The 3 Best Chocolate Bark Trends To Make This Season

If summer cooking is defined by grilling, then winter is the season for sweet treats. You’ll spot plenty of hearty braises and rich sides on tables this time of year too, but above all, my social media feeds, snacks, and saved recipes all seem to center around sugary bites — and I’m not complaining.

Maybe you’re baking just for fun, or perhaps you’re making a homemade gift for friends; either way, the chances that we’re all in the kitchen making cookies and other confections are much higher in December.

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When it comes to holiday baking, keeping it simple is ideal — it’s such a busy time of year, after all — but you also want to create a treat that looks and feels festive, with a design that captures the celebratory spirit of the season. There’s one dessert that always fits the bill, and it’s become a widespread favorite on social media, with content creators everywhere sharing their favorite way to make chocolate bark.

Flat, handheld, and easy to decorate, chocolate barks are also infinitely customizable. To inspire your own creations this winter, we’ve gathered three of the most popular renditions online.

Snickers Date Bark

This candy bar-inspired dish is one of the first chocolate barks that really blew up online and may still be the most popular version to date. While it effectively captures the flavors of the iconic candy bar, no Snickers are involved. Instead, you’ll start by layering pitted Medjool dates — split in half — on a piece of parchment paper.

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You’ll want to press the dates down some so that they flatten and press tightly against each other; laying another piece of parchment on top may make this easier by preventing them from sticking to your hands. Warm some peanut butter (or your nut/seed butter of choice), then spread a layer on top of the dates. Finally, melt some chocolate in the microwave in 15-second increments, then spread it on top of the peanut butter.

Sprinkle some flaky sea salt on top of the melted chocolate if you have it, then refrigerate the bark until the chocolate is completely firm. From there, you can slice and enjoy! If you want even crunch in your creation, feel free to use chunky peanut butter or sprinkle chopped peanuts on top of the nut butter to add texture inside.

Potato Chip Bark

Unlike the viral date-based treat, there isn’t one specific way to make potato chip bark, but the salty, crunchy snack is one of the most popular additions to the chocolate dessert. You can stick to something simple, melting chocolate, spreading it onto parchment paper, then sprinkling crushed potato chips on top and chilling until the chocolate is set, or you can incorporate a popular flavor that several content creators have added to the mix: cookie butter.

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The sweet spread is usually made from Biscoff or Speculoos cookies, both of which have caramelly, spiced flavor profiles. Like peanut butter, cookie butter remains spreadable when cooled, so it’s best to add the spiced butter and potato chips between two layers of chocolate if you opt for this recipe.

Holiday Bark

This is where things really start to get creative. Aside from the requisite chocolate, there are no rules or mandatory ingredients for making a holiday-inspired chocolate bark. This is likely the easiest bark to make because you don’t have to melt anything in a bowl and then transfer it to a sheet pan.

Start by placing 4-ounce chocolate bars tightly together on a parchment-lined baking sheet to form a large, cohesive rectangle. Put the baking sheet in a 175℉ oven for about five minutes, until the chocolate is melted. It will still look like the solid bars, so use a cake skewer or the tip of a butter knife to create swirls on the surface of the melted chocolate for a elegant look.

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From there, you can toss whatever you want on top of the chocolate as long as you add any accoutrements before it cools. Pretzels, red and green M&M’s, mini marshmallows, seasonal sprinkles, crushed candy canes, crumbled gingerbread cookies, and anything else that’s sweet, salty, crunchy, or channels the holiday season would likely work well.

Provided you avoid any questionable additions like Cheetos, it’ll be delicious enough to share with friends and family.