Melted Snowman Bark

This easy Melted Snowman Bark recipe makes homemade Christmas candy with peanut butter cup hats, pretzel arms, and candy decorations. A fun treat for cookie platters and holiday gift boxes!

Prep Time25

Cook Time0

Setting Time15

Total Time40

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: candy, christmas, holiday party

Servings:

Author: Sandy Clifton

Equipment

Ingredients

2 cups White Almond Bark (chopped, or White Chocolate Chips)
5 Mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (cut in half from top to bottom)
20 Candy Eyeballs
10 Long Orange Sprinkles (for the "carrot" nose)
30 Round Candies (such as Red Hots, mini M&M’s, or Sixlets)
10 Pretzel Sticks (broken in half)

Instructions

Prep

Line a baking sheet with wax paper. Cut the peanut butter cups, break the pretzel sticks, and organize all of the decorations before melting the almond bark.

Melt Chocolate

Place the almond bark or white chocolate chips in a medium microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring well after each interval, until mostly melted. Stir until completely melted and smooth.

Make Snowmen

Spoon one uneven circle onto the wax paper, about ¼ inch thick. Immediately decorate it with two candy eyeballs, a peanut butter cup half for the hat, an orange sprinkle for the nose, three round candies for the buttons, and two pretzel pieces for the arms.
Apply the decorations a little randomly, but still in the pattern that you would recognize as a snowman, to make it look like the snowman dropped everything when he melted. Repeat with the remaining melted almond bark and decorations, making and decorating one snowman at a time.

Let Set Up

Let stand for about 15 minutes, or until completely set, then gently lift the snowmen off the wax paper.

Notes

Yield: The decoration amounts are for 10 snowmen with three buttons each. The yield will depend on the size of your puddles, so have a few extra decorations ready if you make smaller snowmen.

Speed of Decorating: You can melt half of the almond bark at a time to give yourself more time to decorate. If a puddle sets before you finish, use a dab of melted almond bark on the back of each remaining decoration to attach it.

⚠️Kids: This is a fun project for older kids, with an adult handling the hot melted candy. Please use caution.

Storage: Store in an airtight container at room temperature, in the refrigerator, or in the freezer. Keep away from heat.

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