This easy and festive Halloween Bark is the best way to celebrate the spooky season – or any holiday! Use your favorite Halloween candy to make this easy bark and serve it up at movie nights and Halloween parties all season long! This recipe is so easy and customizable that you can make some slight alterations and whip it up for any occasion or holiday – so fun!
If you’re interested in making some more chocolate bark or Halloween-themed sweets, try our Candy Corn Cheesecake Mousse, Candy Corn Cake or Halloween Graveyard Dirt Cups.
Halloween Bark Recipe
Get ready, because you’re about to discover the easiest and tastiest chocolate bark recipe there is! This Halloween Candy Chocolate Bark is so cute and festive, and you can use whatever kinds of candy you have on hand! I think you’ll discover that this recipe for Halloween Candy Bark is so easy, and so tasty, you’ll want to make it all year round!
The chocolate base is melt-in-your-mouth silky smooth and the chunks of candies, cookies, and mini pretzels are little treats you get to enjoy with each bite.
Whether you’re making this for Halloween, or swapping out your mix-ins for another festive season, this homemade chocolate bark recipe is the way to go!
Recipe Notes:
This bark will last for about a week at room temperature, so it’s a great treat to make ahead of time!
Why You’ll Love This Halloween Chocolate Bark Recipe
It’s perfect for any season! This recipe is to inspire you during the Halloween season, but you can customize this recipe to any holiday or season of life you want! Whether you’re making peppermint bark, or chocolate bark full of your favorite candy for a birthday party, this recipe will show you how to make it all.
This recipe is so easy! The hardest part is deciding which yummy candies and treats you want to add to your bark.
This treat makes a great gift! You can make it ahead of time, wrap it up in a cute little bag or a special tin, and gift it to your party host. They can choose to serve it to their guests that evening or save it for themselves, but either way, it’s a lovely offering. Plus, since this chocolate bark is so customizable you can make it with their favorite flavors in mind!
By simply swapping out the Halloween candy additions for your favorite treats, this recipe is perfect for any holiday or occasion! This would make a perfectly cute and simple birthday party snack!
How to Make Chocolate Bark
There are only four main steps to making Halloween chocolate bark! Keep in mind, the whole recipe in the complete printable recipe card below.
Prepare Work
- Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with a silicone liner or parchment paper and set it aside for later.
- Chop – or break apart – any larger candies, cookies, or pretzels.
Melt Chocolate
- Melt the vanilla candy bark – or white chocolate – as directed on the package. If you’re heating it in the microwave, use 50% power to prevent any overheating.
- Pour about half of the melted chocolate onto the lined baking sheet and then spread it so it’s about ¼ inch thick.
Add Candy
- Working quickly so the chocolate doesn’t harden, add an assortment of pretzels, cookie chunks, and candy corn in a single layer.
- Pour the remaining melted chocolate on top of your prepared chunks and then add any additional toppings, including sprinkles.
- Set the pan aside and allow the chocolate to cool fully.
Break Bark
- Once the chocolate is fully cool and set, break the bark apart into pieces.
- Enjoy immediately or store at room temperature in an airtight container.
Storage Information
This candy bark is a great make-ahead treat! Make sure you store it properly so you can enjoy it at its best.
- Room Temperature: Place the bark in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.
- Refrigerator: Store it in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 weeks.
- Freezer: You can wrap large chunks of the bark in plastic wrap and then put the wrapped pieces into a freezer bag and store them for up to 3 months in the freezer.
- Thawing: Allow the frozen pieces to defrost in the refrigerator and then sit on the counter to come to room temperature.
You can use any white chocolate or white chocolate bark for this recipe. Ghirardelli Vanilla Melting Wafers is my favorite and I believe has the best flavor.
Variations To Try
The variations on this recipe are endless! Enjoy these ideas for different flavors, seasonal themes, and yummy candy mix-ins.
- If you want to make your Halloween candy bark more festive, add a bit of orange food coloring to your white chocolate or vanilla melts! You can swirl it in or make the base of the bark all orange.
- Add nuts or seeds for some crunch! (Please keep food allergies in mind if you’ll be handing it out.)
- I use white chocolate or candy melts, but you can also use dark or milk chocolate.
- Add dried fruit to your bark – dried or candied citrus is especially yummy.
- Christmas time means peppermint bark is on everyone’s mind! Add crushed candy canes and/or add a few drops of peppermint extract to the melted chocolate.
- Crunch up your favorite cookie and add it to your bark.
- Add your favorite cereal – Lucky Charms would be great!
- Speaking of Lucky Charms, mini marshmallows would be great in candy bark!
Trish’s Tips
- Short on time? You can speed up the process by placing the sheet in the freezer for 10 minutes.
- Thaw from frozen slowly! If you freeze your bark, make sure you thaw it in stages. If you take the bark straight from the freezer to room temperature it’ll create too much condensation and the chocolate will get melty.
- Be careful melting your chocolate. The microwave is the easiest way to melt it, but make sure you do it slowly so it doesn’t burn. Just a few seconds make the difference between perfectly melted and burnt chocolate.
More Recipes To Try
- Halloween Sprinkle Cookies
- Candy Corn Krispie Treats
- Halloween Marshmallow Pops
- Ghost and Mummy Oreo Balls
- 3-D Pumpkin Cookies
Halloween Bark
Ingredients
- 16 ounces vanilla candy bark candy melts, or white chocolate
- 1 cup mini pretzel twists
- 10 chocolate sandwich cookies with orange filling
- 1 cup candy corn
- ¼ cup assorted sprinkles
- 1 cup additional candies of your choice
Instructions
- Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with a silicone liner or parchment paper; set aside. Chop or break any larger candies, cookies, or pretzels; set aside.
- Melt the vanilla candy bark (or white chocolate) as directed on package. If heating in the microwave, use 50% power to prevent overheating the candy/chocolate. Pour about half of the melted chocolate onto the lined baking sheet, then spread about 1/4 inch thick.16 ounces vanilla candy bark
- Working quickly, add an assortment of pretzels, cookie pieces, and candy corn (or other candies) in a single layer.1 cup mini pretzel twists, 10 chocolate sandwich cookies with orange filling, 1 cup candy corn
- Pour the remaining melted chocolate on top of the pretzels and cookies, then add additional toppings, including sprinkles.¼ cup assorted sprinkles, 1 cup additional candies of your choice
- Set aside and allow the chocolate to cool fully. You can place the entire baking sheet in the freezer for 10 minutes to speed up the process.
- Once the chocolate is fully set and cool, break the candy bark into pieces. Store Halloween Candy Bark in an airtight container for up to a week.
Notes
- Room Temperature: Place the bark in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.
- Refrigerator: Store it in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 weeks.
- Freezer: You can wrap large chunks of the bark in plastic wrap and then put the wrapped pieces into a freezer bag and store them for up to 3 months in the freezer.
- Thawing: Allow the frozen pieces to defrost in the refrigerator and then sit on the counter to come to room temperature.
You can use any white chocolate or white chocolate bark for this recipe. Ghirardelli Vanilla Melting Wafers is my favorite and I believe has the best flavor.
By simply swapping out the Halloween candy additions for your favorite treats, this recipe is perfect for any holiday or occasion! This would make a perfectly cute and simple birthday party snack!
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Originally published September 20, 2014.
Glory, so cute! Definitely making this for my daughter’s Halloween Party at school! Can you share where you got those cute cups?
Hi Candice, I bought the cups from Wal-Mart last year. I have seen similar (but not identical) ones at Wal-Mart and Target this year.
This bark is just so much fun Glory! Perfect for a party!
This is SO cute and festive Glory!! Those sprinkles are just killing me… And the Halloween Oreos? I’d pick off every single one!
it’s never too early for Halloween candy!
This is so pretty Glory! I just love Halloween bark!
I love how colorful this is. Looks super yummy.
I love that you share all these great ideas! ! ! This would be a perfect base for all kinds of holidays! ! ! Looks delicious!
So colorful. where did you get the cups….. would love to use them for our Halloween Party at school. Thanks
Hi Johnna, I bought the cups from Wal-Mart last year. I have seen similar (but not identical) ones at Wal-Mart and Target this year.
so cute!
Oooh I love eating candy bark but I have never tried making it before! Love all the pretty colours for this fall treat!