Rainbow Gummy Bark

Make your own gummy bark with this easy white chocolate rainbow bark recipe. Tinted with food coloring and topped with rainbow sprinkles and chewy gummy candies, it makes a fun treat for parties, gifts, or Pride Month celebrations.

What Inspired This Rainbow Gummy Bark?

If you’re like me, you’re always accumulating a drawer or basket full of assorted candies and sweets. Sometimes I impulse-buy things in the checkout aisle at the supermarket; sometimes the sweets arrive in care packages; or sometimes they’re left over from other recipes. Heck, even my online contact lens order comes with a packet or two of Haribos in the box.

I love gummy candy all by itself, but sometimes I can’t eat it fast enough to stop the basket from overflowing. When that happens, I find ways to repurpose the sweets, as I’ve done with this rainbow gummy bark. This recipe brings together all of the best parts of the supermarket candy aisle, while conveniently using up lots of extra gummy candies in one go.

My recipe features melted white chocolate (tinted with food coloring, of course!), plus colorful rainbow sprinkles and plenty of chewy gummy candies, like Haribo Starmix or Sour Patch Kids. It’s fast and easy to make, and ideal for sharing at birthday parties, rainbow-themed events, or Pride Month celebrations.

Choosing the Best Chocolate for Rainbow Chocolate Bark

While you can make this gummy bark with any kind of white chocolate, I recommend melting good-quality callets or bars, rather than chocolate chips. This bark does not include additional flavorings—other than the gummies, you’ll mostly taste the chocolate itself, so you want to choose a white chocolate that tastes good all by itself.

Callebaut, Guittard, and Valrhona are some of my favorite white chocolates to use for making chocolate bark.

Tinting the White Chocolate

Because oil and water do not mix, adding water-based or gel colors to chocolate can create a mottled, splotchy, or uneven appearance. Oil based food coloring is crucial for chocolate bars, bon bons, and other applications where colored chocolate features prominently in the recipe.

If you own a set of oil based food coloring, I recommend using those to tint the white chocolate. However, any white splotches or unevenness in the color will be disguised by the marble pattern, so gel food coloring will also work reasonably well. And f you don’t have food coloring available or simply wish to keep the process as straightforward as possible, you can substitute colored candy melts in lieu of the colored chocolate.

Gummy Bark Topping Ideas

You can make this recipe with any gummy candy you’d like. Some suggestions include Haribo Starmix, gummy bears, gummy worms, Sour Patch Kids, or Swedish Fish.

I topped my bark with store-bought rainbow sprinkles, but homemade sprinkles would also be fun! I love making my own sprinkles because you can customize the colors or pipe them into unique shapes.

When decorating, free to add your own finishing touches, like rainbow chips, chocolate covered sunflower seeds, edible glitter, colored sugar crystals, or a fancy rainbow sprinkle mix.

Tips and Tricks for Making Gummy Bear Bark

Cut carefully. When slicing, use a sharp chef’s knife to cut around, not through, the gummy candy.

Add color. This recipe allows plenty of room for creativity. If you want to add more chocolate colors, I suggest increasing the amount of white chocolate to 300 grams (10 1/2 ounces).

Make it in the microwave. I prefer to melt my chocolate over a bain marie or double boiler, but you can use the microwave instead. Melt the chocolate in short bursts, stirring frequently, until completely melted. And regardless of the method you choose, take care not to overheat the chocolate; white chocolate burns easily.

Use a silicone mat. For pouring the white chocolate base, I recommend lining the tray with a silicone baking mat rather than a sheet of parchment. The latter can create unappealing wrinkles or ridges in the chocolate.

Make-Ahead and Storage Suggestions

This white chocolate bark will keep well for 3-4 weeks when stored in an airtight container at room temperature, so it’s a great option for gifting, shipping to out-of-town friends and family, or as a party favor at Pride celebrations.

To gift, package homemade gummy bark in rainbow print cello bags or favor boxes. Or, package gummy bark in a standard airtight food storage container, and pop an oversized rainbow bow on top!

Other chocolate bark recipes you might enjoy:

White Chocolate Valentine’s Day Bark
Easter Mini Egg Bark
White Chocolate Bark with Mixed Berries
Green Chocolate Lucky Charm’s Bark
Oreo Peppermint Bark

If you love gummy candies, you might want to try my rainbow gummy bears recipe, too.

And if you do make these, or any of my recipes, don’t forget to tag me @bastecutfold or use the hashtag #bastecutfold on Instagram. I always love to see what you’re making!

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