Peppermint Bark is a great way to keep the good parts of the holidays (presents, peppermint, and chocolate sweets!) going through the new year!
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh image via cardsbytom.com
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh image via cardsbytom.com
Well, Christmas and New Year's Eve 2009 have come and gone, and now you're left wondering what to do with all of those uneaten candy canes and peppermints from your holiday celebrations, right? Why not make some scrumptious Peppermint Bark - delicious year-round?! I happened to whip this addicting stuff up a few weeks ago with my sisters as our Jewish Dad's favorite edible thing about the holidays is Williams Sonoma's highly overpriced Peppermint Bark, so we decided to make it on the cheap with love. Lucky for us, not only was it sinfully delicious, but it ended up being something we could actually make without a degree from Le Cordon Bleu cooking school or help from Tom Coliccio! Phew!
Ingredients for 1 batch:
1 bag of semi-sweet morsels (chocolate chips!) - Try dark chocolate for a richer alternative
1 bag of white chocolate chips
1/2 Teaspoon Peppermint Extract
1/2 - 1 cup crushed Peppermint Candies
To Make:
Step 1: Unwrap all candy canes and place inside plastic bag - then go at the canes with a hammer like it's your ex-lover's face (preferably screaming 'Take that ___ !!!) until the candies are broken into small, and really small, pieces
Step 2: Put chocolate in double boiler and mix constantly until melted. Do the same for the white chocolate in a separate double boiler at the same time. Don't have two double boilers (or even 1)? Fill one medium-sized pot with hot water and place a smaller pot inside - just be sure that there isn't so much water that it spills into your smaller pot!
Step 3: Once the white chocolate is almost melted, add the Peppermint Extract and continue stirring until fully melted.
Step 4: Whichever flavor chocolate finishes cooking first, hopefully the white one, pour onto a cookie sheet topped with wax paper. Place in the fridge for a few minutes so that the chocolate can cool and harden.
Step 5: Once the first chocolate has cooled, remove from the fridge, let rest for a few minutes so that it isn't so cold that the next layer won't stick to it, and then pour on your second layer of chocolate.
Step 6: Let this second layer cool at room temperature for about 1-2 minutes, then spread your broken pieces of ____'s face, er, I mean the peppermint candies over the top.
Step 7: Place in the fridge for about 1 hour and voilà homemade Peppermint Bark - YUM!
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh image via cathiefilian.blogspot.com
Bonus: This bark makes a perfect, and seemingly fully heartfelt, gift for anyone you forgot on your list... in other words, your Boss/Boyfriend's Mom/Landlord/Jewish Neighbor will LOVE it!
Peace and Love,
la bohémienne
1 bag of semi-sweet morsels (chocolate chips!) - Try dark chocolate for a richer alternative
1 bag of white chocolate chips
1/2 Teaspoon Peppermint Extract
1/2 - 1 cup crushed Peppermint Candies
To Make:
Step 1: Unwrap all candy canes and place inside plastic bag - then go at the canes with a hammer like it's your ex-lover's face (preferably screaming 'Take that ___ !!!) until the candies are broken into small, and really small, pieces
Step 2: Put chocolate in double boiler and mix constantly until melted. Do the same for the white chocolate in a separate double boiler at the same time. Don't have two double boilers (or even 1)? Fill one medium-sized pot with hot water and place a smaller pot inside - just be sure that there isn't so much water that it spills into your smaller pot!
Step 3: Once the white chocolate is almost melted, add the Peppermint Extract and continue stirring until fully melted.
Step 4: Whichever flavor chocolate finishes cooking first, hopefully the white one, pour onto a cookie sheet topped with wax paper. Place in the fridge for a few minutes so that the chocolate can cool and harden.
Step 5: Once the first chocolate has cooled, remove from the fridge, let rest for a few minutes so that it isn't so cold that the next layer won't stick to it, and then pour on your second layer of chocolate.
Step 6: Let this second layer cool at room temperature for about 1-2 minutes, then spread your broken pieces of ____'s face, er, I mean the peppermint candies over the top.
Step 7: Place in the fridge for about 1 hour and voilà homemade Peppermint Bark - YUM!
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh image via cathiefilian.blogspot.com
Bonus: This bark makes a perfect, and seemingly fully heartfelt, gift for anyone you forgot on your list... in other words, your Boss/Boyfriend's Mom/Landlord/Jewish Neighbor will LOVE it!
Peace and Love,
la bohémienne
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