Christmas Make & Bake part 1: Peppermint Bark

Posted by samossie on December 11, 2011 · 7 Comments 

I first discovered this recipe a few years and have made it every year since, adapting it slightly each time. I usually make about 3 batches over Christmas to give as gifts and to have around the house (in fact if you are lucky – or unlucky – enough to know me then it’s pretty certain that you’ll end up with some of this under your tree this year!)

The peppermint and white chocolate are a great combo and the crunch from the candy canes, cereal and especially the popping candy add a wonderful bit of Christmas sparkle!

You’ll need:

400gr of white chocolate

Candy canes (I used about 6 but it’s worth getting more)

Rice Krispies only needs to be a small box

Peppermint extract (I’ll be using this later on in the week as well)

Popping candy

A non-stick baking tray

A fridge

Get making:

Set yourself up with a bain marie and melt the white chocolate

Add a few drops of peppermint extract to the melted chocolate

Grab six of your candy canes

And bash them into smithereens using a rolling pin (putting them in a food bag is a good idea so you don’t end up with sticky, minty bits all over your kitchen)

Open your bag of rice krispies and grab a couple of big handfuls

and stir them into your melted chocolate

Spread the melted chocolate out thinly onto a non-stick baking tray and sprinkle with the bashed up candy canes

Here the fun bit! Open up your popping candy (it’s OK to try some, you need to be sure it’s working!) and sprinkle that over the chocolate and candy canes.

Now bung the whole lot in the fridge, pour yourself a glass of something festive and wait 30 minutes or so till the chocolate is set hard.

Once the chocolate is chilled you can break it out of the tray – it should break into irregular shaped shards.

Ta da! The finished peppermint bark. Leave this on a table and I guarantee it will be gone in a flash

To give as a gift, layer brown paper and cellophane inside a gift box and tie with gingham ribbon or ric rac.

Merry Christmas!
Sam

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Check back tomorrow for another Christmas Make or Bake!

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