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Patriotic Bark: An oh so pretty and easy to make dessert with sweet and salty flavors and patriotic red, white and blue colors.
Patriotic Bark is so quick and easy to make! Bark is one of my favorite desserts to make because it is so easy. You simply melt some chocolate, stir in some goodies, spread it out, let them cool and break them into bite sized pieces. Wa-la; bark! And the kids can do much of the process! They love to be involved in the making.
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More bark recipes for other holidays!
Check out my St. Patrick’s Day Bark, Valentine’s Day Bark, and Easter Bunny Bark! It is so pretty with Easter and spring colors. You will also love Patriotic Bark with fun red, white and blue colors, Christmas Bark and Fall Halloween Bark in cool, fall colors!
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The M&M’s
After picking out the green M&M’s for the St. Patrick’s Day Magical Trail Mix and the red and blue M&M’s for this and the Patriotic Trail Mix, I now have yellows, oranges and browns left! Stay tuned for Fall/Halloween Trail Mix and Bark! They will be perfect for that! 😊
Can Patriotic Bark be made ahead?
Yes! Bark is the perfect make ahead dessert! It will wait patiently in the refrigerator or even freezer. Just store it in an air tight container and keep refrigerated up to a week or frozen up to 3 months for best taste. It will last longer but may not taste its best if left longer.
Ingredients:
vanilla almond bark; find it in the baking section
broken pretzels (but not crushed to smitherines)
red and blue M&M’s
Patriotic sprinkles; I got these at Walmart in the baking section
Directions:
Melt bark in microwave for 60 seconds.
Stir
Melt another 30 seconds. It may not look real melted but stir it well before melting more.
Stir, stir, stir!
The bark should be smooth after much stirring. If it isn’t, microwave another 15 seconds or so but don’t cook it too much. It can burn. With a lot of stirring, it should be smooth.
Alternately, you can melt it over a double boiler on the stove top.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Pour melted bark onto baking sheet.
Sprinkle broken pretzels, M&M’s and sprinkles over bark and press gently into bark so the pieces will stay.
The pressing is an important step or your pieces may not stay in the bark.
Chill in refrigerator about an hour or until set.
Break into bite sized pieces.
Store in an airtight container.
It can also be frozen.
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Patriotic Bark
Patriotic Bark: An oh so pretty and easy to make dessert with sweet and salty flavors and patriotic red, white and blue colors.
Ingredients
- 24 oz. vanilla almond bark
- 1 cup broken pretzels (but not crushed to smitherines)
- 1 cup red and blue M&M’s
- 1-2 Tbsp sprinkles
Instructions
Melt bark in microwave for 60 seconds.
Stir
Melt another 30 seconds.
Stir, stir, stir!
The bark should be smooth after much stirring. If it isn’t, microwave another 15 seconds or so but don’t cook it too much. It can burn. With a lot of stirring, it should be smooth.
Alternately, you can melt it over a double boiler on the
stove top.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Pour melted bark onto baking sheet.
Sprinkle broken pretzels, M&M’s and sprinkles over bark and press gently into bark so the pieces will stay. This is an important step.
Chill in refrigerator about an hour or until set.
Break into bite sized pieces.
Store in an airtight container.
It can also be frozen.
Nutrition Information
Yield 12 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 275Total Fat 4gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 2mgSodium 68mgCarbohydrates 24gFiber 1gSugar 19gProtein 1g
