Easy Homemade Chocolate Bark Recipe in 2 Ways

A chocolate bark recipe is a delicious treat but it can have ingredients in it that we don’t want to use so we opted to make more healthy chocolate bark recipes to bring to you.

It is believed the idea for chocolate bark recipe originates from the traditional French mendiants. Peppermint bark was dreamed up by Williams Sonoma where they debuted it for the first time in 1998. It was such a huge hit they could not keep it on the shelves. Chocolate bark is perfect for that Christmas gift for the holiday season but it also would be wonderful for a Valentine’s Day gift or any time of year that you want to make a sweet treat for someone dear to you.  Chocolate bark makes a wonderful housewarming gift as well.

There are different ways to make the toppings for great flavor combinations so you can experiment with. Pretty food safe boxes and containers can be purchased for you to place them in and take gifts from the kitchen up a notch.

Easy Homemade Chocolate Bark Recipe in 2 Ways

What you will need for the peppermint chocolate bark recipe:

• Small saucepan or Double Boiler 
• 2 Heat Proof Bowls
• Sheet Pan 
• Parchment Paper
• Silicone spatula
• Rolling pin
• Ziplock Bag
• Cutting Board
• Wooden Spoon
• Sharp knife
• Plastic Food Storage Container for you to store it in
• Candy Display for parties
• Food Safe Gift Box  or
• Food Safe Gift Bag  or
• Food Safe Baking Twine 

Peppermint Chocolate Bark Ingredients:

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• 24 oz  Organic White Chocolate you can use a chocolate bar for you chocolate bark recipe or you can use chocolate chips for this as well or your favorite kind of chocolate
• 24 oz Organic Dark Chocolate 70 % Caco or your favorite type of chocolate
• 1 Container Of Peppermint Candy Canes 
• A few drops of peppermint extract
• Sweet Leaf Peppermint Stevia Liquid to taste (optional)

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Directions For Peppermint Chocolate Bark :

• Place a cookie sheet on the counter to pour your melted chocolate in. Save a bit to use on the top of your bark to decorate. Chop it up now so that it will be ready for you when you need it because you won’t have time at the end.
• Pound the Candy Canes until they are broken up. (we used a rolling pin. Just remember to put the Candy Canes in a plastic bag before breaking them up or you will get a very large mess) 
• With a knife rough chop the dark chocolate
• In a double boiler or a small saucepan with a heat-proof bowl add water to the pan.  Place the dark chocolate in the pan and turn on the stove.
• Melt the dark chocolate on medium heat. You can also use the microwave and a heat-proof bowl but we used a double boiler for ours. Stir constantly to make sure it does not get too hot and overcook the chocolate. You can use different types of chocolate for this so we suggest that you use what you love.
• If you are using dark chocolate and want to add a little sweetness you can add a bit of stevia drops to the warm chocolate and stir in.
• Once the chocolate is silky smooth it is time to get it out of the pan. Grab a rubber spatula and head to the counter where your baking sheet is waiting.
• Scrape the chocolate out and pour the melted chocolate all into a thin layer onto a parchment paper-covered baking sheet. 
• Use an offset spatula or a butter knife to spread the chocolate out in a single layer and make it smooth.
• Allow the chocolate to cool to room temperature and it will harden again. 
• Next, clean your double boiler bowl or use a clean heat-proof bowl.
• Break up the white chocolate bar or pour the white chocolate chips into the bowl.
• Stir the chocolate as you gently heat the chocolate.
• When it is silky smooth pour the white chocolate over the top of the dark chocolate and spread it in a thin layer across the baking sheet.  The easiest way we found to do this was to just use a butter knife but you use what is handy.
• Grab your candy cane pieces and chocolate bits and sprinkle them over the top of the hot chocolate.
•  Allow the chocolate bark to cool to room temperature and harden
• Take the hardened homemade chocolate bark and break it up into smaller pieces. You can do bite-size pieces or a bit larger. 

When they are hard, store in a ziplock bag or in a sealed container until you are ready to serve.  You can buy pretty boxes or tins to give them as gifts or take a little bit of the chocolate bark and stack it and use twine or ribbon to tie it up like a package.  You can use a tag punch and some cardstock to make a tag for it. This would be great for a holiday party and each guest could take home a little gift. It is a simple recipe but it really is special.  

Don’t care for a peppermint chocolate bark recipe?  How about toffee chocolate bark recipe?

Toffee Chocolate Bark Recipe 

Chocolate Bark Recipe Ingredients

• 24 oz  Organic White Chocolate
• 24 oz Organic Dark Chocolate 70 % Caco
•  bag of Toffee 
• English Toffee Liquid Stevia Drops

Chocolate Bark Recipe Directions

• Place a cookie sheet on the counter to pour your melted chocolate in. Save a bit to use on the top of your bark to decorate. Chop it up now so that it will be ready for you when you need it because you won’t have time at the end.
• Pound the toffee until they are broken up. (we used a rolling pin. Just remember to put the Candy Canes in a plastic bag before breaking them up or you will get a very large mess) 
• In a double boiler or a small saucepan with a heat-proof bowl add water to the pan.  Place the dark chocolate in the pan and turn on the stove.
• Melt the dark chocolate on medium heat. You can also use the microwave and a heat-proof bowl but we used a double boiler for ours. Stir constantly to make sure it does not get too hot and overcook the chocolate. You can use different types of chocolate for this so we suggest that you use what you love.
• If you are using dark chocolate and want to add a little sweetness you can add a bit of stevia drops to the warm chocolate and stir in.
• Once the chocolate is silky smooth it is time to get it out of the pan. Grab a rubber spatula and head to the counter where your baking sheet is waiting.
• Scrape the chocolate out and pour the melted chocolate all into a thin layer onto a parchment paper-covered baking sheet. 
• Use an offset spatula or a butter knife to spread the chocolate out in a single layer and make it smooth.
• Allow the chocolate to cool to room temperature and it will harden again. 
• Next, clean your double boiler bowl or use a clean heat-proof bowl.
• Break up the white chocolate bar or pour the white chocolate chips into the bowl.
• Stir the chocolate as you gently heat the chocolate.
• When it is silky smooth pour the white chocolate over the top of the dark chocolate and spread it in a thin layer across the baking sheet.  The easiest way we found to do this was to just use a butter knife but you use what is handy.
• Grab your toffee pieces and chocolate bits and sprinkle them over the top of the hot chocolate.
•  Allow the chocolate bark to cool to room temperature and harden
• Take the hardened homemade chocolate bark and break it up into smaller pieces. You can do bite-size pieces or a bit larger. 
• Place in Food Safe Gift Boxes

Now for the fun part! You can make this recipe your own!

You can make other types of homemade bark by omitting the candy canes and instead, top with

• Chopped pecans
• Chopped pumpkin seeds
• Sea salt flakes
• Raisins or Golden Raisins
• Coconut flakes
• Chia Seeds
• Shelled Sunflower Seeds
• Pistachios 
• Saltine Crackers
• Or whatever your favorite toppings are

Let us know in the comments section what you think of the chocolate bark and what your favorite toppings to add to the bark are.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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