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A woman's hand holding a piece of chocolate bark with mini pretzels, M&M candies, and red and green sprinkles.

Christmas Chocolate Bark

This Christmas Chocolate Bark is fun treat has the perfect balance of salty and sweet. It is easy to make that it is fool proof and even the youngest in the family can help with it. The best part is that it’s ready to eat in just about 30 minutes!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Christmas Candy, Christmas Chcolate Bark
Prep Time 10 minutes
Chilling 2 hours
Servings 10 servings
Calories 344 kcal

Ingredients

  • 18 ounces dark chocolate or milk chocolate chips about 1 ½ packages chocolate chips
  • 1 cup mini pretzels
  • ½ cup M&M’s red and green or colors of your choice
  • 1 ½ tablespoons holiday sprinkles and/or red and green decorative sugar

Instructions

  1. Line baking sheet with parchment paper then set it aside while you melt the chocolate.
  2. Melt chocolate in microwave safe bowl for 30 seconds. Stir, continue heating in 15 second intervals, stirring in between until chocolate is just melted. Be careful to not over heat the chocolate.
  3. Pour melted dark chocolate onto parchment paper and spread evenly with a rubber spatula to about 1/4 inch thickness. The chocolate will not cover the whole baking sheet.
  4. Top with pretzels, then M&M’s, and sprinkles. Allow to harden on the countertop for 2 hours or refrigerate for 15 minutes or until hard. Cut into pieces with sharp knife.

Recipe Notes

  1. Using high quality chocolate chips such as Ghirardelli brand. Better quality chocolate chips will give you more flavor and will melt to a smoother texture. When shopping for chocolate chips look for a bag of chips that has 60% cacao for the best results.
  2. Nutritional information is estimated. Amounts will vary based on ingredient choices and serving sizes.
Nutrition Facts
Christmas Chocolate Bark
Amount Per Serving (1 serving)
Calories 344 Calories from Fat 153
% Daily Value*
Fat 17g26%
Saturated Fat 11g69%
Trans Fat 0.02g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.1g
Cholesterol 2mg1%
Sodium 106mg5%
Potassium 164mg5%
Carbohydrates 48g16%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 37g41%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 23IU0%
Vitamin C 0.2mg0%
Calcium 51mg5%
Iron 0.5mg3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.