So over the past few years some of my US online friends have talked about a festive season treat called peppermint bark. I was intrigued and then I saw this. I’ve been waiting all year to make it and it hasn’t disappointed. At all.
Three-Layered Peppermint Bark
From Bon Appetit via Orangette
- 500g white chocolate (not cooking chocolate and make sure it is good quality w/ cocoa butter content)
- 30 red and white striped candy canes, crushed
- 200g dark chocolate (again, not cooking chocolate)
- 8 tbsp cream
- 3/4 tsp peppermint essence
- Use the back of a large flat baking tray and mark out a 12×9 inch rectangle.
- Melt the white chocolate and spread 2/3 cup of it over the rectangle using a spatula or palette knife
- Sprinkle over 1/4 cup of the crushed peppermint canes and chill until set – about 10-15 minutes
- Combine the dark chocolate, cream and peppermint essence until just melted then cool to barely luke warm – about 5 minutes
- Pour over the white chocolate and then use a palette knife to smooth to an even layer then refrigerate until firm – about 20 mnutes
- Rewarm remaining white chocalate then, working quickly, pour over the dark chocolate layer and spread to cover.
- Sprinkle over remaining crushed candy canes and chill until set – about 20 minutes.
- To cut, pull it out of the fridge for a little while – I found cutting it while really hard just resulted in the layers splintering from each other.
December 5th, 2010 at 9:30 am
Oh yum! Definitely going to have to make this. Thanks for sharing
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December 5th, 2010 at 9:35 am
it is rather awesome. And looks bloody impressive too.
December 5th, 2010 at 9:47 am
Bloody hell, here i was thinking you were being so quiet but you moved !!!!! and you have videos and chocolate stuff !!!
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December 5th, 2010 at 10:04 am
DUDE!!!! OH yes, I’m all grown UP!
December 5th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Thank you so much for these. Several people are going to be very pleased.
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December 5th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
My absolute pleasure.
December 20th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Yum yum yum, we’re making these today… I just hope they manage to get to their recipients on Christmas day!
December 23rd, 2010 at 9:08 am
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December 23rd, 2010 at 10:42 am
Yum! And hey, now I know what peppermint bark is!
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December 24th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
I’m trying to make this at the moment, cept I got the wrong ingredients and wrong quantities so it will be interesting lol!
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December 24th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
OH NO! Still, it’s basically chocolate and candy canes, it’ll all taste fine at the end of the day!