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updated: 11/25/24

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Mint Oreo Bark is my husband’s absolute favorite holiday treat. It is only four ingredients and is always the first to go on dessert plates!

This will quickly become a family favorite in your house too!

stack of pieces of mint Oreo bark

This Mint Oreo Chocolate Bark is always on our list of treats to make around the holiday season. This is a recipe that I dreamt up in the early days of blogging. It was meant to be reminiscent of a shake that Nathan loved from his favorite ice cream place.

I must have hit the nail on the heat, because it is favorite treat of all time. He requests that I make a double batch so that we have plenty to keep even after making treat boxes for friends and neighbors.

He’s not wrong, this easy bark recipe is delicious and addictive.

close up of broken pieces of Oreos

How to make Mint Oreo Chocolate Bark

As mentioned above, there are only four ingredients to this easy treat. Check out the full measurements and directions in the recipe card below.

  1. Prepare the Oreos: Break them up into small chunks. This is easy to just do with your hands, no need to break out the food processor.
  2. Melt the white chocolate: More on this below with tips and tricks.
  3. Add in color and flavor: We Are going to ad din some green food coloring and mint extract.
  4. Spread it and let it set up: This bark doesn’t take long to set up, so minimal patience is required.
  5. Break it up and enjoy!
overhead of a baking sheet full of broken up pieces of mint Oreo bark

Melting White Chocolate

The only tricky part of this recipe might be the melting of the white chcolate chips. Occasionally, if white chocolate is overheated or gets water in it, it can seize up. In other words it goes from being smooth and luscious to being rough and hard to work with.

Here are some tips and tricks to keep your white chocolate happy.

  • Follow the directions on the package. This will be your best bet at making this turn out well.
  • Stir like you’ve never stirred before. If there are still lumps in your chocolate, resist putting it back in the microwave before stirring REALLY hard. It likely just needs a little more stirring and not more melting.
  • Melt in the microwave instead of on the stove top. If you use a double boiler there is much higher risk of moisture getting into the chocolate and making it seize.

What to do if your chocolate does seize?

If you do everything right above and your chocolate still seizes it, you can fix that really easily. Just add a little vegetable shortening, stirring it in really well. It should help fix the situation.

Mint vs. Peppermint Extract

This recipe is technically called Mint Oreo Bark. So, we should probably use mint extract. I will tell you that I have made this recipe with both and both are delicious.

That being said, I know there are some people that really prefer one over the other. So you may want to check with who you are making it for.

small white bowl full of mint Oreo bark
small white bowl full of mint Oreo bark
4.92 from 37 votes

Mint Oreo Bark

Author: Lisa Longley
Serves: 30 pieces
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Prep: 10 minutes
Total: 10 minutes
Mint Oreo Bark is my husband's absolute favorite holiday treat. It is only four ingredients and is always the first to go on dessert plates!

Ingredients

  • 1/2 of a 15.5 oz package of regular Oreos about 20 cookies
  • 24 oz bag of white morsels
  • 1/4 to 1/2 tsp of mint extract depending on how minty you like it
  • green food coloring

Instructions

  • Break the Oreos into a bowl.
  • Melt the morsels according to the directions on the bag.
  • Quickly add the mint and food coloring. Then stir in the Oreos.
  • Pour the mixture into a wax paper lined pan. Put it into the freezer for two hours.
  • Break it up and enjoy!

Recipe Video

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
small white bowl full of mint Oreo bark

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Lisa is the founder of Simple Joy. Lisa, is a self taught cook and avid lover of all things food, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For the last 10 years Lisa has been reading cookbooks, experimenting in the kitchen, and learning everything she possibly can about cooking. The result has been the ability to create recipes, both classics and new twists, that readers fall in love with and make with ease. Lisa loves not only providing delicious and easy recipes, but also giving the why behind what we are doing in the kitchen. She gets such great joy in sharing my love for food.

Lisa has been featured in many media outlets. These outlets include Country Living, Real Simple, Today, Parade, Good Housekeeping, Buzzfeed, Delish, Elle, and many others.

Prior to becoming a food creator, Lisa was a social worker. She received her master’s in social work from the University of Milwaukee and worked in child welfare.

Lisa is the mom to four amazing kids: Gavin, Elliot, Quinn, and Piper. Gavin, Quinn, and Piper are happy, amazing kids she loves spending time with.

Her husband, Nathan, is her partner in life and in business. He is her rock in more ways than one and supports all of her crazy dreams.

Lisa and Nathan lost their second child, Elliot, when he was 8 days old. If you want to know more about Elliot, you can read it here. If you want to read more of Lisa’s experience of grief, you can read this post.

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  1. Leslie says

    Vegetable shortening to fix seized chocolate? Ok…. Is there a reason that butter would not work? I’ve never tried this. Next time I seize up my chocolate I’ll try this.

    • Lisa Longley says

      I haven’t ever tried butter, but it might work. It has 16% water (water makes chocolate seize), and shortening has none, which is why it’s my preferred method.

  2. LDBrown says

    5 stars
    I’m going to make it for my family and friends.

    • Lisa Longley says

      I hope everyone loves it!

  3. Cathy says

    A sweet lady used to bring Oreo bark to my office every Christmas, but it was made with either dark or semisweet chocolate. I would love to recreate it. Do you think either semisweet or dark chocolate would work in your recipe? If so, which would you recommend?

    • Lisa Longley says

      Yes, that would totally work with this. You might want to consider using almond bark instead of chocolate because it is less likely to melt in people’s hands. It has a consistency similar to white chocolate. As for the type of chocolate, that is really up to your personal taste.

  4. T.B. Frost says

    I love your recipe and am very excited about making this for the holidays, but before I begin I need to know how much almond bark will I need in order to make this.

    • Lisa Longley says

      24 ounces.

  5. Heidi says

    Ever tried using cream de mint instead of mint extract?

    • Lisa Longley says

      I’m sorry, I haven’t.

  6. Joy says

    The melting directions say to melt two cups chips at a time. So you have to do this in 3-4 batches?

    • Lisa Longley says

      I typically melt the whole bag at once but still follow the timing on the bag.

  7. Julie says

    I skipped the extract completely- just used regular mint oreos. And no coloring either since the filling is already green. Came out just right, so just 2 ingredients. Everyone loved it!
    I wonder if anyone has done it with white almond bark candy? I have a lot of that, looking for ways to use.

    • Lisa Longley says

      I’m so glad you liked it! And yes, this would totally work with almond bark.

  8. Jan Kebler says

    5 stars
    Hi Lisa,
    I have made a few of your recipes and they have all been great. I just made the Mint Oreo Bark for a church potluck. It was a huge hit.
    Thank you for all the great recipes!

    • Lisa Longley says

      I’m so glad you’ve been enjoying my recipes!

  9. Vivien says

    Can you tell me what Morsels are please
    Many thanks
    Kind regards
    Vivien (uk)

    • Lisa Longley says

      White chocolate chips!

  10. Deborah says

    5 stars
    Looks & reads pure decadence. I will be making within the next 72 hours.

    • Lisa Longley says

      I hope you enjoy it!

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