points in Slow Cooker Cranberry Caramel Cookie Bars?
According to my calculations, each cookie bar has 181 calories.
To see your WW Points for this recipe, track it in the WW App!
(You must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.)
7 SmartPoints (Green plan)
7 SmartPoints (Blue plan)
7 SmartPoints (Purple plan)
5 PointsPlus (Old plan)
If you like these no-bake cranberry caramel bar cookies, be sure to check out my other WW Friendly sweets recipes, including No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies, No-Bake Maple Cranberry Crunch Bars, Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookie Dough Bites, Slow Cooker Caramel Mocha Crunch Bars and No-Bake Rice Krispie Date Balls
If you’ve made this No-Bake Crock Pot Cranberry Caramel Squares, please give the recipe a star rating below and leave a comment letting me know how you liked it. And stay in touch on Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for the latest updates.
Cranberry Caramel Slow Cooker Cookie Bars Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 package (11 ounces) caramels, unwrapped (I used the caramel bits that don’t need unwrapping!)
- 1/2 cup butter, cut into pieces
- 1-1/2 sleeves saltine crackers (about 58 crackers) coarsely broken
- 2 cups white chocolate chips
- 1 cup mini marshmallows
- 3/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1 cup chopped, roasted, lightly salted almonds, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Instructions
- Ideal slow cooker size: 2-Quart.
- Place the unwrapped caramels and butter in your slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW 2 to 3 hours, until melted, stirring every 20 to 30 minutes.
- Lightly coat a 13 x 9-inch pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together the broken crackers, white chocolate chips, marshmallows, cranberries and half of the chopped almonds. Set aside.
- When the caramels are melted and the mixture is well blended, stir in the almond extract. Pour the warm caramel mixture over the cracker mixture and toss to coat well.
- Working quickly, press the mixture into the prepared pan, pressing down with a square of wax paper.
- Sprinkle evenly with the reserved chopped almonds, pressing them down gently.
- Cover and refrigerate until completely, cooled, about 30 minutes.
- Cut into 36 bars.
- Store in covered containers between layers of wax paper.
Notes
(Must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.) 7 SmartPoints (Green plan) 7 SmartPoints (Blue plan) 7 SmartPoints (Purple plan) 5 PointsPlus (Old plan)
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Source: The Ultimate Shortcut Cookie Book: More Than 800 Scrumptious Recipes that Start with Refrigerated Cookie Dough, Cake Mix, Brownie Mix, or Ready-to-Eat Cereal (affiliate link)
More Yummy Cranberry Recipes for Weight Watchers
- Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
(Simple-Nourished-Living) - Banana Cranberry Muffins
(Simple-Nourished-Living) - Cranberry Ginger Oatmeal Cookies
(Simple-Nourished-Living) - Easy Cranberry Nut Bread Made in the Slow Cooker
(Simple-Nourished-Living) - Cranberry White Chocolate Crock Pot Cookie Bars
(Simple-Nourished-Living) - Low Fat Cranberry Walnut Rugalach
(Simple-Nourished-Living) - Low Fat Mini Cranberry Nut Bread Loaves
(Simple-Nourished-Living) - Cranberry Apple Oatmeal Cookies
(Simple-Nourished-Living) - Low Fat Pumpkin Cranberry Scones
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Hi Martha, can I substitute with dark chocolate. We don’t care for white chocolate
Hi Char, I”ve only made these with the white chocolate so I’m guessing here but I think dark chocolate would be fine. Would love to know how they turn out for you. ~Martha
Can these be frozen?
Hi Kate, I haven’t tried to freeze them but believe that they would be fine. ~Martha
I enjoy so many of your recipes. I wonder why some of them have a Pinterest link and others don’t. I am trying to consolitdsate my recipes in one spot
These were SO good! I will be pinning this recipe for future use 🙂
Thanks, Allison.
I’m so glad you liked them 🙂