Easy Sweet & Salty Chocolate Bark Recipe

Looking for that last minute Christmas recipe for dinner, a family get together or to give as gifts? I have the perfect recipe for you! This easy sweet and salty chocolate bark recipe has only 3 ingredients, a ten minute prep time and, even with cooling time, can be completed in less than 30 minutes. It tastes great and can be gluten free by substituting gluten free pretzels for the regular variety. Ready to get cooking?
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Easy Sweet and Salty Chocolate Bark Recipe

Ingredients:
You’ll need
chocolate melts or bark (you can use white chocolate, milk chocolate or dark chocolate or make a variety pack)
chocolate coated candies (like M &M’s) for a festive touch, use a bag of the Christmas variety
pretzels, you can use sticks or rings. (to make this recipe gluten free, substitute a bag of gluten free pretzels)
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Directions:
Step 1:
Melt the chocolate bark in a microwave safe bowl.  We usually melt the chocolate for 1 1/2 minutes and then remove it from the microwave and stir. If it is not completely melted, we return it to the microwave for another 45 seconds to a minute.
Step 2:  Mix in the pretzels and and M&M’s. Stir until blended.
Step 3:  Spread mixture evenly across a sheet of waxed paper. Place in freezer for 10 to 15 minutes until mixture is hardened.
Step 4:  Remove candy from freezer. Break into pieces.

Tips: This recipe makes a lot of candy! We used it in gift bags for coworkers. If you aren’t giving the candy as gifts, you can cut the recipe in half. We also divided the recipe, using white chocolate and milk chocolate melts. If you prefer, you can also swirl the chocolate.
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Printable Recipe: 

Easy Sweet & Salty Chocolate Bark Recipe
Ingredients
  • 2 packages (16 ounces each) chocolate melts or bark (you can use white chocolate, milk chocolate or dark chocolate or make a variety pack)
  • 1 (11.4 ounce) chocolate coated candies (like M &M’s) for a festive touch, use a bag of the Christmas variety
  • 1 (16 ounce) package pretzels, you can use sticks or rings. (to make this recipe gluten free, substitute a bag of gluten free pretzels)
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Instructions
  1. Step 1: Melt the chocolate bark in a microwave safe bowl. We usually melt the chocolate for 1 1/2 minutes and then remove it from the microwave and stir. If it is not completely melted, we return it to the microwave for another 45 seconds to a minute.
  2. Step 2: Mix in the pretzels and and M&M’s. Stir until blended.
  3. Step 3: Spread mixture evenly across a sheet of waxed paper. Place in freezer for 10 to 15 minutes until mixture is hardened.
  4. Step 4: Remove candy from freezer. Break into pieces.
  5. Tips: This recipe makes a lot of candy! We used it in gift bags for coworkers. If you aren’t giving the candy as gifts, you can cut the recipe in half. We also divided the recipe, using white chocolate and milk chocolate melts. If you prefer, you can also swirl the chocolate.
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Do you have a favorite easy Christmas candy recipe?

35 Comments

  1. These looks so yummy! I make them every year too and my kids love them!

  2. This looks so good! I want to make it for Valentines day with red M&M’s!

  3. I love candy melts. I use them all the time but I’ve never tried to make bark.

  4. i love bark. it is so good. sweet and salty always gets me

  5. This is my favorite kind of treat!!

  6. That’s a very nice sweet treat. I would love to make that for my kids who love sweet treats.

  7. These chocolate barks look so delicious! I love the colors, so festive!

  8. This would be great to give as a gift. I just snuck a piece of candy here and it’s 8 in the morning. 😉

  9. This looks like the perfect sweet and salty snack!! I need to make this ASAP!!

  10. This is my kind of treat! Not too hard to create and all kinds of salty and sweet to boot! Perfect for the holiday!

  11. I’ve been looking for a salty version of chocolate treats. This couldn’t have come at a better time. I like how it looks!

  12. I love chocolate and pretzels together. What a great idea to do this in bark form!

  13. We were just talking about ways to sweetly cover pretzels a couple of days ago.
    This looks yummy.

  14. Yum. My plan today is to get my baking started and done but I’m so behind today. I think I would love to make this! This looks so good!!

  15. Oh my goodness! Kids will surely love it, I will make sure to serve this on Christmas eve! It would be so much fun.

  16. This easy sweet salty chocolate bark recipe is something I will have to try for sure. I think I may just do the swirl idea with the white chocolate and the chocolate. Thanks for shairng the recipe.

  17. Sweet and salty is my favorite combo! The bark looks so festive and delicious. A must try, for sure!

  18. This looks like a great snack for the holidays, especially for some movie watching. I love a sweet and salty combo.

  19. I have been making bark at Christmas time for years now and it just keeps getting better because there are no rules!

  20. Do you know I have never tried bark, I really need to give it a whirl at making some so I can taste it 😉 x

  21. Salty, sweet, and ready for me to eat! This bark so sounds yummy. I have lots of baking to do the next few days, and can’t wait to try this.

  22. Oh yum this sounds absolutely delicious – I’ve never tried making bark but it is definitely something I would like to give a whirl. x

  23. Oh yum! I love treats that are both salty and sweet! My family would eat this stuff up!

  24. I am OBSESSED with peppermint and chocolate bark during the holidays! I’ll definitely have to try out this sweet and salty chocolate bark recipe. It looks so yummy.

  25. Chocolate bark is so delightful to make during this time of the year. Not only is it easy to make, but it looks so festive. Love your take on it!

  26. I love the combination of salt and chocolate!! This is amazing looking Chocolate bark to make, I need to try making my own.

  27. Maybe I will try this as I start putting together my menu for Christmas, seems like a good treat to have for my family. We need to add a few things to the dessert table.

  28. This is exactly what I am craving! I love the sweet and salty mix together. It gives you everything you’re craving all in one bite. I will definitely be trying these.

  29. OH MY GOODNESS this looks delicious. Salt AND sweet….my fave combination 🙂

  30. These look so delicious, I need to make these with the kids. They are the perfect treat for Santa too!

  31. BOOM! There is no great treat than chocolate covered pretzels. Unless, of course, it’s in bark form. I must have this. I mean “I”. I’m not sharing.

  32. Yummo! I love chocolate covered pretzels to begin with, so I know this is going to be awesome. I can’t wait to try it.

  33. That looks so delicious. Sweet and salty treats are my weakness. I can’t wait to make these.

  34. I love this sweet and salty combination you have here. This sounds like an awesome treat 🙂

  35. There are so many barks recipes floating around but I like how simple your is to make. Thinking the kids could help make this.