For the holidays I decided to try my hand at chocolate bark. I wanted to whip up some quick and easy treats for my neighbors and coworkers. If you like mint and dark chocolate then this is the perfect recipe to make any time of the year. The combination of mint, dark chocolate, crunchy Oreos and soft marshmallows is delicious and tastes very similar to a Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookie. You’ll be surprised how easy it is to make bark and how simple it is to use different ingredients to create your own unique flavor combinations.
The Dark Chocolate Mint UFOs from Trader Joe's are tasty but are super minty. I decided to tone the strong mint flavor down a bit with milk chocolate.
Mint Oreo Marshmallow Bark
Prep Time: 15 minutes Inactive time: 30 minutes Yields: one 9×12 inch sheet
Ingredients:
12 oz Mint Dark Chocolate (Trader Joe’s Dark Mint UFOs) *If you can’t find this you can use another mint flavored chocolate such as Andes Mints or just regular chocolate)
8 oz Milk or Dark Chocolate, coarsely chopped
14 Oreos, divided (8 coarsely chopped to mix into bark and 6 coarsely chopped to garnish bark)
1 C Mini Marshmallows
Optional: additional mini marshmallows and decorative sprinkles
Directions:
- Bring water in a double boiler to a simmer.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. (you can spray the cookie sheet with cooking spray to help keep the parchment paper in place)
- Melt mint dark chocolate in double boiler, stir constantly.
- When mint dark chocolate has melted and is smooth, turn off heat and add chopped milk or dark chocolate. Stir until smooth and creamy.
- Add the 8 chopped Oreos and 1 cup of marshmallows and gently stir to combine.
- Pour chocolate mixture onto parchment paper or spoon chocolate into circles onto parchment paper. Press the remaining chopped Oreos into the bark and scatter a handful of marshmallows or sprinkles onto the bark. Place cookie sheet into refrigerator for 30 minutes to set.
- When bark has set, break bark into random sized pieces. Store in airtight container. Enjoy!
All ready to go into the fridge for 30 minutes to set. For this batch, I didn't mix the marshmallows into the chocolate. I just placed all of them on top of the bark.
Here's the chocolate bark in a "cookie" form. They are ready to be topped with mini marshmallows and sprinkles.
Mint Oreo Marshmallow Bark (in bark form...)
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Wow-what a awesome treat! I love it. In fact I love it so much I blasted it out on Twitter and I’m making some for my weekend get together!
Hi Naomi! Thank you!! I hope you love it!
Hey, I saw Naomi’s twitter blast and had to come see. 🙂 These look lovely!!!
Happy New Year to you guys – best wishes for a great 2011!
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Had to drop by after seeing Naomi’s tweet. These look absolutely perfect for the festive season!
Happy new year!
Yum, this looks super delish and cute! Love those snowflake sprinkles! 🙂
Be still my heart! I bet this would make a great valentines gift too!
im with renee, with some heart shape sprinkles this would definitely say… i love you
Sounds dark chocolate delicious! I am going to try!
Mmm – that looks fantastic!!
Kim & thecoffeesnob: Thank you for stopping by (thanks Naomi for the twitter blast!) and Happy New Year to you too!!
Sara: Thank you!! I need to put those snowflake sprinkles to use before spring is here! 🙂
Chef Renee & Chef Louise: I think you’re absolutely right – heart sprinkles for Valentine’s Day would be adorable!
Betty; I can’t wait until you try it 🙂 Woothoo!
Lindsay: Thank you!!
I love this!! What a great idea.
The Food Hunter: Thank you!!
This looks so yummy, my two favorite flavors packed into one dessert!
Cristina: Thank you!! It’s hard to go wrong with Oreos & chocolate! Take care!
Went into Trader Joe’s today to get the dark chocolate ufo’s and they told me they had been discontinued for a long and no longer carried them…
Thanks Tara for the heads up. I can’t believe they stopped making the UFOs. Another alternative is to melt down Andes Mints if you want to keep the mint part of the bark. If not – regular dark or milk chocolate also works.