Recipe courtesy of
Sarah Holden
for
Food Network Kitchen
Recipe courtesy of
Sarah Holden
for
Food Network Kitchen
Watch how to make this recipe.
Break-Apart Christmas Tree Candy Bark
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- Level: Easy
- Total: 1 hr 5 min (includes setting time)
- Active: 20 min
- Yield: 12 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 12 servings
- Calories
- 300
- Total Fat
- 8 g
- Saturated Fat
- 2 g
- Carbohydrates
- 53 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 23 g
- Protein
- 3 g
- Cholesterol
- 1 mg
- Sodium
- 266 mg
Instead of melting on the stovetop or in a microwave, candy melting wafers are gently melted in a low oven to make this break-apart bark. Not only does this cut down on dishes but also the wafers can be arranged in the design of a Christmas tree before melting. We love topping this bark with gingerbread cookies and candied ginger, but feel free to try different holiday flavors, like chocolate cookies with candy canes.
- Level: Easy
- Total: 1 hr 5 min (includes setting time)
- Active: 20 min
- Yield: 12 servings
-
- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 12 servings
- Calories
- 300
- Total Fat
- 8 g
- Saturated Fat
- 2 g
- Carbohydrates
- 53 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 23 g
- Protein
- 3 g
- Cholesterol
- 1 mg
- Sodium
- 266 mg
Ingredients
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F and line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment.
- With a short side of the prepared baking sheet facing you, arrange the white candy melting wafers on the prepared sheet tray in a 9-by-10-inch rectangle, leaving an empty 5 1/2-by-7-by-7-inch triangle in the center (vertically; this will be the Christmas tree). Fill the triangle with the green candy melting wafers. Place in the oven until the candy melting wafers are glossy and begin to melt, 3 to 4 minutes. Immediately use a small offset spatula to smooth and spread the white candy melting wafers. Use a clean small offset spatula to spread and smooth the green melting wafers. Go back over the triangle in small downward textured strokes to create the appearance of branches on a Christmas tree.
- Arrange the candy-coated chocolates in a decorative pattern across the tree to create a string of lights. Arrange the 5 yellow chocolates at the top of the tree in the shape of a star, setting each chocolate on its edge. Decorate the remaining space on the tree with gold sugar pearl sprinkles
- If using gingersnap cookies, break them into bite-size pieces. Decorate the white space around the tree with the whole gingerbread men or gingersnap cookie pieces, yogurt-covered pretzels, candied ginger and holiday sprinkles, leaving just a little white space in between. Let the bark sit at room temperature until fully set, about 45 minutes.
- To serve, break the bark into bite-size pieces.
