Dessert Recipes
Chocolate Bark Trio
Loaded with candy, sprinkles and marshmallows, our holiday barks are a candy-lover’s dream.
Serving Size:
24
Active Time:
20 min.
Total Time:
1 hr., 20 min.
Ingredients
Basic bark
- 3 cups semisweet or white chocolate chips, 18 oz.
- 2 Tbs. shortening
Dark candy cane bark
- ½ cup mixed red and green M&M’s
- 1 pkg. (3.1 oz.) Sno-Caps candies, about ½ cup
- ¼ cup mini candy canes, broken into ½”-1″ pieces
White marshmallow bark
- 1 Tbs. each red, white and green sprinkles
- ¾ cup miniature marshmallows
- ¾ cup mixed red and green Dots candies, halved vertically
White gingerbread bark
- 3 gingersnap cookies, broken into small pieces, ¼ cup
- 2 Tbs. candied ginger, chopped
Instructions
- Make basic bark: Line 13″x9″ baking pan with enough foil to overhang long sides by 2″. In large microwave-safe bowl, microwave semisweet or white chocolate chips on High in 1-minute intervals, stirring, until melted and smooth. Stir in shortening until blended. Spread in pan. Sprinkle with desired toppings; lightly press into chocolate. Refrigerate until firm, 1 hour. Using foil, lift bark from pan; discard foil. Break into pieces. Store, covered, in refrigerator.
- Make dark candy cane bark: Use semisweet chocolate chips. Sprinkle with M&M’s, Sno-Caps and candy canes.
- Make white marshmallow bark: Use white chocolate chips. Top with sprinkles, then marshmallows and Dots candies.
- Make white gingerbread bark: Use white chocolate chips. Sprinkle with icing decorations, cookies and ginger.