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Easy Jelly Bean Bark Recipe

I was looking for a fun way to incorporate jelly beans and use them with the jelly bean prayer, and I decided to try making “jelly bean bark.” Not only was this super easy and fun for kids, but it’s actually a lot more delicious than I expected it to be!
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Easter
Author: Lacy

Equipment

  • parchment paper or wax paper
  • a cookie sheet
  • spatula
  • space in the fridge for your cookie sheet

Ingredients

  • White Candy Melts or White Almond Bark
  • Jelly Beans the traditional ones in original colors - not the jelly bellies or any pastel versions if you want it to match up with the jelly bean prayer
  • Sprinkles optional

Instructions

Melting The White Chocolate

  • You will want to follow the directions on the bag of whatever version of white chocolate you are using. For our candy melts, it said to heat on medium in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring in between.

Spreading The Jelly Bean Bark

  • When you have your white chocolate melted without any blobs left in it, you’re ready to make your bark!
  • First, lay your parchment paper across your cookie sheet.
  • Then, spread the white chocolate across your parchment paper with the spatula. You want it to be about half of a centimeter thick.
  • It will never be perfectly smooth, so you may as well make some swirls with the spatula across the top. Everything that looks intentional looks better than something that doesn’t!

Adding The Jelly Beans And Sprinkles

  • As soon as you’re done spreading while your white chocolate is still warm, sprinkle the jelly beans across the top. You don’t want to mix them into the white chocolate because then you won’t see their beautiful color.
  • When you have sprinkled your desired number of jelly beans, gently push each one straight down into the white chocolate.
  • When you’re finished pushing the jelly beans down, sprinkle the top with your rainbow sprinkles, if you decide to use sprinkles.

Hardening The White Chocolate

  • To harden your jelly bean bark, place your cookie sheet in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes.

Break And Serve!

  • Your bark will be hardened into one large piece.
  • Just break that piece apart into random chunks until they are the desired serving size.