Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Peppermint Bark

This was pretty easy! I love peppermint bark, but the Williams Sonoma/Starbucks versions are so expensive. The at home version is much cheaper.

You can use any sort of peppermint candy as the topping. I used candy canes. You can crush them up by putting in a ziplock bag and a hammer. See here:



Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Line a jelly roll pan with wax paper and spray with non stick cooking spray. Spread a bag of bittersweet chocolate chips over the pan and put in the oven for just a few minutes until the chips melt. Using an offset spatula, spread chocolate over pan. Let cool a little, meanwhile melting a bag of white chocolate chips in a double boiler. When white chocolate is melted, mix in a teaspoon of peppermint extract. Pour melted white chocolate and spread over the dark chocolate. Sprinkle crushed peppermint candies over the white chocolate and let cool completely before breaking up the bark.

The final product:






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