Peanut Butter Chocolate Bark {4 Ingredients}

This quick, easy peanut butter chocolate bark recipe is sweet, salty, creamy crunchy, made with simple ingredients. Great as Christmas dessert or snack.

*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 and candies such as this Microwave Peanut Brittle or these Peanut Butter Eggs and this  Easy Buckeye Recipe (Peanut Butter Balls). Now, I can add this peanut butter swirled bark to that list too. This is unlike any bark 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.

How to make peanut butter chocolate bark?

1. Pour melted chocolate in a cookie tray, lined with wax paper and spread it out.
2. Arrange Saltine crackers on top.
3. pour more melted chocolate and spread it until crackers are fully coated.
4. Swirl some peanut butter on top of the melted chocolate.
5. Toss some sprinkles.
6. Let it set and break into pieces and enjoy.

What can I add to chocolate bark (add-ins)?

• Nuts
• Dried fruit
• Freeze dried fruits
• Pretzels
• Cookies
• Candies

Should you refrigerate chocolate bark?

Yes, you can refrigerate it or you can keep it in a sealed container at room temperature for up to 1 week.

How do you melt chocolate for bark? 

The easiest way is to melt in the microwave in 15 seconds increments and mixing often. Peanut butter can be melted the same way.

How do you melt peanut butter chips?

The best way is to dump the chips in a microwave-safe bowl and heat in microwave at 15 second increments and mixing often until fully melted.

What is chocolate bark?

It's a thick sheet of chocolate that's covered in toppings like nuts, candies, cookies, sprinkles e.t.c. It makes a great homemade gift during Christmas since it's delicious and easy to package.

What is chocolate bark coating?

It's very similar to regular chocolate in flavor and texture but uses inferior ingredients. However, it sets quickly and is more stable.

Variations

• Replace the saltine crackers with mini pretzels. Top it off with peanut butter, melted chocolate, sprinkles.
• Sprinkle ¼ cup toffee chips on top of this bark before the chocolate sets.
• 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.
• Replace the semisweet chocolate with white chocolate in the recipe below.
• I like to use semisweet chocolate because it's not too bitter but you can also use dark chocolate, if you like that more.
• Sprinkle ¼ cup roughly chopped almonds on top of this bark before it sets.
• Replace peanut butter with other nut butters such as cashew butter, sun butter, almond butter e.t.c.

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 on toast or even in the making of this bark. YAY!

This would also make a wonderful homemade gift. So, I put together a gift box in which I included a handwritten recipe, a jar of peanut butter, saltine crackers, chocolate chips, sprinkles, parchment paper, wooden chopstick and spatula. Basically, it has everything you need to make your own peanut butter bark! You can give this gift to anyone, any time of the year!

More peanut butter desserts

• Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe (3 Ingredients)
• Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bars (Eggless)
• Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (Soft and Chewy)

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