Create this vibrant and festive Peanut Butter Easter Bark. It’s crafted from creamy white chocolate and peanut butter, featuring crunchy bits of Oreo cookies. Get creative with decorations by adding pastel-colored sprinkles, chocolate eggs, and M&Ms.
Creative Decorations for Peanut Butter Easter Bark
Express your artistry when it comes to decorating your bark! Add colorful pastel sprinkles, chocolate eggs, or M&Ms to give it a festive touch. The more you personalize it, the more fun it will be! Feel free to modify the decorations by changing the candy colors for other occasions. Consider using dark chocolate to craft a moody bark and warm colors for fall barks. Use seasonal-shaped chocolates to make barks for different holidays.
How to Crush Oreos for Peanut Butter Easter Bark
To incorporate Oreo cookies, simply chop or crush them. There’s no need to remove the white icing inside the cookies. A convenient method is to place them in a resealable bag, squeeze out the air, and then roll a rolling pin over the bag to break them down. Alternatively, a meat mallet or sturdy cup works well. After crushing, use a spoon to scrape the crumbs from the sides of the bag.
Making Peanut Butter Easter Bark Gluten-Free
If you’re looking for a gluten-free option, swap regular Oreos for gluten-free ones. They taste nearly identical and can be used in the exact measurements. Just remember to choose gluten-free candies for your decorations!
Melting the Chocolate
Melt the white chocolate carefully in a microwave-safe dish. Start with 30-second intervals and stir after each one until completely melted. It’s essential to avoid over-melting, as it can result in thick, unusable chocolate. Once melted, mix in the peanut butter until smooth, and then add the crushed Oreos before spreading it onto parchment paper or a silicone mat.
Adding Decorative Candies to Peanut Butter Easter Bark
Before the bark hardens, press in candy decorations and sprinkles to embed them. If the bark hardens before you finish placing the colorful candies, use a little melted white chocolate as glue. Dip each piece in the chocolate and press it on the bark. If you use foil-wrapped candies, be sure to remove the foil before placing them.
Setting the Chocolate
After you complete the decorations, slide a flat cookie sheet underneath the bark and place it in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes to set.
Scoring the Bark
Once the bark has hardened in the refrigerator, use a knife to score it into the desired shapes or sizes. Scoring involves making shallow cut marks in the chocolate. Then, break the chocolate along the scored lines. This recipe yields around 15 evenly sized pieces.
Egg Basket Candy
This vibrant bark is eye-catching enough to put into clear plastic bags for Easter baskets. Additionally, it provides a great way to use up leftover Easter candy!
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Peanut Butter Easter Bark
Equipment
- resealable sandwich-size plastic bag
- meat mallet or rolling pin
- parchment paper
- flat baking sheet
Ingredients
- 12 ounces white chocolate wafers (premium chocolate like Ghirardelli)
- ⅓ cup peanut butter
- 10 Oreo cookies (use gluten-free cookies or omit to make gluten-free bark)
- a variety of pastel-colored Easter/spring candies: M&M's, chocolate eggs, sprinkles, Sixlets
Instructions
- Place the cookies into a sandwich-sized plastic bag. Squeeze out the air and seal. Use a mallet or rolling pin to break the cookies.
- Melt white chocolate in a microwaveable dish for 30-second intervals. Stir after each interval until melted.
- Stir in 1/3 cup of peanut butter until mixed well. (If you like extra peanut butter, add 1/2 cup instead.) Add broken cookie pieces and stir until distributed throughout the white chocolate mixture.
- Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Pour the chocolate mixture onto the paper and spread it to form a large square in an even layer.
- Decorate with Easter and spring candies–as much or as little as you prefer. Place cookie sheet with chocolate bark in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes to set.
- Score the bark into 15 pieces and break it apart.