Dark chocolate bark recipe made with candies, pretzels, hemp hearts seeds, dried fruits and nuts. These chocolate thins can be a perfect gift placed nicely in a box.
Learn how to make indulgent sweet snack with different toppings including sprinkles, coconut flakes or nuts. The chocolate bark can be wrapped in parchment paper and placed in a box or bag for gift giving.
Chocolate Bark Recipe
Texture: crunchy toppings, smooth chocolate.
Taste: sweet, rich flavor, a little salty if you’ll add pretzels.
Simplicity: one of the easiest recipes, melt the chocolate, add nuts, dried fruits or candies.
Meal Type: dessert, gift idea.
How to make Chocolate Bark
- Firstly, gather dark, milk or semi-sweet chocolate plus variety of toppings.
- Melt the chocolate using microwave or double boiler method.
- Sprinkle with nuts, dried fruits, candies, pretzels etc.
- Leave for few hours to harden on countertop or place in the refrigerator.
Topping Ideas
- Nuts: pistachios, almonds, cashews, walnuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, peanuts, pecans, pine nuts.
- Seeds: hemp hearts, sesame, sunflower, pumpkin, flax, chia, poppy seeds.
- Dried Fruits: strawberries, currants, raspberries, mango, pineapple, goji berries, raisins, dates, plums.
- Other: pretzels, crackers, leftover candies ( example: Easter or Halloween candies), coconut flakes, different colored sprinkles, sea salt flakes.
Tips to make Chocolate Thins
- You can use any type of chocolate that you like: dark, milk or semi-sweet. However, remember that after adding toppings that are sweet like fruits or sprinkles will make the milk chocolate bark even sweeter. That’s why I suggest using dark or semi-sweet flavor.
- You can use chocolate bark, chocolate chips or wafers are good too.
- You don’t have to add any oil or butter, this might prevent thins to harden.
- Remember to use parchment paper to prevent chocolate sticking to the pan.
- Press the topping gently right away after you spread the chocolate, otherwise if the bark will start to harden, toppings might fell out.
- Break the bark by hands or use sharp knife to make smaller pieces.
Dark Chocolate Thins Faq’s
What’s the best chocolate to use? Semi-sweet or dark chocolate will give rich flavor, milk chocolate will be sweeter. You should use a good quality chocolate, preferably more than 70% of cocoa.
How long will chocolate bark keep? You can keep the chocolate thins in airtight container for few weeks. Also, it can be stored in fridge as well, it will be harder rather than softer.
How long does chocolate take to set? It depends on the type of chocolate, however it will take approximately 3-5 hours on the countertop. You can speed up the hardening process by putting chocolate in the fridge.
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Chocolate Bark {Gift Idea}
Ingredients
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup nuts
- 1/4 cup seeds
- 1/4 cup candies
- 1/4 cup dried fruits
Instructions
- Prepare baking pan with parchment paper.
- Use double boiler method to melt chocolate chips (fill lower pan with water, bring water to simmer, put bowl over the pot with water, place chocolate chips in the bowl and stir until melted.
- Pour chocolate on the parchment paper. Use knife or spatula to spread nicely.
- Decorate with candies, nuts, seeds or dried fruits.
- Leave it for about 3-4 hours on the counter top so the chocolate will harden.
Notes
- You can use any type of chocolate that you like: dark, milk or semi-sweet. However, remember that after adding toppings that are sweet like fruits or sprinkles will make the milk chocolate bark even sweeter. That's why I suggest using dark or semi-sweet flavor.
- You can use chocolate bark, chocolate chips or wafers are good too.
- You don't have to add any oil or butter, this might prevent thins to harden.
- Remember to use parchment paper to prevent chocolate sticking to the pan.
- Press the topping gently right away after you spread the chocolate, otherwise if the bark will start to harden, toppings might fell out.
- Break the bark by hands or use sharp knife to make smaller pieces.
Nutrition
Update Notes: The recipe was originally posted in April 2015, it was updated with new photos in April 2020.
This bark is so colorful and perfect for spring!
Totally perfect for Spring Katy:)