This spooky 5-minute Halloween Candy Bark is dead easy, can be customized for your favorite color and candy, and can actually be made in under 5 minutes! It's perfect for a last-minute Halloween party treat, or as a way to use up all your left-over candy. All you need is a microwave, and you're in business.
Bonus: I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the resulting treat tastes better than the sum of its parts! Everyone at Instructables HQ loved it, and you will too.
If you make it, share a picture! I'll give a free 3-month Pro membership to anyone who makes their own version of Halloween Bark and posts a picture in the comments by the end of the day on November 7, 2010.
Bonus: I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the resulting treat tastes better than the sum of its parts! Everyone at Instructables HQ loved it, and you will too.
If you make it, share a picture! I'll give a free 3-month Pro membership to anyone who makes their own version of Halloween Bark and posts a picture in the comments by the end of the day on November 7, 2010.
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Basic Bark Ingredients:
White chocolate for the base1
Green food coloring (or your favorite color - purple or orange would be gross too)
Candy for the top2
Dark chocolate for drizzling (optional)
Vegan3 Bark Ingredients:
Dark chocolate for base & drizzling
Candy for top
Tools:
Bowl
Microwave
Waxed paper (optional)4
Plate or tray (optional)4
Refrigerator (optional)4
1I used Hershey's Cookies & Creme minibars, as they were the cheapest form of white chocolate available; use what you've got. The cookie bits added nice color/crunch.
2I used Reese's Pieces and Cups, Butterfinger, and M&Ms.
3Read ingredients lists carefully, as many chocolates & candies have stealth dairy. I wasn't fond of this version, but then I don't like dark chocolate or Twizzlers. YMMV.
4I made this on a hot day here in SF, so had to put my bark into the fridge so it would harden. The waxed paper makes it easy to pick up and transport without sticking. A truly minimalist version could involve making the bark directly on the counter in a cold house.
White chocolate for the base1
Green food coloring (or your favorite color - purple or orange would be gross too)
Candy for the top2
Dark chocolate for drizzling (optional)
Vegan3 Bark Ingredients:
Dark chocolate for base & drizzling
Candy for top
Tools:
Bowl
Microwave
Waxed paper (optional)4
Plate or tray (optional)4
Refrigerator (optional)4
1I used Hershey's Cookies & Creme minibars, as they were the cheapest form of white chocolate available; use what you've got. The cookie bits added nice color/crunch.
2I used Reese's Pieces and Cups, Butterfinger, and M&Ms.
3Read ingredients lists carefully, as many chocolates & candies have stealth dairy. I wasn't fond of this version, but then I don't like dark chocolate or Twizzlers. YMMV.
4I made this on a hot day here in SF, so had to put my bark into the fridge so it would harden. The waxed paper makes it easy to pick up and transport without sticking. A truly minimalist version could involve making the bark directly on the counter in a cold house.
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I tried red coloring, but the white chocolate somehow got crystalized when the coloring is added. Anyway, the end results looks more "disgusting" than expected
The fake stuff made with partially hydrogenated oils won't stiffen or crystallize if you add food coloring, which is why most people use the fake stuff for bark.
If you can find powdered food color pigments, those work a lot better for real white chocolate. :)
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Though the effect here looks totally awesome. ;)
I made the recipe and it was really good. Here is my photo. You'll notice Doritos for saltiness, nibs for chewiness, reese's bits and candy for crunchiness, chocolate chips and oreo bits for added chocolate goodness!
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Nice instructable.
Make some and put up pics!
I’m just allergic to peanut butter and anyway I can’t stand the taste of peanuts for some reason.
I might make candy bark for Christmas.
But seriously, this looks really good! I'm going to have to try it after Halloween with all the leftover candy I end up with! Thanks!
Post pictures when you make it! Leftover or discounted Halloween candy is perfect.
My boyfriend said he wouldn't eat it if it was coloured. lol
I like the "granola" look you got by mixing it all in! I'm thinking of mixing nerds in for a future batch, then putting the bigger candies on top.
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I am actually rethinking the nerds - they added this little bit of sour that I didn't like too much mixed in with the sweet, but everyone else loved them, so maybe it was just me.
Next time, I think I'm gonna use Poprocks instead!!
(And thanks for the membership! I didn't even know I was getting it until I read through the instructable again, after I posted the pictures lol)
This is the perfect recipe for the post-Halloween candy discounts. Stock up, and you'll be set for months. ;)
we made this entirely by accident one year by leaving our easter eggs in glass dishes on the windowsill... lesson learnt!
I just melted some white chocolate chips for the base, and colored it a blue-grey color (which looks awesome in real life, btw). For the candy toppings, I cut up about 7 Hersheys Kisses, and stirred them into the melted white chocolate, somehow thinking that it wouldnt melt the Kisses (but it did). I also stirred in some mini marshmallows. Its topped with some melted butterscotch chips and some mini chocolate chips.
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Tip: Don't pour it straight onto baking paper, place ninjabread men cutters onto parchment first and use as a mold. I'm sure you can find a set lying around somewhere at HQ ;)
We will definitely be making more of this stuff - i'll give the ninja a try soon.