Salted Caramel Pretzel Bark

I love making bark.  It's super easy to make, and super yummy too!

I make it for all sorts of holidays and I usually use whatever I can find in the pantry - sprinkles, peanut butter, cookie butter, candies, etc.

A recent last-minute get-together resulted in Salted Caramel Pretzel Bark.

I used Sea Salted Caramels I bought in Wyoming and mini bags of pretzels we had on hand.

Simply place a layer of graham crackers on a parchment-lined cookie sheet, spread melted chocolate all over the graham crackers (I used 1 cup chocolate chips melted on high in the microwave for 1 minute), swirl the caramel into the chocolate (I melted 2 large caramel pieces - about 1/4 c worth; 30 seconds on high in the microwave), and sprinkled on pretzel pieces.

Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before breaking the bark into pieces

I absolutely loved the sweet / salty combo!

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Christmas Bark

I love making bark!  It's so super easy and versatile!

I've made Candy Cane Bark, Chocolate Graham Toffee Bark, and Salted Chocolate Cookie Butter Bark!

Last year for Christmas, I made a trio of bark flavors to giveaway to neighbors- Cookie Butter, in addition to Vanilla + Peppermint and Chocolate + Holiday Sprinkles.

Simply place a layer of graham crackers on a parchment-lined cookie sheet, spread melted chocolate all over the graham crackers, and sprinkle on the toppings!  

Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before breaking into pieces.

Vanilla + Peppermint

Chocolate + Sprinkles

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Chocolate Graham Toffee Bark

Whenever I want to make an easy, no-bake treat, I make bark.  For a recent get together, I decided to make this Chocolate Graham Toffee Bark.

It was cinch to make, and it was SO yummy.  I really could've eaten the entire pan myself!

Chocolate Graham Toffee Bark (recipe credit about.com)

Ingredients:

• 1 c butter
• 1/4 c brown sugar
• 1/4 c white sugar
• 1 1/2 sleeves of graham crackers (may need more or less depending on size of pan)
• 2 c chocolate chips
• 1 c chopped walnuts

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 
• Line a 10 x 15-inch jelly-roll pan with foil or parchment paper. 
• Arrange graham crackers to fit pan, breaking up crackers as necessary
• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. 
• Add sugars and stir to combine, bringing mixture to a boil.
• Reduce heat and let the mixture gently bubble for 3-4 minutes. 
• Pour mixture over graham crackers and spread evenly.  
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over the top. 
• After about 5 minutes (when chips start to look shiny), use a spatula to spread chocolate venly over toffee layer on graham crackers.  
• Sprinkle chopped walnuts.
• Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate for 2 hours. 
• Break bark into pieces.  

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