The recipe I more-or-less used can be found here, from Your Homebased Mom. I'm sure that her finished product, if I followed it to the letter, is fantastic--I mean it looks good enough to eat right off my screen--but I just don't often follow recipes to the letter!
I kind of took note of the ingredients then winged it based on what caught my eye at the store. I know most of the recipes use those Golden Oreos to keep everything nice and pastel-colored, but... Double Stuf Oreos are better, #AmIRight? I also grabbed a couple of small boxes of chocolate-dipped peanuts, but I think almonds would be amazing, and I just used several snack-sized bags of pretzels since that happened to be a better deal than one larger bag. If you can't find the white Almond Bark you could use those candy melts from Michael's or JoAnn's. I pulled out the food coloring but didn't think I needed it... Really you could make this completely loaded with candy and sweets or keep it simple, it's entirely up to you!
To try to keep things on the cleaner side I lined my cookie sheet in aluminum foil first, and you might want to give it a spritz of non-stick spray just to make your life easier.
I started by breaking up and laying down my pretzel pieces and Oreo chunks, as well as the chocolate-dipped peanuts. This helped keep the color of the finished bark more pastel-ish instead of being really muddled by Oreo dust. I reserved a handful of each to add to the top of the finished bark.
Just be careful to melt your chocolate in small increments (time-wise, like just 15 seconds or so at a time once it starts to get soft) to avoid burning it!
Using smaller increments again, I spread it over my cookie-pretzel layer on my baking sheet, followed by a sprinkling of pastel M&Ms and crystal-y sprinkles while the chocolate was still nice and soft. I just did one manageable section at a time.
After working my way across the baking sheet with a layer of white chocolate, I used my reserved pretzel-peanut-Oreos and smushed them into the still-soft chocolate so that the top gave a hint of what was covered by chocolate at the bottom. Then it's just a matter of staying away from it long enough to let it harden!
Then break that ish up. I've made Peppermint Bark that basically shatters when you look at it because the layers come out so delicate, but this bark has a bit more bite, I guess you could say, and I had to pretty much slice it into squares in some cases where the chocolate-cookie-pretzel goodness was really thick.
I think the best thing, other than it's packed with so many yummy and not-good-for you things, is the sweet-and-salty mix you get by adding the pretzels. I will caution that it came out super-rich...definitely plan on giving most of this away or bringing it to a party because your tummy will not appreciate you binging on this!
Again, this is super-easy, doesn't take much time, and could easily be a fun project for kiddos to participate in with you. Throw a few pieces into a cute bag or basket with a bow and it's perfect for neighbors, teachers or friends.
Enjoy!!!
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