Peanut Butter Chocolate Bark {4 Ingredients}

Quick and easy peanut butter chocolate bark recipe, homemade with simple ingredients. Sweet, salty, creamy crunchy. This no bake candy is great as a dessert or snack and makes a lovely homemade gift for Christmas holidays. No candy thermometer needed either.

*Thank you Peter Pan for sponsoring today's post so I can share this recipe with all of you. As always, all opinions are mine.*

I love using peanut butter in homemade desserts such as this Microwave Peanut Brittle or these Peanut Butter Eggs and this  Easy Buckeyes (Peanut Butter Balls). Now, I can add this peanut butter swirled bark to that list, too. This is unlike any candy you have ever had. There is a layer of salted crackers, topped off with semisweet chocolate and swirls of honey roasted peanut butter and some sprinkles, obviously. Kiddo loves this as much as he loves my Frozen Yogurt Bark.

Key ingredients

• Melted chocolate- The higher quality you use the better the flavor and texture.
• Peanut Butter- I used Peter Pan brand, but you can try your favorite as well.
• Sprinkles- Use a your preference of colors and shapes for any occasion.
• Saltine crackers- Adds a bit of salty pairing to the sweetness.

Variations

• Replace the saltine crackers- With mini pretzels. Top it off with peanut butter, melted chocolate, sprinkles.
• Sprinkle ¼ cup toffee chips- On top before the chocolate sets.
• Add some different saltiness- The recipe below uses Saltine crackers to give this bark a little salted crunch but you can try a layer of salted potato chips too. I am obsessed with the sweet and salty flavor combination, which can you enjoy in these Chocolate Covered Potato Chips too.
• Replace the semisweet chocolate- With white chocolate for a different flavor profile.
• I like to use semisweet chocolate- Because it's not too bitter but you can also use dark chocolate or milk chocolate.
• Replace peanut butter- With other nut butters such as cashew butter, sun butter, almond butter e.t.c.
• Add bananas- Peanut butter and bananas compliment each other so well that you can add a layer of thinly sliced bananas too.

Chocolate bark add-ins

• Nuts- Such as chopped almonds, walnuts, pistachios, cashews, peanuts, or pecans.
• Dried fruits- Such as roughly chopped dates, strawberries, cherries, apricots, raisins, mangoes, figs, or prunes.
• Freeze dried fruits- Including strawberries, pineapple, bananas, blueberries, apples, or pears.
• Pretzels- Chop them up roughly and mix in.
• Cookies- Such as roughly chopped sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies, Lotus Biscoff, Oreos, or Milanos.
• Candies- Such as roughly chopped Mars bars, Reese's cups, Snickers, Twix, Kit Kats, Butterfinger, Milky Way, or Hershey's milk chocolate. Candies like Reese's Pieces and M&Ms will not need to be chopped up and can be sprinkled on top.

How to make easy peanut butter chocolate bark recipe?

Tips and techniques

• You can use more or less- Chocolate based on your preference.
• If you want a big emphasis on the peanut butter flavor- Just add swirl more peanut butter.
• You can add lots of sprinkles- If you like. I only added a small amount, just enough to give this bark a pop of color.
• Line pan with parchment paper or wax paper- So that this candy doesn't stick to the pan and it makes clean up easy too.
• Portioning the bark is easy- Use your hands and just break it up into random pieces. You can also use a sharp knife for clean, uniform cuts.
• Keep in mind that some toppings go stale faster than others- For example, pretzels or cookies tend to get stale and soggy. Candy will last longer.
• Work quickly- Chocolate can easily melt and you don't want finger smudges. Also, be sure it is fully hardened before breaking into pieces.

I used Peter Pan's honey roasted peanut butter in this bark since I  have been curious about trying it for a while now, especially after reading that it's "creamy with a bit of crunch." After sampling it, I quickly realized that it truly lives up to its name! Best of all, you don't have to stir it  before spreading it. Yay!

This would also make a wonderful homemade gift. I decided to put together a gift box in which I included: handwritten recipe/ instructions, jar of peanut butter, saltine crackers, chocolate chips, sprinkles, parchment paper, wooden skewers and spatula. Basically, it has everything you need to make your own sweet and salty treat. Check out more of my Easy Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas (Food) and for packaging inspiration, check out this post on Food and Cookie Packaging Ideas.

Recipe FAQs

Storage

• Refrigerate- In a sealed container up to 2 weeks.
• Room temperature- In a sealed container for up to 1 week.
• Freeze- I don't recommend this since the saltine layer becomes soggy upon thawing and loses it's crunch.
• Make ahead- This can easily be made 1-2 days in advance.

More peanut butter desserts

• Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe (3 Ingredients)
• Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bars (Eggless)
• Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (Soft and Chewy)
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie (No Bake)
• Small Batch Peanut Butter Cookies (With Chocolate Chips)

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