I discovered this recipe on the back of my dark chocolate and mint chips bag. It was so easy, I decided to go with it. I figured anything with swirls has to be impressive looking enough to give to friends and neighbors for the holiday. And it’s got the pretty dark brown and green swirls… see? Totally festive. I dig it.
If you’re new to swirling, this is a great recipe to practice on. You really can’t go wrong with it so swirl your little heart out. And dark chocolate and mint… I can’t imagine anyone not liking this combination. Have a great weekend!
Ingredients:
- 1 (10 ounce) bag of dark chocolate and mint morsels
- 1/3 cup of broken pretzel pieces
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line a 9″ x 13″-inch sheet pan with foil or parchment paper.
Pour morsels onto the lined sheet pan and arrange them so they are touching each other in a single layer.
Bake for 1-3 minutes or until morsels are glossy and shiny looking. Remove from the oven to the cooling rack. Using the tip of a butter knife or chopstick, immediately swirl morsels to create a swirled pattern.
Sprinkle with broken pretzel pieces. Hold sheet pan 3 inches above counter and drop to settle pretzel pieces into the melted morsels. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. Break into pieces. Store in airtight container in the refrigerator.
Adapted from Nestle Toll House
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They are so beautiful! Love the natural green from the mint morsels.
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This looks awesome…
Such an easy recipe and great to give away as holiday gifts! Love it! And mint and chocolate is one of my faves 🙂
I love what you did with the pretzels. They’re the perfect salty food to be mixed in with the chocolatey-mint flavor.
Sean
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I love these. The play of flavors must be amazing 🙂 ela
Such a fun simple recipe! Bet that would be perfect for a holiday party!
What a beautiful and delcious idea for a holiday treat!! Love this one, Anne!
It appears we have similar tastes with our blog themes! Your photography is beautiful and I can’t wait to try some of the recipes. 🙂
I think I might bring home a container of French vanilla ice cream and sprinkle some of this crushed bark on top. The mint is really pronounced, and the pretzels add just enough salt to keep it from tasting too sweet.
Oh my. I seriously want this right now. My kids would be over the top thrilled if I made them this.
Looks great! I’ve never thought of making bark this way by melting chips in the oven and then spread/swirling! Good to know it works so well. Did you have any problems with bloom on the dark chocolate after the first day? Since I don’t can’t temper chocolate, I always end up with those gray streaks the very next day on the dark chocolate…but I suppose keeping them in the fridge solves that…I’m just rambling… Great looking bark! : )
Hi Monica: I kept it in the fridge so I didn’t see any problems with it. I actually photographed it the day after. Maybe there were gray streaks but the swirl covered it up? 🙂 Enjoy your day!
Thanks, Anne. They look awesome…reminds me of Andes Mints, which I love and keep around the house year-round. : )
The pretzels would give this such a nice crunch! 🙂
Sounds soo delicious! I’m going to make this for my christmas treat this year! Thanks for the recipe!
I read the recipe and understood why you called it magic. Not so complicate after all!
I love swirls! This looks so pretty, festive, delicious, and easy! What a great recipe!
I love your creative mint chocolate bark! with pretzels – who would refuse it? YUM!
This looks crazy!
This is the perfect way to use up a bag of mint chips that has been sitting in my freezer. Can’t wait to try it!
I can’t get enough of chocolate and mint lately and this looks perfect! Love the pretty swirls and the pretzels in here – I can’t believe it’s so easy to make too. This would make a fantastic festive holiday gift. Your friends and neighbors are so lucky girl and if they don’t like it which I can’t imagine they wouldn’t – you can send some to me hehe 😉 xo
I love that your bark has pretzels, what a great idea. Also I am totally into mint so I welcome this treat with open arms!
I love salty and sweet, so this would be perfect for me. Love a simple dessert recipe. Yum!
Pretzels in bark is such a great twist for all the salty-sweet lovers out there who dig their chocolate! Hubby and I always loved those Pretzel Joys (sold in cute ice cream containers in fancy schmancy department stores). Ever since the early 1990s, we make our own and call them Pretzel Gems. (I posted them back around Valentine’s Day.) Chocolate and pretzels are just meant to be and I love those minty green swirls…so perfect for the holidays! Thanks for sharing, m’lady!
I never saw this technique for making bark before! It’s so easy – I love it! And the sweet minty chocolate combo with the salty pretzels is a perfect combo. Takes care of two cravings in one. Have a great weekend Anne! 🙂
Yummmmm!! This looks so good but easy to make! I was just thinking I have a bag of pretzels somewhere here…time to use it up 🙂
How fun, I definitely might have to make some of this just so that I can practice my swirling!! Love that, Anne!
Oooh.. mint and chocolate, reminds me of peppermint mocha. YUM!!!
This bark is so gorgeous with that dark chocolate and pretty green swirl…I love swirls! This is a great combination, and I love the pretzel pieces. Pinning!
Mint chocolate is always amazing
Beautiful… love the pics 🙂
wow, these look amazing…not to mention super festive!!
I would eat this so quickly it would be embarrassing. I can never resist mint chocolate!
Those swirls look so pretty indeed! And this recipe is so so easy too. What’s not to love?? Have a lovely weekend Anne! xo
Oh my gosh – I love the festive color of these, and I love anything mint! What a great idea – I’m loving this one. Pinning!
Mmm, this looks perfect for Christmas! And I happen to have an open bag of pretzels 😉
What a perfect, easy and impressive recipe! If only the stores around here had those mint and choco chips 😦 I wanna make some!
Wow, This looks delicious!! I love mint and chocolate and making bark is so easy that I have to run out and grab some of these chips asap! Pinning!!
So pretty! And yummy I’m sure. 🙂
What a beautiful and delicious looking bark! I don’t think this would ever make it into the Christmas gift boxes I’d want to give away! Wonderful recipe.
MAGICAL AND TASTY CHOCOLATE BARKS 🙂
My son just walked in to the room last night around 11 pm, saw your top photo (with its perfect lighting and colors) and said, “Oooo. What’s that? Do we have the ingredients RIGHT NOW?!” Lucky for him I am a chip-a-holic and had a supply. Anyone want mint bark for breakfast? 🙂
p.s. Isn’t it funny, in food blogging, how sometimes it is the simplest almost non-recipe that gets the biggest enthusiastic response? We eat first with our eyes and gorgeous photos like yours draw us in. But also, I think, people are looking for magic and easy, especially at busy times of the year. 🙂
So pretty, and love the sound of salty pretzel mixed in with mint and chocolate! I’ve been thinking about mint and chocolate buttons, that can be nibbled on like after dinner mints. Great minds think alike? 😀
I’ve never made it with pretzel bits very interesting salt with the sweet will have to try it. You should try it at halloween with candy corn and the chocolate with organge bits very good. Thanks for sharing visiting from saturday night fever I’m lorraine at http://lorrainesresources.blogspot.com
Salty/sweet snacks are my favorite! Love the addition of pretzels.Have a great week Anne!
Seriously so pretty! I’ve never made chocolate bark before but you’ve convinced me to start now. I’ve been missing out! 😉
I can not wait to make this. I just pinned it! It looks so pretty and different from all the other barks out there. Love it!
Anne, so easy looking but also very festive! I love the combo of sweet and salty… pinned!
I couldn’t find mint chips so I used dark chips and mint chocolate dove bars and I cut them up small but the chocolate didn’t melt smoothly, not sure what went wrong?
Hi Carrie: I’m going to guess it’s because of the Dove bars —they’re not baking chips and that’s why it didn’t melt smoothly for you. You can locate the dark chocolate and mint morsels at Target or Amazon if you want to try again.
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Oh wow, this looks so simple and delicious, Anne! Sweet and salty! I love that it’s only two ingredients. It would make a great last minute holiday gift! Thanks for linking this up to Saturday Night Fever – pinning!!