For this leftover Halloween candy bark recipe, use a combination of candy bars, cookies, and chocolate-coated candies. The suggestions below are just that—suggestions. Use your favorites and experiment with interesting combinations.–Jamie Geller
Candy Bark FAQs
Our testers had a good time adding all kinds of other things to their Halloween Leftover Candy Bark, including treats they bought rather than just leftovers. This included gummy bears, dried fruit, flavored baking chips, and most exciting of all…Pop Rocks.
Also, you can make Sweet and Salty Bark by swapping crushed pretzels and potato chips for some of the candy. Salted nuts would be tasty, too.
A double boiler will give you smooth, melted chocolate in short order. Not microwave short, but pretty darn quick nonetheless.
A double boiler is a pan set on top of a smaller pan. The bottom pan gets partially filled with water and set over the heat. A bowl can be used in place of the top pot, as long as it completely covers the opening.
Chop your chocolate (this speeds up the process), then dump it into the top section of your double boiler and let the warm water work its magic. Don’t let the water boil–this creates steam and moisture is the enemy of melted chocolate. Just a low simmer will work.
This bark can be stored at room temperature in an airtight container, between layers of wax or parchment paper for up to 1 week. It can be frozen for up to 1 month.
☞ Want more chocolate bark recipes? Try these:
Leftover Halloween Candy Bark
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 pounds good-quality 60% cacao semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups chopped candy bar pieces, chocolate candy pieces, broken cookie pieces, crushed pretzels or mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and melt it in the microwave in 10-second intervals, stirring often, until smooth. Add the vanilla and stir well. Gently stir in half the various candy, cookies, pretzels, marshmallows, or what have you.
- Using a rubber spatula, spread the chocolate mixture evenly into the prepared baking sheet and smooth the surface as best you can. Sprinkle with the remaining candy, cookies, pretzels, or marshmallows. Loosely cover and refrigerate until the chocolate is set, 2 to 4 hours.
- Break the chilled bark into pieces. Indulge or package it up and gift it to anyone and everyone to get it the heck out of your house. (You can store the bark in an airtight container, stacking the layers of bark between sheets of parchment or wax paper, at room temperature for up to 1 week. But we don't think it will last that long.)
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe Testers’ Reviews
Warning: This leftover Halloween candy bark is dangerously addicting! The recipe itself is super easy and quick to put together. That makes this candy bark recipe a double threat.
Quick, simple, and the combination of flavors is endless. Four grandchildren wanted to make this leftover Halloween candy bark recipe, so I let each one pick out the ingredients they wanted to use, and we made 4 smaller batches.
My first thought reading this recipe was, “What is leftover Halloween candy?” It never appeared when my kids were little. That said, I went out and bought some Halloween candy to make this recipe.