This Halloween Candy Bark is the perfect way to use up leftover Halloween candy. Crunchy, sweet and a little bit salty. This is an easy, kid-friendly recipe that everyone will love!
How is it almost Halloween?
I know crazy right. This year is going way too fast. The supermarkets already have Christmas stuff out…
Have you even started to think about it yet? My fiance keeps asking me what I want and I’m like “I haven’t even thought about what we’re having for dinner yet, let alone Christmas presents!”
Although I have started thinking about upgrading my camera. I’m still using my Dad’s camera he lent me on “long term loan” (it’s been 3 years…) so I figure I need to be a big girl and get my own.
Anyway, enough about Christmas, let’s talk about all that leftover candy you’re going to have after Halloween. Or, if you’re like me, you’ve stocked up yourself even though you have no kids and no one ever knocks… #chocoholic
This bark is SO easy to make and it’s really fun. Or maybe just for me because I like symmetry and patterns. So, although this looks like things are just dotted around, it took my OCD brain about 20 minutes to make sure everything was in the right place…
For the base I used a mixture of dark and milk chocolate, but you can use a mix or all of either, it’s just depends what you prefer.
I don’t 100% love dark chocolate, but I like the richness and some of the flavours it adds. Like, I wouldn’t go and just eat an 85% dark chocolate bar, but recently, I’ve been doing a mixture of both for a lot of recipes and it really works.
Originally, I was going to use a mix of chocolate and jelly sweets etc. but as I was chopping up chocolate and looking through the cupboard, I found some crispy M&Ms and some white chocolate pretzels and I just knew I had to add a little crunch and salt to this already epic concoction!
You can use whatever candy you have leftover, but for this recipe, I used a mix of Bounty’s, Kit Kat’s, Milky Way’s, M&Ms and White chocolate fudge pretzels.
*Quick note: In the UK Milky Way’s are different than they are in the US. In the US they have caramel in and are more like the UK’s Mars Bars.
On top of looking pretty, this stuff is addictive.
There’s a reason you can’t see the entire tray of bark. I had already eaten a whole corner by the time it was set enough to photograph.
Am I the only one who literally CANNOT WAIT to try something as soon as it comes out of the oven (in this case, as soon as it wasn’t liquid chocolate anymore…)
This is INSANE. Rich, sweet, crunchy, candy filled and a little bit salty. Utter perfection.
Even the kids can get involved with this recipe, but it’s equally as fun for adults!
Make sure you break it into BIG pieces because nobody has time for small helpings of chocolate bark. 😉
Halloween Candy Bark
Ingredients
- 6 oz (170g) dark chocolate
- 6 oz (170g) milk chocolate
- 1/2 cup (100g) Bounty's, chopped into 1/2 inch chunks
- 1/2 cup (60g) Kit Kat fingers, chopped into 1/2 inch chunks
- 1/2 cup (65g) Milky Way's, chopped into 1/2 inch chunks
- 1/4 cup (40g) M&Ms
- 1/3 cup (35g) Chocolate covered pretzels, I used white chocolate
Instructions
- Line a cookie sheet/baking tray with a silicone mat/greaseproof paper etc. and leave to one side.
- Place milk and dark chocolate into a large heat proof bowl and place into the microwave, heating in 20 second increments and stirring in between until everything is melted.
- Pour onto the lined baking tray and spread out with a small angled spatula until it almost fills the baking tray. Leave a 1 inch gap around the edge.
- Sprinkle chunks of Bounty, Kit Kat and Milky Way evenly over the melted chocolate. Then sprinkle M&Ms and pretzels into the remaining gaps.
- Leave to set for an hour before loosely covering with cling film and placing into the fridge for 2 hours to set up completely.
- Once set, break into pieces and store in an airtight container for 4 days.
Recipe Notes
Recipe by Annie of Annie's Noms
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Mandy @Mandy's Recipe Box says
13.10.15 at 4:30 pmThis is a kid’s dream! So fun.
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:30 pmYep, I’m a big kid at heart!! 🙂
Meagan says
13.10.15 at 6:05 pmLove it! This is great for Halloween! What fun for the kids and looks so tasty too. Can’t wait to try it out!
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:31 pmThanks so much Meagan! 🙂
Jessica (Savory Experiments) says
13.10.15 at 7:26 pmBark is one of my favorite things to make- so easy and so good!
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:32 pmMine too, so easy and fun! Thanks Jessica! 🙂
Marsha | Marsha's Baking Addiction says
14.10.15 at 12:50 pmI don’t know who’d be gobbling this up, me, or my daughter! I think both! This is chocolate heaven! 🙂
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:34 pmI couldn’t stop, so I think both for definite haha!! 😀
[email protected] says
14.10.15 at 4:31 pmPerfect way to use up leftover candy! I will be saving a few pieces aside for sure. And its just so PRETTY!
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:38 pmThank you so much Ashley! 😀
Sarah @ Foxy's Domestic Side says
14.10.15 at 5:05 pmOMG, that looks sooo good! What a great idea!
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:38 pmThanks so much Sarah! 🙂
Karen says
14.10.15 at 5:17 pmThis looks absolutely delicious!! I am a chocoholic so I am dying to make this! The photos are beautiful too! Thanks for sharing.
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:14 pmThank you Karen! 😀
Britney says
14.10.15 at 5:26 pmUHMM YUM!! I am definitely going to be trying this, I’ll probably leave out the Bounty’s as I don’t care for them much, but this is great! 🙂 Thanks for sharing! I’m hoping the kiddos will devour it lol.
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:14 pmThanks so much Britney! 🙂
Ev'i says
14.10.15 at 5:35 pmSuper cute and looks yummy! Chocolate bark never lasts in my house and this recipe has some of my favorite candies in it!
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:15 pmIt doesn’t last here either! So easy and dangerous haha! 🙂
Jenny says
14.10.15 at 5:58 pmLooks delicious and like lots of fun to make with the kids.
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:15 pmThanks so much Jenny! 🙂
Aimee says
14.10.15 at 9:50 pmSuch a great idea, can’t wait to try this!
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:15 pmThank you Aimee! 🙂
Danielle @ Delightful Mom Food says
14.10.15 at 9:57 pmThese look dreamy and so simple to make!
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:16 pmThanks so much Danielle! 🙂
Emily @ The Innovative Mama says
14.10.15 at 10:41 pmThis looks A-MA-ZING! I am definitely bookmarking this for Halloween weekend when my stepdaughters are here, they will love it!
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:16 pmThanks so much Emily! 🙂
Nina says
15.10.15 at 1:27 amlol, love that you disclosed you’d already eaten a corner of the tray before pictures were taken. Waiting to eat food until it’s been photographed has to be the hardest part of being a food blogger. #chocoholictoo This looks so delicious! Now I just need some candy…
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:16 pmHaha, yes it’s so hard!!
Natalie @ Obsessive Cooking Disorder says
15.10.15 at 2:31 amLooks like candyland heaven. Would be a great treat for a halloween party (adult and kids!)
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:17 pmThanks so much Natalie! 🙂
Brandy M says
16.10.15 at 2:40 amThis would be my heaven, and I would have never thought about doing this! You are so creative doing this! If I can keep myself from eating some of my kiddos candy then I might just make this!
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:17 pmThanks so much Brandy! 😀
[email protected] says
16.10.15 at 7:09 pmWhat a fun creative recipe!
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:17 pmThanks so much! 🙂
Ginny McMeans says
17.10.15 at 10:11 pmNow that’s a lot of fun! Yo have everyone’s sweet tooth covered. 🙂
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:18 pmHaha, thank you Ginny! 🙂
Steph @ Steph in Thyme says
18.10.15 at 2:53 amSo many favorite trick-or-treating treats in one…so fun and tasty!
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:18 pmDefinitely fun to make! And super dangerous to skinny jeans! 🙂
Kimberly @ The Daring Gourmet says
18.10.15 at 5:32 pmThis is so cute! I’m afraid though that if I made a batch of this I’d be way too tempted to eat the whole thing and there wouldn’t be any left for anyone else! 😉
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:19 pmThat was my problem too, I couldn’t stop picking at it! Thanks so much Kimberly! 🙂
Kimberly @ The Daring Gourmet says
18.10.15 at 5:32 pmThis is so cute! I’m afraid though that if I made a batch of this I’d be way too tempted to eat the whole thing and there wouldn’t be any left for anyone else! 😉
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:28 pmGosh, yes, I really struggled to stop eating it!!
Aly ~ Cooking In Stilettos says
18.10.15 at 7:47 pmI love this idea – especially when I used to take leftover Halloween candy to the office. Forget that – this year I’m making this
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:19 pmMy fiancé took this bark to work too and it disappeared so quickly! Definitely a fun way to use up those leftovers! 🙂
Susan says
19.10.15 at 1:11 amI have such a weakness for Halloween candy and bark is the best way to use it. I mean, chocolate on chocolate – what’s not to love?
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:20 pmI know, right? You can never have too much chocolate haha, thanks so much Susan! 🙂
Brandon @ Kitchen Konfidence says
19.10.15 at 1:49 amFUN! You’ve got some of my favorite candies on there – white chocolate pretzels (or are they usually yogurt covered?), kit kats and bounty!
Annie S says
24.10.15 at 2:20 pmI used Flipz pretzels, haven’t seen yoghurt ones here! They really make such a wonderful combination though! 🙂