Snowman Chocolate Bark

Snowman Chocolate Bark is a super fun marshmallow based Christmas treat! Simply add it to your Christmas recipes to make for the big day!

Prep Time30

Cook Time0

Fridge1

Total Time30

Course: Dessert, Snack, Treat

Cuisine: Australian, International

Keyword: chocolate, chocolate bark, dessert

Servings:

Calories: 318kcal

Line a baking tray with greasproof paper
Take a medium sized saucepan, fill it ½ with water and put a heatproof bowl on top, then set aside
Toast the coconut in a fry pan at a medium till it turns a light golden brown (should be 5-10 mins). Set aside
Open your marshmallow bag and separate the white from the pink ones
Open the tube of m and m's and seperate the orange ones from the rest of the colours
Lay out your marshmallows ensuring you have a head and body for each snowman
Use a small sharp knife to cut a little slit (vertically) in the marshmallow and stick an orange m and m in for the nose. Repeat till each snowman has a nose
In a small microwave safe container melt ¼ cup of the chocolate melts for 30 seconds at a time, stir with a skewer to ensure is melted and mixed through Note 3
Use a cotton tip and give each snowman 2 eyes and 3 buttons, repeat till all are done
Cut the sour straps into long thin lengths
Melt ¼ more of the chocolate melts and use this to secure the ear muff straps, repeat till all are done
Stick a mini m and m onto each side of the snowmen's head to complete the ear muffs
Melt remaining chocolate in the heatproof bowl on the stove Note 4
Work quickly to then pour this into your prepared tray
Add the snowmen to the melted chocolate one by one and give them a scarf as you go, by sticking either end in the melted chocolate
Sprinkle with toasted coconut and place in the fridge for at least 1 hour to set.

Note 1 You need 1 35g tube of mini m and m's. Orange are for the noses and other colours for the ear muffs.
Note 2 You can use dark chocolate if you prefer, but I would not recommend using white for this recipe as there would not be enough contrast between the white marshmallow and the chocolate
Note 3 I could not find 'white only' marshmallows, so bought the pink and white bag and will use the pink ones for another recipe eg Rocky Road
Note 4 I actually find melting chocolate in the microwave more difficult than on the stove. Plus you loose the therapy. In the microwave you have less control over it and can't see it changing form, so use this option if you are confident you won't over melt it (from which you can rarely recover) otherwise, I recommend doing it on the stove top (Except for the eyes and buttons) as you only need a small amount for that and that part is easier done in the microwave as less 'ruined' chocolate if things go awry.