Halloween Candy Bark

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Halloween Candy Bark is the easiest way to create custom candy all dressed up for the holiday. Use your favorite sweet or savory snacks to decorate your delicious dessert; there are no tricks to making this fun Halloween-themed treat.

Prep Time15

Chill Time1

Total Time1 15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 263kcal

Author: Jennifer Fishkind

Ingredients

2 cups dark chocolate chips (12 oz package)
⅓ cup white chocolate chips
¼ cup candy corn
3 regular-sized oreos
10 mini oreos (1 oz package of mini oreos)
Black icing
Candy eyes

Instructions

Line a 10.5” x 15.5” baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil leaving overhang on at least two sides.
Add the chocolate chips to a microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 1 minute. Stir with a spoon. Microwave for another thirty seconds, stir, and repeat again. The chocolate should be smooth at this point, but if not, continue in 15-second intervals.
Spread the melted chocolate across the prepared baking sheet and use a rubber or offset spatula to smooth into an even layer.
Melt the white chocolate chips in a separate bowl for 1 minute. Stir with a spoon until smooth. If it needs more time, repeat microwaving the chocolate in 15-second increments, followed by stirring, until smooth.
To create the white chocolate swirl: drizzle the white chocolate diagonally across the baking sheet of melted dark chocolate. Then, drag a toothpick across the white chocolate in an opposite diagonal.
Place the candy corn pieces evenly across the sheet of chocolate.
Split the oreos in half so that one side is bare and one has the cream filling. Use the black icing to create a small circle on the back of the candy eyes. Place the eyes onto the cookie halves (with the icing side down), however you’d like them arranged. Gently press the cookie halves, eyes side up, into the chocolate.
Place the baking sheet in the refrigerator for one hour to harden. Once hard, use a knife or your hands to break the slab of chocolate into pieces of bark.

Notes

Storage:

To Store: Once the chocolate is set completely and broken into pieces, store your Halloween candy bark in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 2-3 weeks. If you prefer to leave the Halloween candy bark on the counter at room temperature it will last for about 5 days.
To Freeze: Place pieces of Halloween candy bark in a freezer bag and keep it in the freezer. It will last a long time, maybe even until next Halloween!

Tips:

Depending on how small or large the pieces of bark are broken into, the servings can easily be adjusted.
Make sure to leave an overhang (extra parchment paper) when preparing the baking sheet so that you can easily lift the hardened chocolate out of it. It is helpful to crease where the bottom of the pan meets the edges for a defined shape.
It’s easy to overheat chocolate, which can cause it to lose some of it’s shiny appearance. Once the chocolate gets to a stage where it is mostly melted but a few lumps of chocolate chips remain, stir with a spoon until the chocolate is smooth. It can take up to 30 seconds of stirring, so give it a decent try before putting the chocolate back in the microwave. If it’s seems close to almost smooth, but needs a boost, shorten the time to ten second intervals in the microwave. You can also melt the chocolate in a double-boiler.
To get a clean separation when splitting the oreos: gently and slowly twist the two halves apart. If you rip them in half, you’re more likely to break the oreo or end up with the filling on both sides.
For a thicker bark, double or triple the amount of dark chocolate chips.

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