
How To Make Homemade Peppermint Bark
Celebrate Christmas with this homemade peppermint bark made entirely out of chocolate, peppermint-flavored white chocolate, and crushed candy cane.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 8ozdark chocolate,chopped into small pieces
- 8ozpremium white chocolate,chopped into small pieces
- ½tsppeppermint extract
- ⅓cupcrushed candy cane pieces,divided
Instructions
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Line an 8×8-inch baking pan with wax paper. Set aside.
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Place chopped dark chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat for 30 seconds. Remove from microwave and stir well.
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Return to microwave and heat in 15-second increments until chocolate is completely melted. Stir in ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract.
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Spread melted dark chocolate evenly into the bottom of your prepared baking pan. Set aside (do not refrigerate) and prepare your white chocolate layer.
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Heat white chocolate in the microwave as well in 15-second increments.
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Stir in remaining peppermint extract. Add ¼ cup of crushed candy canes to the white chocolate and gently fold in until evenly distributed.
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Spread white chocolate evenly over the dark chocolate layer.
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Immediately sprinkle white chocolate layer with remaining candy cane pieces.
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Allow peppermint bark to harden completely at room temperature before cutting/breaking into pieces and enjoying.
Nutrition
- Calories: 89.24kcal
- Fat: 5.84g
- Saturated Fat: 3.43g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1.73g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.18g
- Carbohydrates: 8.60g
- Fiber: 0.89g
- Sugar: 6.86g
- Protein: 1.04g
- Cholesterol: 1.70mg
- Sodium: 8.00mg
- Calcium: 19.87mg
- Potassium: 77.57mg
- Iron: 0.92mg
- Vitamin A: 0.80µg
- Vitamin C: 0.04mg
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