Description
Ghastly Candy Bark brings spine-chilling Halloween spirit to sweet treats with a wickedly delightful blend of chocolate and spooky toppings. Dark chocolate becomes a canvas for creepy decorations, inviting you to unleash your inner mad confectioner.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 6 bars dark chocolate
- 3 bars white chocolate
Decorative Toppings:
- Assorted sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- Carefully melt dark chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl, using brief 10-second intervals and stirring between each heating to prevent burning.
- Prepare an 8″ x 8″ baking dish by lining it completely with plastic wrap, ensuring smooth coverage to facilitate easy removal later.
- Pour the melted dark chocolate into the lined dish, creating an even, uniform layer that covers the entire surface. Sprinkle optional candy or cookie pieces across the chocolate for added texture and crunch.
- Chill the dark chocolate layer in the refrigerator until it becomes completely firm and solid.
- Gently melt white chocolate in a separate microwave-safe bowl, taking care to avoid overheating.
- Spread the melted white chocolate smoothly over the chilled dark chocolate base, ensuring complete and even coverage.
- Return the bark to the refrigerator and allow the white chocolate layer to set completely.
- Melt the remaining dark and white chocolate in separate bowls, preparing them for the decorative top layer.
- Transfer the dark chocolate to a piping bag, ready for precise ghost creation.
- Cover the white chocolate layer with the remaining dark chocolate, creating a rich, smooth surface.
- Using the white chocolate in a piping bag, carefully create ghost shapes by forming small circular blobs across the warm dark chocolate.
- Utilize a toothpick to elongate one side of each white chocolate circle, crafting ghostly tails with a delicate, fluid motion.
- With the dark chocolate piping bag, add facial features to the ghosts – small dot eyes and whimsical mouths that bring the spectral shapes to life.
- If desired, scatter festive Halloween sprinkles across the surface for extra visual appeal.
- Refrigerate the completed bark until it becomes completely hardened and set.
- Once fully chilled, break or slice the bark into irregular, ghost-friendly pieces and serve.
Notes
- Melt chocolate slowly and gently to prevent seizing or burning, which can ruin the smooth texture and glossy appearance.
- Use a spatula or offset knife to spread chocolate evenly, ensuring uniform thickness and professional-looking results.
- Allow each chocolate layer to completely set before adding the next, preventing unwanted blending and maintaining distinct layers.
- Swap traditional sprinkles with Halloween-themed candies like candy corn, black and orange M&Ms, or edible googly eyes for extra spooky flair.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Cooling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 25 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 5 mg