The Twelve Days of Holiday Chocolate Candy Day Eight: Peppermint Bark
For the eighth day of The Twelve Days of Holiday Chocolate candy we will be making another bark. This is a fantastic peppermint bark that sparkles with crushed candy canes, and has both white and dark chocolate. I really don’t think you can get more festive looking than this!
Peppermint Bark
Ingredients:
1 pound dark chocolate, chopped (I used 70% cocoa content.)
1 pound white chocolate, chopped
12 peppermint candy canes, crushed (about 1 cup)
Directions:
Crushed Candy Canes
Melt the dark chocolate and pour onto a jelly roll pan lined with aluminum foil or a silpat. Spread evenly to desired thickness. Place in refrigerator to harden. Sift peppermint candy to separate the large chunks from the peppermint sand. Melt the white chocolate. When cooled, fold the peppermint sand into the white chocolate taking care not to over-mix (and getting pink chocolate instead). Remove dark chocolate from the refrigerator and spread the white chocolate on top. Sprinkle the peppermint chunks evenly over the white chocolate and gently press the pieces into the layer. It’s best to use gloved hands or even a spatula so you don’t leave finger marks on the bark. Refrigerate until hardened. Leave it in the refrigerator the shortest amount of time to set. Break the bark into pieces. Store at room temperature. Do not store in the refrigerator or the chocolate will sweat and bloom.
I beg you to buy blocks of baking chocolate or chocolate bars, but I understand if you used white chocolate chips and chocolate chips.
Peppermint Bark
Some of this peppermint bark is great pushed into the side of a few scoops of ice cream – especially peppermint stick or eggnog!
Annmarie Kostyk
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