Wednesday, 19 December 2012
*belch*
I love peppermint bark. I make it every Christmas, to give as a gift and also just to have lying around for those unscheduled chocolate-requiring moments. You know the ones. In fact, I sent a few tins off the other day as my Craft-it-forward gifts (and they seem to have been well received). Normally I make a very straightforward type of bark - one layer of dark chocolate and one of white, with crushed candy canes sprinkled on top. This is very postage friendly, especially in the lovely cold English weather.
But then I saw this recipe and knew that I had to give it a try. Peppermint flavoured dark chocolate ganache sandwiched between two layers of white chocolate, both sprinkled with candy cane dust. OMG. The end result definitely needs to stay in the fridge because it softens very quickly, but it is approximately eleventy billion times nicer than the ordinary kind, and that is saying something.
It's not really that much extra work, although I did manage to burn my first batch of ganache which was pretty irritating. Luckily I had enough cream left over to try again. And then I accidentally ate all the edge pieces. And some of the not-edge pieces. And now I feel slightly ill.
Oh well, it won't be the last time that happens between now and next year!
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I love you that much more because you used my favorite number... eleventy! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm making a version of peppermint bark tonight with the kid. Using chocolate chips, crushed andes mints (from the baking isle), and crushed up pretzels. It's from pinterest so I hope it works! :) Yours looks fantastic by the way!
Well you have to eat the edge bits because they're messier, and you wouldn't want to be giving out messy bits to people, now would you? ;o)
ReplyDeleteThis looks delicious!! I just made some where you mix peppermint extract into the white chocolate part - so good!
ReplyDeleteIn the process of gifting, I have eaten a lot of peppermint bark this year! My husband also managed to snaffle the 'side' bits every morning on his way to work....I currently don't have any in the house and I'm feeling a little stressed as a result!
ReplyDeleteOh yum!!!
ReplyDeleteLooks yum. And I can see why you might be feeling a tad ill :)
ReplyDeleteI think i love you, seriously, and not in a sexual way!! I've polished off the other ones, maybe i'll get a chance to make some of these tomorrow, thx for the recipe, i was going to ask, but then you read the post! Hope you have a fab Christmas. : )
ReplyDeleteCalorie laiden heaven! Di x
ReplyDeleteha ha ha...I would be feeling sick from over eating the edges and not so edges if I'd made it...in fact might just try that experiment...
ReplyDeleteOooh that looks yum! Nice to hear you're getting a head start on this holidays "eat til you puke".... lol
ReplyDeleteBlimey, better than the original!?
ReplyDeleteThat looks (and sounds) incredibly delicious. Christmas just wouldn't be the same without eating sugar till you feel sick ;o)
ReplyDeleteIf I made this recipe I would end up the size of a HOUSE. It's a good thing I am a terrible cook. These just look sooo yummy.
ReplyDeleteHelllloooo.... Recipe, yes please, and thank you! ;-)
ReplyDeleteLooks super yummy! My girls love to make peppermint bark but haven't done any yet this year :(
ReplyDeleteThis is the recipe I use too, but you're right you have to watch out for the melting. Such a good excuse to eat it up before its gone. Love it!
ReplyDeleteHave a good Christmas xx
Ahaha! Accidentally-that's great. Like how I made a smaller version of my birthday cake and that's the one I shared with my family and I kept the larger version in our garage refrigerator and accidentally forgot to tell them about it? It's a seriously good cake. Steps had to be taken you understand.
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