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Breakfast & brunch · Easy · Serves 8

Frozen skyr and berry protein bark

Thick skyr swirled with berries and a little honey, frozen on a sheet pan and snapped into shards. A make-ahead frozen snack with real protein, ready when you need something cold and sweet.

Anna Lind Harper
by Anna Lind Harper
Tested twice · Published 2026-06-20
Shards of frozen skyr and berry protein bark stacked on a small chilled plate on a white marble counter, the creamy white bark marbled with swirls of red raspberry and blueberry and scattered with pumpkin seeds. A few more shards and a small bowl of fresh berries sit softly behind. Cool, bright natural light from the kitchen window.
Prep
10 min
Cook
0 min
Serves
8
Difficulty
easy

This is what I make when I want something cold and a little sweet but want it to actually do something for me. Thick skyr spread on a sheet pan, swirled with berries and a drizzle of honey, scattered with seeds, and frozen until firm, then snapped into shards. It eats like a frozen treat and carries real protein.

It lives in the freezer in a bag, ready for a hot afternoon or a kid who needs a snack five minutes ago. Greek yogurt works just as well as skyr if that is what you have.

“Skyr swirled with berries and honey, frozen and snapped into shards. A cold, sweet snack that actually holds you.”
Why this one earns a weeknight

What you'll love about it

  • 01A cold, sweet, frozen treat with about 10 grams of protein a serving from the skyr.
  • 02Ten minutes of work, then the freezer does the rest. No cooking, no machine.
  • 03A genuine kid favorite, and a good way to use up berries before they turn.
  • 04Endlessly customizable. Any berries, any seeds, a spoon of nut butter swirled in, whatever you have.
Anna, in a pale-green sweater, spreading thick skyr in an even layer on a parchment-lined sheet pan at her marble island, with small bowls of berries and pumpkin seeds ready to scatter. Her bright kitchen is behind her.
Spread it about a quarter inch thick, then swirl in the berries before it freezes.
Ingredients

For the bark

  • 2 cupsplain or vanilla skyr
  • 2 Tbsphoney or maple syrup
  • 1 tspvanilla extract
  • 1 cupmixed berries, raspberries halved, blueberries left whole
  • 3 Tbsppumpkin seeds or chopped nuts
  • 1 Tbspmini dark chocolate chips
Method

How I make it

  1. 01
    Line a sheet pan.
    Line a small sheet pan or a large plate that fits in your freezer with parchment paper. This is what lets you lift the whole sheet of bark off cleanly later.
  2. 02
    Spread the skyr.
    Stir the skyr with the honey and vanilla until smooth, then spread it across the parchment in an even layer about a quarter inch thick. An offset spatula or the back of a spoon makes quick work of it.
  3. 03
    Swirl and scatter.
    Dot the berries over the surface and drag a skewer or knife tip through them to make pretty swirls. Scatter over the pumpkin seeds and chocolate chips, and add one more thin drizzle of honey.
  4. 04
    Freeze until firm.
    Freeze flat for at least 3 hours, until completely solid. Lift the parchment out, peel it off, and snap or chop the bark into shards. Eat right away; it softens quickly at room temperature.
    A pair of hands in a pale-green sleeve snapping a frozen sheet of skyr and berry bark into shards over parchment on a marble counter.
    Once it is frozen solid, snap it into shards and keep them in a bag in the freezer.
A close macro of the protein bark: creamy skyr dragged into swirls with red raspberry and blueberry, scattered with pumpkin seeds and dark chocolate, with a frosty frozen look.
A note from Anna

Use thick skyr or properly strained Greek yogurt, not a thin or runny yogurt, or the bark will be icy rather than creamy. The fat and the thickness are what give it that almost ice-cream snap. Spread it about a quarter inch thick; much thinner and it shatters into dust, much thicker and it takes forever to freeze through. And eat it within a minute or two of taking it out, since it goes soft fast. I keep the shards in a bag in the freezer and grab one at a time.

What to serve with it

Round out the table.

  • ·01
    A handful of fresh berries
    On the side, for a snack that feels a little more like dessert.
  • ·02
    A cup of coffee
    The cold-and-bitter contrast is lovely on a warm afternoon.
  • ·03
    Straight from the freezer, no plate
    Honestly how it gets eaten most days around here.
Storage & reheating

Keeping the leftovers good.

Fridge: Not for the fridge; it will melt. This one lives in the freezer only.

Make ahead: Made entirely ahead by design. Keep a bag of shards in the freezer and grab as needed.

Freezer: Store the snapped shards in a sealed freezer bag or container for up to 2 months.

Recipe card

Frozen skyr and berry protein bark

Thick skyr swirled with berries and a little honey, frozen on a sheet pan and snapped into shards. A make-ahead frozen snack with real protein, ready when you need something cold and sweet.

Prep
10 min
Cook
0 min
Serves
8
Total
10 min
Ingredients
  • 2 cups plain or vanilla skyr
  • 2 Tbsp honey or maple syrup
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup mixed berries, raspberries halved, blueberries left whole
  • 3 Tbsp pumpkin seeds or chopped nuts
  • 1 Tbsp mini dark chocolate chips
Method (short version)
  1. 01Line a sheet pan.
  2. 02Spread the skyr.
  3. 03Swirl and scatter.
  4. 04Freeze until firm.

Nutrition information is an estimate. See full nutrition disclaimer.

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