This is an easy chocolate pretzel bark recipe that uses a mixture of both semi-sweet and milk chocolates with a flurry of sea salt. Feel free to use all semi-sweet chocolate if you prefer!
This chocolate bark recipe takes only 20 minutes total to make, and then slides into the refrigerator for 30 minutes to harden.
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It started with an addiction to Bark Thins. Maybe you've seen their bags swinging on hooks near the cash register at your local market. After buying a LOT of bags over a few months, I decided I needed to make my own.
Seriously, this combination of salt and chocolate should be locked up behind thick glass with warnings. It's that good. When you need a dessert that takes little prep, this, my friend, is your answer. When they're hardened, just break them up into pieces and enjoy with a sgroppino.
By the way, these pretzel chocolate bark treats are also perfect for an easy sweet gift for Valentine's Day or at Christmas. Or a hostess gift anytime of year.
🧅 Main Ingredients + Notes
For the all of the ingredients, measurements and directions, go to the Recipe Card at the bottom of this post.
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Milk chocolate chips
- Salted mini pretzels
- Malden sea salt flakes
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💡Ideas for Possible Variations
Use all semi-sweet chocolate, or darker chocolate.
Substitute gluten-free pretzels to make this a gluten-free treat.
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Chocolate and Pretzel Bark with Sea Salt
Ingredients
- 1 12-ounce package semisweet chocolate baking chips
- 1 12-ounce package milk chocolate baking chips
- 2 cups mini pretzels - or enough to cover the bottom of a 9" X 13" baking sheet
- Sea salt
Instructions
- Line a 9" X 13" baking sheet or baking pan with parchment paper. Be sure to crease the paper at the edges to fit it into the sheet/pan.
- There are a few good ways to melt the chocolate. You can use a double boiler, or a make-shift bain marie (explained below), or in the microwave on high for 30 second increments. For a make-shift bain marie, fill a wide, deep skillet with water and heat it up over medium-high heat. Pour all of the baking chips into a metal bowl and place the bowl on the water in the skillet. Once the water comes to a simmer, turn the heat down a bit so that the water stays just on the edge of a simmer without fully engaging in active bubbling. As the chocolate begins to melt, remove the bowl occasionally to stir with a rubber spatula, returning it to the heat, until the chocolate is completely melted.
- Spread the mini pretzels on the parchment paper, breaking up half of them. Pour the melted chocolate over the top, gently spreading with a spatula. While the chocolate is warm, it will spread very easily with the spatula.
- Sprinkle a little sea salt over the top. I use Maldon flakes.
- Chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to set up the chocolate before breaking into shards.
Suzanne
Well Susan they sound wonderful, I love chocolate and pretzel, I think I could eat a dozen of them in one sitting, although I try not to. The bark is really pretty and I like that you combine dark and milk chocolate, I do the same it makes it so well balanced.
Choc Chip Uru
This pretzel bark looks so delicious, I could eat it all in one sitting!
Salty with sweet is the best!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
lizthechef
Label this "Dangerous" - and hide from me!
C.M.
If you love chocolate as I do (one of the grandkids asked me what my favorite word was, and you can guess the answer); you will have problems turning your back on another helping of this bark. It is the essence of sinful.
Oui, Chef
Oh my....this looks insanely good!
cheri
Hi Susan, love that you had to make a pact...these must be really good. Hope you had a great week-end!
Mary @ Fit and Fed
I recently polished off the second of two packages of Bark Thins I'd picked up at the grocery outlet. Both were dark chocolate peppermint. They were pretty irresistible. Too sweet, probably, and would contribute to the '20's-era bathing suit problem. Luckily, or unluckily, for me, between stress and being sick lately I was able to be at the weight I wanted to be at for my recent skating competition-- but now that I'm getting better I need to be careful.
Jen
Can't wait to try this. Salted or unsalted mini-pretzels?