Melted chocolate is flavored lightly with peppermint and topped with melted white chocolate and crushed candy canes for the quintessential holiday treat. Don’t spend money on the expensive Williams Sonoma Peppermint Bark – you only need 4 ingredients and 1 hour needed to make your own! Add it to your holiday gift tins.
Line a baking sheet with parchment or wax paper and set it aside.
Melt chocolate in a microwave safe bowl, stirring every 30 seconds until melted. Alternatively, you can melt using a double boiler, heating over low heat, stirring frequently until melted. Add peppermint extract and stir to combine.
Pour onto prepared baking sheet, spreading using a spatula. You can have this layer be thick or thin – totally up to you. Just keep in mind that the thicker the bark ends up being, the harder it will be to cut apart. Place baking sheet in fridge to set and harden for at least 20 minutes, or in the freezer for 10 minutes.
While the chocolate sets, place unwrapped candy canes in a plastic food storage bag. Place the bag of candy canes on a cutting board and use a rolling pin or mallet to crush them as much as possible. You'll have a mix of chunks and peppermint dust, and that's okay!
5 candy canes
Now melt the white chocolate the same way you did the chocolate (but I strongly recommend the double broiler method, stirring constantly). As soon as it's completely melted, remove from heat.
20 ounces white chocolate chips
Take the baking sheet out of the fridge and pour the white chocolate on top of the chilled chocolate layer, spreading with a spatula.
Sprinkle your crushed peppermint over the still-warm white chocolate layer, trying to distribute as evenly as possible.
Place back into the fridge or freezer to set (about 30 more minutes). Once hard, take it out and cut or crack into pieces. You can break it into as many pieces as you want. Keep chilled until ready to serve, and enjoy!
Notes
Note: Number of servings depends on how it’s broken apart.