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Valentine’s Day Bark is a quick and easy to make dessert with sweet and salty flavors in pretty red, pink and white Valentine colors; ready in a little over an hour
Valentine’s Day Bark is so quick and easy to make! Bark is one of my favorite desserts to make because it is so simple. You just melt some chocolate, spread it out, sprinkle on some goodies, 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!
The M&M’s
Usually when I make bark, I just buy a big bag of M&M’s and pick out what colors I want. It worked out fine until this time when I found only about a quarter cup of red ones. ☹ BUT! My son found on Amazon a great 62oz container of reds and greens and knowing that I would want to make St. Patrick Day treats and more Valentine’s treats so would need more reds, I ordered one. It was perfect! If you like that idea, I linked it below. They also have just Valentine’s Day colors—reds, pinks and whites. They would be very pretty for this too.
The Sprinkles:
Use whatever sprinkles you find and like. I found some at Walmart. Amazon also had a bunch of options if that is easier.
The Bark:
When melting the bark, don’t go by looking at it whether it is melted or not. It will usually keep its block shape until you start stirring so it can be deceiving. It may be very hot and pretty much melted but still look like blocks. Stir after 60 seconds and then after 30 seconds and then after 15 seconds and then just stir and stir and it will probably be enough.
You don’t want it too hot. If you put colorful M&M’s on chocolate that is too hot, your colors will run.
Also, when sprinkling your other ingredients onto the bark, it is good to do the bigger things first and smaller things like sprinkles last so they will fill in the gaps. Gently press the pieces down into the bark so they are in it well. If they are not, they will fall out and you will have more like a trail mix; still good but not what we are going for here.
Can Valentine’s Day 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
broken pretzels
red M&M’s
Valentine’s Day sprinkles
Directions:
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.
Next, pour melted bark onto baking sheet.
Sprinkle pretzels and M&M’s over bark and press gently into bark so the pieces will stay.
Last, sprinkle the sprinkles into the remaining gaps of empty bark space.
Chill in refrigerator about an hour or until set.
Break into bite sized pieces.
Store in an airtight container in a cool place.
It can also be frozen.
12 servings
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Valentine's Day Bark
Valentine’s Day Bark; A quick and easy to make dessert with sweet and salty flavors in pretty red, pink and white Valentine colors; ready in a little over an hour
Ingredients
- 24 oz. vanilla almond bark
- 1 cup broken pretzels
- 1 cup red M&M’s
- 2 Tbsp Valentine’s Day 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.
Next, pour melted bark onto baking sheet.
Sprinkle pretzels and M&M’s over bark and press gently into bark so the pieces will stay.
Last, sprinkle the sprinkles into the remaining gaps of empty bark space.
Chill in refrigerator about an hour or until set.
Break into bite sized pieces.
Store in an airtight container in a cool place.
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 24gNet Carbohydrates 23gFiber 1gSugar 19gProtein 1g
This data was provided and calculated by Nutritionix using unknown brands unless named in the recipe. If nutrition is important to you, I highly encourage you to verify any data you see here with your favorite nutrition calculator. Also, you can put in exactly what you used so it is the most accurate. This is just to give you an idea, as any nutrition calculation is not exactly accurate unless every single product brand used is entered. Please note also that I am not a certified nutritionist or health professional of any kind. Please consult a doctor or trained professional for medical advice.
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