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    Home » Recipes » Dessert

    Easy Oreo Peppermint Bark To Make For Everyone This Year

    By Lisa WellsNovember 18, 2021 Updated: January 24, 2025 · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

    Easy Oreo peppermint bark

    This easy Oreo peppermint bark recipe is perfect for the holidays. And it's so good you won't believe it takes just 3 ingredients and a few minutes to make. It's a great DIY gift project to get the whole family involved!

    White chocolate Oreo peppermint bark in a gift box

    One of the best things about the holidays is all the special food we make for this time of year. Whether it's Christmas cookies or homemade candy, it's something we all look forward to enjoying.

    If you're looking for an easy no bake holiday treat to make this year, you can't go wrong with this festive red and white chocolate bark. With everyone's favorite flavors of candy canes and Oreo cookies and cream, it's the perfect homemade food gift for Christmas.

    Oreo cookies, peppermint candies, white chocolate chips, and spatula on a baking sheet.

    HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED

    With just 3 ingredients you can keep in your pantry, you'll be able to whip up a batch of white chocolate peppermint bark anytime.

    White chocolate chips – since the white chocolate is the base for this bar, you want to make sure it tastes great, melts smoothly, and hardens well to keep your bark together. You can use chopped white chocolate bars or white candy melts, but I find these white baking chips work best for this recipe and have the best flavor.

    Chocolate sandwich cookies – this cookie bark uses original single stuff Oreos that have been chopped or crumbled into small pieces. You can also buy the cookies already crumbled to make this recipe even easier!

    Peppermint hard candies – the traditional red and white swirl candies or red and white crushed candy canes add the peppermint flavor and holiday color.

    Chopping or crushing the candy can be a little challenging. You can use a food processor, but I've found using a large heavy knife to chop them or putting them in a plastic bag and crushing with a rolling pin to be easier. (But the easiest way is buying crushed candy cane pieces!)

    Parchment paper - be sure to use parchment to spread the white chocolate and build your bark on. This makes it easy to remove from the baking sheet once it hardens.

    Spatulas - I use a silicone spatula (this one is similar) to stir the chocolate and scrape it out of the bowl.

    And an icing spatula makes spreading the chocolate evenly on the baking pan much easier.

    White chocolate cookie peppermint bark on baking sheet

    How to make it

    1. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper or wax paper.
    2. Melt the chips in the microwave in 15 to 30-second increments, stirring in between. Stop when the chocolate is almost smooth and continue to stir until it's completely melted and smooth.
    3. Spread half of the melted chocolate in an even layer on the parchment paper. Sprinkle with crushed cookies, pressing lightly into the white chocolate.
    4. Pour the remaining melted chocolate covering as much of the cookie crumbs as possible. Sprinkle with crushed candy canes.
    5. Let the bark harden at room temperature or in the refrigerator. Break into serving size chunks and store in an airtight container.
    Peppermint bark pieces on plates with gift box

    Variations

    There are so many creative ways you can change up this Christmas bark for everyone to love!

    Make vegan peppermint bark - it's easy to make this recipe for your vegan friends and family with just a few simple ingredient swaps. These white chocolate baking chips, these chocolate creme sandwich cookies, and these candy canes are vegan.

    Make it gluten-free - to make it gluten-free, swap out the cookies for gluten-free chocolate vanilla cremes. These white chocolate baking chips and candy canes are also gluten-free.

    For the chocolate lovers - melt some dark chocolate and drizzle it over the top of the bark--or swap out all of the white chocolate for milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate to wow your chocoholic friends.

    Change the cookie flavors - try different flavors of crushed Oreos, like the winter design with red filling to add more color or the mint flavor to make it extra minty.

    Make gingerbread version - swap the chocolate Oreos for their seasonal gingerbread flavor or other gingerbread creme cookies for a white chocolate gingerbread bark!

    Swap the candy - try using thin chocolate mints instead of hard peppermint candy for a different version. Or add pretzels for a salty sweet version.

    Peppermint cookies and cream chocolate candy gift package

    How to gift it

    There are so many festive ideas for packaging food gifts, but a gift box is best for wrapping chocolate bark so it doesn't break. Here are a few creative gift boxes:

    • These clear macaron boxes let the treats inside show through. Just tie them with a red ribbon and a mini candy cane for a festive look. 
    • If you use these square glass jars, the jar becomes part of the gift that they can reuse for pantry storage.
    • These snowmen cookie boxes with handles are so cute.
    • I love the red and white snowflake bakery boxes too.
    • These Christmas cookie boxes with windows come in a 12-pack if you're making a bunch of gifts.
    • And if you have extra boxes at home, large jewelry gift boxes like the one in the photo below work well too. You can wrap or tie them with ribbons.

    However you make it, everyone will love this delicious and simple cookies and cream white chocolate peppermint Oreo bark!

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    Oreo Peppermint Bark

    This easy white chocolate Oreo peppermint bark recipe is so good you won't believe it takes just 3 ingredients and a few minutes to make.
    5 from 3 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep: 20 minutes mins
    Total: 20 minutes mins
    Servings: 12 servings
    Author: Lisa Wells

    Ingredients

    • 2 cups white baking chips
    • 10 - 12 Oreo or other chocolate sandwich cookies crumbled (about 1 cup)
    • ½ cup crushed hard peppermint candies or candy canes about 12 candies or 3 candy canes
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    Instructions

    • Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
    • Melt the chips in a microwave safe bowl on high for 30 seconds. Stir, then continue to heat in 15-second intervals, stirring each time until almost melted. Stir well until completely melted and smooth.
    • Spread half of the melted white chocolate in an even layer ¼-inch thick on the parchment paper. Sprinkle with crumbled cookies and press lightly into the chocolate.
    • Drizzle with remaining melted chocolate covering as much of the cookie crumbs as possible. Sprinkle with crushed candy.
    • Let bark harden completely, then break into pieces.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 101kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 91mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g

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