Crispy Chocolate Bark Candy-Just 2 ingredients-Rice Krispies Cereal and Chocolate Almond Bark, you won’t believe how good this is until you make it yourself!
I’m a big fan of adding cereal to recipes. Corn Flakes in Cookies, Making Smores Treats with Golden Grahams. Special K in my Cereal Bars. But I never thought about adding it to chocolate bark.
I don’t know why. Maybe because the cereal by itself…isn’t that great.
Sure as a kid, I’d eat 3 bowls of it, especially the sugary stuff. My mom should have had stock in Captain Crunch when I was growing up.
Now, I wonder how I ate it all. Way too sweet. I’m a Special K girl now. Especially as a bedtime snack. Don’t judge.
Rice Krispies never did much for me. I had to add a lot of sugar to make it worth my time. Then it would get soggy before I finished eating it all. Of course to be fair, If I had used a regular sized bowl instead of the biggest bowl I could find, it might have stayed crisp.
The real reason I wanted to share this bark is the pretty pattern on the back of the bark. Sprinkles always make desserts look good. That takes care of the top. I’ve been crushing on Manuela and Passion for Baking. She made some chocolate bark last year. It had a beautiful texture pattern on the back side and mini marshmallows on top.
A quick Amazon search found the mat she used. It’s a Silicone Mat
for creating texture for fondant. The stuff you put on a cake. A fancy cake. It’s also pricy. It is heat resistant to 400 degrees so I won’t just be using it for candy making. I’ve got some cute ideas for cookies I’ll be testing out soon. Oh and it’s huge! Twice the size of my large baking sheets…so I cut it in half. I can make twice as much candy at once, or I could be nice and give the other half to a friend.
You don’t have to spend a lot to make pretty chocolate though. There is a set of 4 Imprint Mats I plan on getting for under $10.00.
I could have just melted my chocolate and spread it out on the mat. But that would be boring.
I like my chocolate with stuff.
Peanuts, pecans or pistachios. Dried Strawberries or blueberries are amazing in chocolate. Even adding in other candy like peanut butter cups, M&Ms or Malted Milk Balls.
Looking around my kitchen, I spied the cereal (left out on the counter, again) and thought why not. This was just a test run of my new mat anyway.
This may just be the best use of cereal ever! The Rice Krispies stay crispy in the chocolate (even a week or 2 later.) It’s a delicate crunch, almost like popping air, with each bite.
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Crispy Chocolate Bark Candy
Ingredients
- 16 ounces chocolate almond bark or candy melts
- 1 cup Rice Krispie Cereal
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- Follow directions on Chocolate for melting.
- Stir in Rice Krispie cereal.
- Spread chocolate on impression mat or a wax paper lined tray, using an off set spatula to about 1/4 inch thick. The thinner, the better. Sprinkle sprinkles on top.
- Let chocolate coll, setting completely to a hard chocolate. Slice or break into pieces. Store in an airtight container.
Want more easy bark ideas?
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Fruity Chocolate Bark from Love and Olive Oil
Superfood Chocolate Bark from My Whole Food Life
Rocky Road Pretzel Bark from Melissa’s Southern Style Kitchen
Amanda says
I LOVE this recipe!! So creative with the mats and the sprinkles are so cute!
Joan Hayes says
Thanks Amanda, I’m in love with my new mat! I want more designs now!
June Burns says
Such a great idea! Love how easy it is 🙂
Joan Hayes says
Thanks June!
Scarlett says
LOL – you don’t really think anyone looks at the back of such a decadent piece of deliciousness do you?????
Joan Hayes says
Probably not but using the mat does dress up this simple candy (and I really wanted an excuse to buy the mat, lol)
Wendy O'Brien says
hello
love your recipes but find them a bit of a challenge understanding some of the ingredients & trying to convert to ‘Australian’ ingredients!
please… what is Almond Bark & Candy Melts?
thanks
Wendy
Joan Hayes says
Almond Bark and Candy melts is chocolate that is made specifically for making candy. After melting and shaping, it will harden back up like a candy bar. You can use chocolate chips but sometimes heat and humidity will keep the chips from hardening back completely and then you end up with the chocolate melting on your fingers and hands when eating it.
Amy says
This looks SOOOOOOOOO YUMMY!!!! I will be sharing it on my Facebook page this week!!!
https://www.facebook.com/LittleDairyonthePrairie
Aimee @ ShugarySweets says
I need to get a set of those mats!! How fun. Totally kicks this chocolate candy up a notch!
Kayle+(The+Cooking+Actress)e+Cooking+Actress) says
this bark is SUPER pretty and adding in krispies was brilliant-so crunchy and delish!
terri says
you mentioned cookies.. you know you can buy all kinds of cookie stamps (for the tops) or you can use a cut glass (dip in sugar as you press each one), or, you can use regular rubber stamps you buy in the craft dept like at Wallyhell, Michaels, or Hobby Lobby. =)
Joan Hayes says
Thanks for the great suggestions, I never thought about using the craft stamps!
Christi @ Love From The Oven says
I love this, I’m such a bark fan and that pattern on the back – gorgeous! I love Manuela’s work. I feel she must live on a perfect pink cloud, probably made of cotton candy. Everything is so pretty and airy and awesome. Love this recipe Joan!