5-Ingredient Snickers Chocolate Bark – Minimalist Baker Recipes
Introducing our DREAM dessert for Halloween (and previous)! A peanutty, caramelly, vegan chocolate bark studded with flaky salt. It’s like a refined Snickers bar (!!), nonetheless phrases can’t put collectively you for the magic of the first chunk!
Even larger? Minimal prep time, merely 5 elementsand it retains properly throughout the freezer for easy snacking for weeks (or so we predict…good luck defending it spherical that prolonged!). Let’s make candy, mates!
Inspiration
This 5-ingredient Snickers Chocolate Bark is impressed by our 5-Ingredient Salted Caramel Peanut Butter Truffles and That Effectively being Junkie‘s severely very good Date Bark, which circled the online this summer season season. Oh, and Snickers bars…and every completely different chocolate + peanut butter cope with in the marketplace. On account of no larger style combination exists. There, we talked about it!
And since we’re in a position to’t be trusted with an entire batch of chocolate + peanut butter one thing, we wished a chocolate bark that’s just a little bit refined and pretty enough to share with family and mates. Enter date caramel, a.okay.a. nature’s candy, clear magical bliss, the very best caramel on the planet, and every completely different great description you presumably can contemplate!
Make Snickers Chocolate Bark
With a batch of date caramel spherical, it’s GO time! We begin by melting chocolate and spreading it into a thin layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Subsequent, we add swirls of date caramel and peanut butter and do some artistry!
Then we sprinkle with chopped peanuts and flaky salt (measure these alongside along with your coronary coronary heart!) and place it throughout the freezer to set.
In merely an hour’s time, you’ll be sinking your tooth proper right into a chocolaty, caramelly, nutty masterpiece!
We are going to’t wait as a way to do that chocolate bark! It’s:
Caramelly
Peanutty
Chocolaty
Salty-sweet
Crunchy
Simple to make
& SO delicious!
It’s a decadent (and essential!) cope with to keep up accessible for all chocolate + peanut butter lovers! And crumbled proper right into a bowl of Creamy Vegan Vanilla Ice Cream? Hubba hubba!
Further Candy-Impressed Treats
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Servings 16 (gadgets)
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- 1/4 cup date caramel
- 1 cup chocolate chips (we like half semi-sweet, half darkish // assure dairy-free/vegan as wished // we used Have the benefit of Life)
- 1/4 cup drippy salted peanut butter* (or completely different nut/seed butter resembling almond butter or tahini)
- 1/3 cup chopped roasted salted peanuts* (or completely different chopped nut/seed resembling almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, or pecans)
- Flaky sea salt (we like Maldon)
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Put collectively the date caramel and put apart 1/4 cup (70 g) of it (modify amount if altering the default number of servings). You might retailer the remaining in your fridge and luxuriate in it with apple slices or pretzels for a quick cope with!
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Line a small baking sheet (~9 x 13 inches) or associated measurement dish with parchment paper. Use a smaller or larger dish if adjusting the default number of servings (and guarantee it may slot in your freezer!). Put apart.
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Place the chocolate chips proper right into a small microwavable bowl and microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring in between to cease burning, until clear and melted. You can also soften on the stovetop by together with chocolate to a small glass or metal bowl and punctiliously inserting it over ~1 inch of simmering water in a small saucepan, then stir until melted.
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Pour the melted chocolate onto the baking sheet and use a spatula or the once more of a spoon to unfold it thinly and evenly over the baking sheet, staying about 1 inch from the perimeters.
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Dollop the date caramel throughout the thinly unfold melted chocolate in ~1 tsp portions. You should disperse it evenly (~every 2 inches) as it might be arduous to unfold. As quickly as dispersed, use the once more of a spoon to unfold it by the bark. Purpose to get not lower than just a little bit bit to each area, nonetheless some thicker elements are final and finish in a caramelly shock!
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Subsequent, dollop heaped teaspoons of peanut butter onto the bark and use a knife to swirl it by! Let your inside artist shine! Lastly, sprinkle with chopped peanuts (we used 1/3 cup) and flaky sea salt to your coronary coronary heart’s want!
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Place the bark into your freezer and freeze for about 1 hour until totally set. As quickly as set, break the bark into smaller gadgets.
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Retailer the gadgets in an airtight container throughout the freezer for numerous months (if it lasts that prolonged!). It will moreover protect throughout the fridge, nonetheless we wish the texture from frozen. The bark will flip into tender at room temperature, so it is best eaten straight from the freezer. It’s moreover delicious served on vanilla ice cream!
Serving: 1 piece Power: 117 Carbohydrates: 11.9 g Protein: 2.7 g Fat: 8.1 g Saturated Fat: 3.2 g Polyunsaturated Fat: 2 g Monounsaturated Fat: 0.7 g Trans Fat: 0 g Ldl ldl cholesterol: 0 mg Sodium: 36 mg Potassium: 151 mg Fiber: 2.1 g Sugar: 8.3 g Vitamin A: 1 IU Vitamin C: 0 mg Calcium: 15 mg Iron: 0.9 mg