Trick or Treat

I found this little Halloween goodie in my kitchen. The contents were devoured quickly and I found myself frantically searching for the recipe. This Halloween bark is too fancy to pass out to trick-or-treaters but definitely worth making for yourself. Or if you are really generous during Halloween, deliver a batch to a friend (or daughter) in a pretty little package tied up with an orange ribbon.

HALLOWEEN BARK

You will need:

1 pound bittersweet chocolate chips (or milk chocolate)

3 Butterfinger candy bars (2.1 ounce), cut into irregular 1-inch pieces

3 Skor or Heath toffee candy bars (1.4 ounce), cut into irregular 3/4 inch pieces

8 Reese's peanut butter cups (.55 ounce), each cut into 8 wedges

1/4 cup honey roasted peanuts

3 ounces high-quality white chocolate (such as Lindt), chopped

Reeses's Pieces and/or yellow and orange peanut M&M's

Line a baking sheet with foil.

Stir chocolate chips in a heavy medium saucepan over low heat until melted and warm (not hot) to touch.

Pour chocolate into foil and spread to 1/4-inch thickness (about 12X10-inch rectangle)

Sprinkle with Butterfinger, toffee, peanut butter cups and nuts.

Make sure all pieces touch melted chocolate!

Put white chocolate in a heavy saucepan.

Stir constantly over very low heat until chocolate is melted and warm (not hot) to touch.

Remove from heat.

Dip a spoon into the chocolate and wave from side-to-side over the bark.

Creating zig-zag lines....

Scatter Reeses's Pieces and M&M's over, making sure they touch the melted chocolate.

Chill bark until firm, about 30 minutes.

Slide foil with candy onto a work surface.

Peel off foil.

Cut bark into irregular pieces.

Package some up for a friend and save the rest for yourself.