Halloween Bark

A few months back I made Great British Bark and extolled the virtues of the great treat that Bark is. I also said that over time I would be making more to share with you. And here, I keep my promise. Halloween Bark is fun to make, and great to hand out to those little terrors, erm…Trick or Treaters.

Like my GB Bark, it all starts with melted white chocolate and rice krispies. A lot of Bark recipes don’t have krispies, but I like to add them as it bulks it out and makes it good and crunchy. I then add chopped up Oreo cookies, broken up salted pretzels ( I love the whole sweet and salty thing) and candy corn.

Candy Corn is not common here in the UK, but I can sniff American ingredients from a fair distance and got these on one of my trips (London probably, but can’t remember, had it a while!). The pack says it’s made with honey, but tastes sort of like vanilla jellybeans to me. They are iconic and always associated with Halloween and the ‘Fall’ in the US.

All my measurements are pretty rough but I use 450 grams of melted white chocolate, 500ml of rice krispie (pour into a measuring jug until they reach that level) and I just eyeball the rest of the add-ins.

I stir the krispies into the melted white choc ( I use the good old bain marie method to melt) and spread this concoction onto a baking sheet lined with greaseproof paper. I spread it out until it’s fairly thin but not so much that it breaks up. Then I randomly sprinkle on the toppings making sure the slab has a good even coat. Lastly I take another sheet of greaseproof paper, place this on top of the bark and gently press all over, sort of smoothing it, to embed the toppings into the chocolate. Remove the gp paper and pop into the fridge for a good couple of hours, to let the bark set. When ready, break the bark into shards and it is ready to eat (it is very very moreish) or pack into gift bags for the little urchins. I had some clear bags, popped the bark into them and then printed some bands to go around the baggies, securing it with stickers I also printed off.

I hope this has inspired you…so go create!

I am submitting this recipe for the 'United Bakes of America' challenge over at Cupcake Crazy Gem. What with the candy corn and Oreos, I hope Gem likes them!