Description
This Melted Witch Halloween Bark Recipe combines whimsical witch hat cookies, broomstick decorations, and colorful chocolate swirls on festive bark, perfect for a spooky Halloween treat. It features milk and dark chocolate with fun candy accents like fondant, pretzels, and candy eyeballs for a playful and delicious dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
Witch Hats
- ½ 340 g package of milk chocolate candy melts
- 12 chocolate cookies (such as Girl Guide or Oreos)
- 12 bugles
- yellow fondant
Witch Brooms
- 4 oz semi sweet dark chocolate
- 2 lbs milk chocolate melting chocolate (or milk chocolate chips)
- 48 almond slivers (approximately)
- 12 pretzel sticks
Chocolate Bark
- ½ 340 g package of green candy melts
- 18 white or small red candy eyeballs (approximately)
Instructions
- Melt Milk Chocolate for Witch Hats: Melt the milk chocolate candy melts on ½ power in 30 second intervals, stirring in between until smooth and fully melted.
- Assemble Witch Hats: Dip each bugle into the melted chocolate, shake off excess gently, and immediately place one onto each chocolate cookie. Allow to harden completely.
- Add Fondant Decoration: Roll yellow fondant into snake shapes and fit around the rim of each cookie to resemble hatbands, trimming to fit perfectly.
- Prepare Witch Brooms – Melt Chocolate: Reheat remaining milk chocolate candy melts if needed.
- Assemble Brooms: Dip one end of each pretzel stick into melted chocolate and lay on parchment paper. Attach approximately 4 almond slivers at that end to resemble broom bristles. Spoon a bit of melted chocolate over the almond slivers to secure them, then let harden.
- Trim Broom Edges: Once hardened, carefully trim edges of almond slivers with a paring knife for a tidy broom shape.
- Prepare Chocolate Bark Base: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Melt the milk chocolate (or milk chocolate chips) at 50% power in 30 second intervals, stirring until smooth.
- Create Bark Swirls: Pour melted milk chocolate onto the prepared pan. Melt semi sweet dark chocolate similarly and drop spoonfuls onto the milk chocolate. Swirl gently with a knife to create marbled effects.
- Add Green Candy Melt Puddles: Melt green candy melts in the microwave the same way. Drop spoonfuls onto the chocolate and partially swirl edges for a spooky look.
- Decorate Bark: Evenly place the prepared witch hats and brooms on top of the bark. Scatter candy eyeballs throughout to enhance the Halloween theme.
- Remove Air Bubbles and Set: Tap the bottom of the baking sheet on the counter 3-4 times to remove air bubbles. Set aside to harden for 1-2 hours at room temperature.
- Serve: Once fully hardened, cut into pieces and serve your festive Halloween bark.
Notes
- Use a gentle hand when swirling chocolates to avoid mixing colors too much.
- Fondant can be replaced with colored icing if preferred.
- Make sure all dipped items are fully hardened before assembling final bark for best results.
- This bark can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.
- Feel free to customize with additional Halloween-themed candies.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 piece
- Calories: 250 kcal
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 80 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 25 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg