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A white plate with pile of dark chocolate and pink bark pieces. Light pink background.
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Valentine's Chocolate Bark

Homemade chocolate candy bars that are perfect for Valentine's Day. We top it with pink-colored chocolate swirls, sprinkles and chopped mini eggs. It takes 10 minutes to put together and extra time to set, and that's it. 
Course Candy - Sweets
Cuisine American
Keyword valentine's chocolate bark
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 20 pieces

Ingredients

  • 2 oz white chocolate
  • 10 oz dark or milk chocolate
  • Pastel colors food coloring oil-based dissolves in chocolate
  • cup assorted sprinkles chopped mini eggs, or other Valentine's edibles

Instructions

  • Line two baking sheets (that will fit in your refrigerator) with wax paper.
  • Chop chocolates separately (if not using candy melts or wafers).
  • Melt the white chocolate. I use the microwave (15-second spurts mixing well between each). Or use a double boiler.
  • Pour the melted white chocolate into a small bowl, or more, depending on the number of colors you want to make. I only used light pink, but you can use several colors. And even use white chocolate without coloring it. 
  • Mix the food coloring of choice. Depending on your brand of coloring (mine was a powder), you might need more or less to get the type of hue you want. Start small, with a pinch, mix well and add more if necessary. If you want several colored chocolates, you might need to melt more white chocolate than specified in the recipe.
  • On the prepared baking sheet, pour the melted semisweet chocolate.
  • Spread it on the paper with an offset spatula, knife, or the back of a spoon. Don't make it too thick, or it will be hard to break up. Between ⅛ and ¼ inch is what you want.
  • Drizzle the colored chocolate of choice. Don't overdo it.
  • Sprinkle with chopped mini eggs, sprinkles, or other edibles you might've chosen.
  • You can drizzle some extra chocolate after sprinkling the candies. There's no right or way to do this; whatever you like is fine.
  • Refrigerate for about 20 minutes until completely hardened. The time depends on the thickness.
  • Separate the cold chocolate rectangle carefully from the paper.
  • Use a kitchen knife to cut it into pieces.

Notes

Food coloring: make sure it's oil-based, usually labeled food colors for chocolate. Otherwise, it will not dissolve in chocolate! I use powder color, but you can use gels.
Refrigerator: chilling the bark is the easiest and fastest way to solidify it. You can also leave it at room temperature, which will take a while (sometimes hours). The freezer also works if you're in a hurry, but be careful it doesn't get too cold, and it's hard to break up.
Breaking up the bark: I recommend waiting about 20 minutes before you cut it if it has been chilled; it'll be easier.
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