I love fun food. I guess to my brain, food that looks cute just tastes better.
I don't know if that is really true, but it is awfully fun to make, and I love being the mom that says, Who wants Frozen Yogurt and then bringing this outside and letting them be amazed at all the colors and textures and tastes.
Food should be fun, don't you think?
You'll want to make this the day before you want to serve it. Depending on how cold your freezer is and how thin you make the bark, you might be able to get away with making it in the morning to serve in the afternoon, but I wouldn't risk it the first time. I always like my first time making something to be a low-key test without too much pressure - otherwise if it fails, I am really crushed emotionally.
Here are the ingredients that you'll need - parchment paper or non-stick foil (something that you can lift out), a round pan (a cake pan or a pie pan work great), yogurt in a flavor you like, I used vanilla and colored it with food coloring, so you'll need food coloring, 2 plastic zip bags and mini chocolate chips.
Color your yogurt and put it into 2 separate plastic bags.
Use your green first, snip off a corner of the bag and pipe around the edge of your circle.
Then snip off the corner of the pink bag and pipe that into the center of the green.
I am a terrible mess maker and so then I needed to go back with a small spatula and smooth out my messy piping job. It looked much nice after that.
After that, sprinkle some mini chocolate chips in the center and then put it in your freezer - laying it as flat as you can.
When you are ready to serve it, take it out about 5 minutes before you are wanting to serve. Remove the foil or parchment from the pan and let it sit on your counter.
When you are ready to serve it, cut it into watermelon slices.
Fair Warning - this is pretty messy. My 14 year old said, "this is like holding a scoop of ice cream in your hand" I served it outside on a hot day while we were playing in the sprinkler. So the mess didn't bother anyone at all. And the heat may have had a lot to do with how fast it was melting.
But how fun is this? Icy frozen treats, shaped like a watermelon, that taste like vanilla and has chocolate chips "seeds" I love everything about this.
