Monday, December 12, 2016

Best Ever Peppermint Bark

18 oz. white chocolate (I use baking chips but you can chop up a bar)
7 oz. dark chocolate (I use baking chips but you can chop up a bar)
6 Tbsp. heavy whipping cream
3/4 tsp. peppermint extract
6 crushed candy canes
Instructions:

Cover a large cookie sheet with parchment paper or foil. Mark off a 12×9 inch rectangle on the foil (or eyeball it)
In a double boiler, melt 12 oz of the white chocolate chips until 110 degrees F. No double boiler or candy thermometer? No problem! Take 2 sauce pans, one slightly larger than the other and put about an inch of water in the bottom of the bigger one. Put the smaller one inside the larger one. Make sure the water doesn’t touch the bottom of the small one. Heat the water on medium until it simmers. Put white chocolate into smaller pan and place pan inside larger one. Don’t stop stirring. Remove from heat when the white chocolate is ALMOST all the way melted. If you wait until it is all melted, you’ve gone too far and it will burn. Don’t worry, it will melt the rest of the way once off the stove.
Pour white chocolate onto the baking sheet. Spread it evenly within the rectangle. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of the candy cane bits on top. Cool in refrigerator for 15 minutes while you do step 4.
In a double boiler or a heavy bottomed pan over low heat, melt dark chocolate together with the cream and peppermint extract. Stir constantly. Chocolate can burn so do not over cook. Remove from heat once melted. Pour it onto the baking sheet and spread evenly. Cool for 25 minutes.
Repeat step 2 with the remaining white chocolate. Spread evenly on top of the dark chocolate. Evenly distribute the remaining candy can bits on top. Refrigerate 20 minutes. Cut the peppermint bark into squares and refrigerate to store.
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