Melted snowman chocolate bark – a super easy holiday dessert. Chocolate candy melts, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Red Hots, and a few other easy ingredients are all you need!
A great option for Christmas cookie swap parties or a perfect holiday gift!
Melted Snowman Chocolate Bark
This Melted Snowman Chocolate Bark is incredibly easy to make and would be a great activity to do with kids of all ages. The bark is also a nice alternative for Christmas Cookie Swaps!
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Ingredients
- White Melting Chocolate
- Mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Wilton Candy Eyes
- Orange Jimmies (I got mixed rainbow jimmies and just picked them out)
- Red Hot Candy
- Pretzel Sticks
- Silicone baking mat or wax paper
How to Make Melted Snowman Chocolate Bark
It couldn’t be easier to make chocolate bark! Just follow these easy steps!
- Melt candy discs either in microwave or over a double broiler.
- Spread chocolate on a cookie sheet covered in either a silicone baking mat or wax paper.
- Press the snowman candy onto the melted chocolate immediately and before it begins to set.
- Let set on counter or place in the refrigerator for a few minutes to speed it up!
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TIPS
Couple of tips when making this chocolate bark.
- Be sure to line the baking sheet otherwise the chocolate could stick. It is also much easier to remove it from the pan when you are ready to cut it up.
- To cut the perfect chocolate snowman pieces, I used a very sharp knife to score the chocolate and used the knife to guide the “break”. I would hold the knife where I wanted the break after scoring it and then “broke” the chocolate by pulling it up against the knife.
- To make the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup hat, just cut the bottom portion of the Reese’s from the top portion and then slightly un-align them! See the photo below.
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Melted Snowman Chocolate Bark
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Ingredients
- 1 package White Melting Chocolate
- 12 Mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- 24 Wilton Candy Eyes
- Orange Jimmies I got mixed rainbow jimmies and just picked them out
- 36 Red Hot Candy
- 12 Pretzel Sticks
Instructions
- Line a cookie tray with either a silicone baking mat or wax paper
- Melt chocolate according to the directions on the package
- Cut the bottom portion of the peanut butter cups off and put them back together, but slightly off alignment (this gives it the “hat” look)
- Pour chocolate on to baking mat and spread out using a spatula
- Place all of the “snowman” parts on top of the chocolate
- Place in refrigerator for 10 minutes to set
- Carefully break into pieces. (I used a knife to “guide” the breaks)Enjoy!
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Originally published on September 21, 2016
Hey,
Thanks so much for this post! I love this creative recipe! This is definitely something I will be trying for the holidays. They could even make great corporate gifts to bring to the office!
Best,
Dennis
This sounds very delicious. Such beautiful photos- and I can’t wait to try the recipe.
Made these adorable snowmen for Christmas and they were an absolute hit! Thank you for the great idea.
*TIP FOR ANYONE STRUGGLING WITH BREAKING*
These are so cute. I tried making them the other day and it was a complete fail. Every time I would break the bark I would split all the snowman in half and had to start over. I tried using a hot knife to cut it as well, and that didn’t work. I learned that if you do smaller sections at a time it works better. And the best thing to do is to “score” the melted chocolate with a butter knife before placing in the refrigerator. This also made for better break lines.
So sorry it was a fail – the other thing I would suggest, is try making the bark thinner – mine was pretty thin and it broke in the right spot pretty easy.
Any tips on how to transport these?
HI Krisandra – you can put them in a Tupperware or plastic container.
My chocolate hardened almost immediately and I wasn’t able to really set in the snowman parts. Any idea what I did wrong? Any tips?
What type of chocolate did you use? I had a good few minutes before mine even started to set.
Totally yummy looking….Thank you for sharing your creativity! And, good for you for taking “the leap!”
I love this! But how hard is it to break this??? I’m nervous for that part?
Hi Marylynn – not hard at all. Just use a knife to lean against it and it breaks pretty easily. AND if you break it in the wrong spot – no biggie!! Still tastes great.
Hello! I love this!!! We are totally making with my DIY group! Wondering – How much chocolate did you use for this amount of bark? Help! we would each want to make 5 snowmen ?
So glad you guys are making it!!!! I used a package of white candy melts (I love Candiquick)It made a nice size batch!
What an adorable idea! This would be a great holiday project for children, Im definitely trying this one out during Christmas!
Awwwwwww thanks my friend!! Miss you!!!!!