Description
A spooky and delicious Halloween treat combining chocolate witch hats, brooms, and colorful melted chocolate bark with candy decorations. Perfect for festive parties and easy to make with simple ingredients and fun decorative touches.
Ingredients
Scale
Witch Hats
- ½ 340 g package of milk chocolate candy melts
- 12 chocolate cookies (such as Girl Guide or Oreos)
- 12 bugles
- Yellow fondant
Witch Brooms
- 4 oz semi sweet dark chocolate
- 2 lbs milk chocolate melting chocolate or milk chocolate chips
- 48 almond slivers (approximately)
- 12 pretzel sticks
Chocolate Bark
- ½ 340 g package of green candy melts
- 18 white or small red candy eyeballs (approximately)
Instructions
- Prepare Witch Hats: Melt the milk chocolate candy melts at ½ power in 30 second intervals, stirring between, until smooth. Dip each bugle in the melted chocolate and gently shake off excess. Immediately place the bugles onto the chocolate cookies and allow to harden completely. Once hardened, roll yellow fondant into thin snakes and fit around the rim of each cookie hat, trimming to fit perfectly.
- Prepare Witch Brooms: Reheat remaining milk chocolate candy melts if needed. Dip one end of each pretzel stick into melted milk chocolate and lay them on parchment paper. Add approximately 4 almond slivers to each pretzel end to resemble broom bristles, then spoon a little melted chocolate over the almonds to secure them. Let harden fully. Trim broom edges neatly with a paring knife once set.
- Make Chocolate Bark Base: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Melt the milk chocolate melting chocolate or chips at 50% power in 30 second intervals, stirring in between until fully melted. Pour the melted milk chocolate onto the prepared pan and spread evenly.
- Add Chocolate Swirls: Melt the semi sweet dark chocolate in the microwave using 30 second intervals at 50% power, stirring until smooth. Drop spoonfuls onto the milk chocolate base and swirl gently with a knife to create a marbled effect.
- Add Green Candy Melt Puddles: Melt green candy melts similarly in the microwave. Drop spoonfuls onto the chocolate bark in spaced puddles and swirl gently at the edges with a knife for a spooky effect.
- Assemble Decorations: Place the cookie witch hats evenly over the chocolate bark. Distribute the witch brooms evenly throughout the bark. Scatter the candy eyeballs on top for a creepy touch.
- Remove Air Bubbles: Firmly bang the bottom of the baking sheet on the counter 3-4 times to release any trapped air bubbles and ensure even spreading.
- Set and Serve: Set aside the chocolate bark to harden for 1-2 hours at room temperature. Once fully hardened, cut into pieces and serve.
Notes
- Use a microwave-safe bowl for melting chocolates and candy melts.
- Be careful not to overheat the chocolate to avoid burning; stir often.
- Fondant can be colored with food coloring if yellow fondant is unavailable.
- Almond slivers can be substituted with shredded coconut or thinly sliced nuts for broom bristles.
- Use different cookie types according to preference; any sturdy chocolate cookie works well.
- Store leftover bark in an airtight container at room temperature away from heat.
- For extra fun, add sprinkles or edible glitter to the bark before hardening.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 350 kcal
- Sugar: 30 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg
