Description
Celebrate Halloween with this easy and festive Halloween Bark recipe featuring a delicious vanilla candy bark base studded with mini pretzels, crunchy chocolate sandwich cookies with orange filling, candy corn, and colorful sprinkles. Perfect for parties, movie nights, or holiday treats, this customizable candy bark is simple to make and fun to share.
Ingredients
Scale
Base
- 16 ounces vanilla candy bark (candy melts or white chocolate)
Toppings
- 1 cup mini pretzel twists
- 10 chocolate sandwich cookies with orange filling, broken into pieces
- 1 cup candy corn
- ¼ cup assorted sprinkles
- 1 cup additional candies of your choice, chopped if large
Instructions
- Prepare Baking Sheet: Line a baking sheet with a silicone liner or parchment paper and set it aside. Chop or break any larger candies, cookies, or pretzels you plan to use and have them ready.
- Melt Candy Bark: Melt the vanilla candy bark (or white chocolate) according to package instructions, ideally using 50% power in the microwave to prevent overheating. Stir until smooth.
- Spread Base Layer: Pour about half of the melted chocolate onto the prepared baking sheet and spread it evenly to about 1/4 inch thickness.
- Add Toppings: Quickly and evenly distribute the mini pretzels, cookie pieces, candy corn, and other candies in a single layer over the chocolate base.
- Top and Decorate: Pour the remaining melted chocolate over the toppings to coat them partially, then immediately sprinkle the assorted sprinkles and any additional candies on top.
- Set Chocolate: Allow the chocolate bark to cool fully at room temperature or place the baking sheet in the freezer for about 10 minutes to expedite setting.
- Break Into Pieces: Once completely set and firm, break the bark into irregular pieces for serving and storing.
- Store: Keep the Halloween Candy Bark in an airtight container for up to one week to maintain freshness.
Notes
- This Halloween Bark is highly customizable—swap in your favorite seasonal candies for different flavors and looks.
- Use a silicone liner or parchment paper to ensure the bark doesn’t stick to the baking sheet.
- Melting candy melts or chocolate at lower power prevents them from burning or becoming grainy.
- For quicker results, the bark can be set in the freezer, but letting it set at room temperature allows for even hardening.
- This recipe is ideal for holiday parties, treat bags, or anytime you want a sweet and crunchy Halloween-themed snack.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 piece (approximately 1/24th of recipe)
- Calories: 42
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 9 mg
- Fat: 2 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 5 g
- Fiber: 0.2 g
- Protein: 0.3 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
