Make a batch of homemade Valentine's Day Chocolate Bark for an easy and fun melt-in-your-mouth Valentine's Day treat! This no-bake recipe is perfect for kids or someone special.
Try our other homemade Valentine's Day Treats like Valentine's Day Toffee Candy, Valentine's Day Puppy Chow, and simple Valentine White Chocolate Bark Bites.
Making white chocolate bark is as easy as Valentine's chocolate-making gets! You can whip together this Valentine Bark in minutes with three simple ingredients, including festive sprinkles.
It's the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day with something sweet. Serve it for dessert or surprise the kids with a little treat after school.
Try this recipe if you want heart-shaped chocolates!
We made multiple batches of our irresistible Dark Chocolate Bark during the Christmas Holidays. Serious melt-in-your-mouth goodness with a peppermint twist!
For the Easter holiday, we make easy Oreo Easter Bark!
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Ingredients for Valentine Bark
We like the taste of white chocolate but feel it's enhanced in this recipe by adding a thin layer of milk chocolate underneath to form the two-layer bark.
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- Chocolate Candy Melts - we like Ghirardelli dark chocolate melting wafers.
- White Candy Melts - again, we like Ghirardelli white melting wafers.
- Valentine’s themed candy and sprinkles.
- Red or Pink Candy Melts - these are optional if you want to swirl some color into your bark.
For the best chocolate bark, you should use good-quality ingredients.
Ghirardelli Melting Wafers are a great happy medium between chocolate chips that may have additives so that melting can be problematic and high-quality chocolate bars that can be expensive.
How To Make Chocolate for Valentine’s Day
Prep: Line a 9x12 baking sheet with aluminum foil and set it aside.
Step 1 - MELT SEMI-SWEET/DARK CHOCOLATE
In a microwave-safe bowl, melt your semi-sweet chocolate according to the package instructions. We do this at 50% power in the microwave in a glass bowl, stirring between 30-second intervals, and it works perfectly.
A double-boiler also works to melt your chocolate.
Now, pour it into your prepared pan and spread it around with a spoon or spatula.
Place it in the refrigerator to harden slightly while preparing your white chocolate. It does not need to be completely firm.
Step 2 - MELT WHITE CHOCOLATE
Then, melt your white chocolate with whatever method you use to melt your dark chocolate. (Stovetop in a double boiler or microwave.)
Now, pour and spread the white chocolate over your chilled dark chocolate.
STEP 3 - MELT RED OR PINK CHOCOLATE MELTS
NOTE: This optional step adds a little festive color to your finished bark.
Next, melt your colored chocolate with whatever method you use to melt your dark chocolate. (Stovetop in a double boiler or microwave.)
Place dollops of pink or red chocolate over the white chocolate and swirl it around with the tip of a butter knife or toothpick into a fun pattern.
Step 4 - ADD YOUR CANDY AND SPRINKLES
Add your candy and sprinkles to the top of your bark; make sure they are evenly disturbed. Now, press them in slightly to make sure they are secure in the chocolate.
Step 4 - LET HARDEN
Let the bark harden for a 30-minutes to 2 hours. We like to place it in the refrigerator to speed up the process.
Break your bark into pieces, or cut it with a knife for more even pieces.
Enjoy!
Other Topping Ideas
There are so many delicious ways to top your Valentine's Day Chocolate. Here are a few of our favorites:
- Oreo Cookies broken into pieces
- Pretzels broken into pieces (creates a unique salty/sweet combo)
- Conversation hearts
- Nonpareils sprinkles
- Hot Tamales candy
More Valentine’s Day Recipes
Valentine's Day Puppy Chow - one of the easiest Valentine's Day Treats that's fun to make. This recipe has a special ingredient to make it crazy good!
Double Dark Chocolate Cookie Cups - spoil that special someone with decadent chocolate in a bite-size cookie cup!
Valentine's Day Saltine Toffee - the most addictively good Valentine's dessert that's so easy to make. Salty and sweet!
Heart-Shaped Bark Bites - a 5-minute recipe that makes the most delicious white chocolate Valentine treat!
Strawberry Shortcake in a Jar - this simple layered dessert is easy to make and pleases everyone!
Heart-Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookies -traditional chocolate chip cookies make into hearts!
Strawberry Lemon Cake Mix Cookies - a little sweet, a little tart, but oh, so good! This easy-to-make cake mix cookie is a winner!
Expert Tips
- Chocolate: Because they contain additives, chocolate chips aren’t the best choice for melting and using in this recipe. Try candy melts, melting wafers, or high-quality chocolate bars.
- Timing: Work quickly to place your candies and sprinkles on your chocolate Valentine's Day Bark once you spread the white chocolate in the pan—it hardens quickly.
Recipe FAQs
Once the chocolate is set and broken into pieces, you can store chocolate bark in an airtight container in a cool, dry place for a couple of weeks. We often keep ours in the refrigerator.
Once your chocolate bark is set and broken into pieces, place it on a parchment-lined baking sheet (or reuse your foil-lined sheet) and let it freeze solid—this takes about 1 hour. Then, put it in an airtight freezer container and store it in the freezer for up to 3 months.
When ready to eat, take it out of the freezer and let it thaw.
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Printable Recipe
Valentine's Day Chocolate Bark Recipe
Equipment
- glass bowl
- spoon
- Aluminum Foil
Ingredients
- 6 ounces Chocolate Candy Melts (we like Ghirardelli dark chocolate melting wafers)
- 10 ounces White Candy Melts - (we like Ghirardelli white melting wafers)
- ½ cup Valentine’s themed candy and sprinkles. (M&Ms are a good choice)
- 4 ounces Red or Pink Candy Melts (optional if you want to swirl some color into your bark)
Instructions
- Line a 9x12 baking sheet with aluminum foil and set it aside.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt your semi-sweet chocolate according to the package instructions. We do this at 50% power in the microwave in a glass bowl, stirring between 30-second intervals, and it works perfectly. You may also use a double-boiler.
- Pour the chocolate into your prepared pan and spread it around with a spoon or spatula. Place it in the refrigerator to harden slightly while you prepare your white chocolate. It does not need to be completely firm.
- Melt your white chocolate with whatever method you used to melt your dark chocolate. (Stovetop in a double boiler or microwave.)
- Pour and spread the white chocolate over your chilled dark chocolate.
- THIS IS AN OPTIONAL STEP. Melt your colored candy melts with whatever method you used to melt your dark chocolate. (Stovetop in a double boiler or microwave.) Place dollops of prink or red candy melts over the white chocolate and swirl it around with the tip of a butter knife or toothpick into a fun pattern.
- Add your candy and sprinkles to the top of your bark; make sure they are evenly disturbed. Now, press them in slightly to make sure they are secure in the chocolate.
- Let the bark harden for a 30-minutes to 2-hours. We like to place it in the refrigerator to speed up the process. Break your bark into pieces or if you want even pieces, cut it with a knife. Enjoy!
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Notes
- Because they contain additives, chocolate chips aren’t the best choice for melting and using in this recipe. Try candy melts, melting wafers, or high-quality chocolate bars.
- Work quickly to place your candies and sprinkles on your chocolate Valentine's Day Bark once you spread the white chocolate in the pan—it hardens quickly.
Matt says
This is awesome! I love bark recipes. Definitely perfect for Valentine's Day, especially for chocolate lovers.
Erin Henry says
Yep, chocolate lovers rejoice! This is such an easy recipe!
Erin Henry says
Yep, chocolate lovers rejoice!
Natalie says
Valentine's Day treats & desserts are always so pretty! This recipe looks easy & will be fun to do with my family!
Erin Henry says
Definitely a recipe to get kids in the kitchen, Natalie! It's so fun decorating with candies.
Beth says
This looks so festive and such a great idea! So excited to give this a try!
Erin Henry says
Let us know how it goes, Beth! An easy recipe to celebrate the holiday!
LAUREN says
This is SO much fun! And I love that you can customize this for any holiday!
Erin Henry says
So true, Lauren. You can make this for just about any holiday! It totally works.