Chocolate Orange Pistachio Bark

DIY Halloween candy with a heart-healthy twist!

By: Jodie Shield, RDN

Need a hauntingly good-for-you Halloween treat? This festive homemade pistachio bark is loaded with heart-healthy dark chocolate and 100% orange juice. Don’t be scared to make this treat; it’s super easy even if you don’t have a double boiler you can make one (check out this video). The original recipe came from the Florida Department of Citrus, but I cut way back on the candied orange peel and pistachios. And to speed things up, I placed the bark in the refrigerator to chill. It’s to die for! Be sure to try some of my other Halloween treats like Orange Sorbet Jack-O-Lanterns and Homemade Popcorn Balls – they’re on my new app Time to Eat Healthy.

 Chocolate Orange Pistachio Bark

16 servings

 Prep Time: 2 hours of chillin’

Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 cup 100% orange juice like Tropicana fortified with calcium and vitamin D
• 16 ounces semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips
• ¾ cup salted pistachios, roughly chopped
• ½ cup candied orange peel

Steps:

1. Place orange juice in small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until reduced to ¼ cup, about 10 minutes. Remove pan from heat and cool in refrigerator for about ½ hour.
2. Melt chocolate chips over double boiler, stirring constantly.
3. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Pour melted chocolate onto parchment paper to ¼-inch thickness; swirl in cooled orange juice reduction with a spatula, creating thin channels in chocolate.
4. Sprinkle pistachios and orange peel over chocolate; gently press into chocolate.
5. Cool bark completely until chocolate hardens in refrigerator about 1 1/2 hours); break into pieces.

Nutritional Information per serving (about 2 ounces):

190 calories, 3 grams protein, 26 grams carbohydrate, 11 grams fat, 5 grams saturated fat, 0 milligram cholesterol, 3 gram fiber, 34 milligrams sodium

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