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Christmas bark on a serving plate.

Christmas chocolate bark

Christmas bark is a fun festive treat that's perfect for kids. Made with only chocolate and sprinkles it's couldn't be easier to make!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Setting time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 10 servings
Course: special occaision
Cuisine: British
Calories: 113
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

For the chocolate bark
  • 200 g milk chocolate
For the decoration
  • Christmas sprinkles
  • Pretzels
  • Red smarties
  • Icing eyes

Equipment

  • baking tray
  • Digital scales
  • Heatproof bowl
  • Spatula

Method
 

  1. Line a baking tray with baking or parchment paper.
Melt the chocolate
  1. Weigh the chocolate (no need to be too accurate) and break it into small pieces. Pop it in a heatproof bowl.
  2. Set the bowl on top a pan of simmering water (a double boiler), and melt it gently. Stir the chocolate with a spatula or wooden spoon until it is smooth and fully melted.
Make the chocolate bark
  1. Once the chocolate has melted pour it out on to the prepared baking sheet and spread it out with a spatula. Don't spread it too thinly or it will break too easily – do it until it is about 5mm thick.
Decorate the Christmas bark
  1. Add the Christmas sprinkles. If you want to add reindeer, simply add two pretzels for ears, two icing eyes and a red Smartie nose. Pop a few of them around the chocolate so there are lots later when you break the bark into pieces.
  2. Leave the chocolate bark to set for a few hours or overnight.
Break the bark into pieces
  1. Once the chocolate bark has set, remove it from the baking tray and pop it on a cutting board. Using a sharp knife break the bark into shards.