Candy Cane Bark

I noticed, this year, that many stores are offering Peppermint Bark . . . you know, that layer of white and chocolate with crushed candy canes pressed into it's surface? They also charge a lot for it so, naturally, I developed my own recipe! I'm sharing it with you because we all need to save money and still provide a good, happy, blessed holiday for our family and friends.

Candy Cane Bark

Most stores sell a pound or so package of both the white and the chocolate used for dipping candy or making bark. If you can't find it in the baking aisle of your market, chocolate and white chocolate chips work just as well.

You can use candy canes or peppermint hard candies for the crushed topping. Do this first, put the candy in a heavy plastic bag and roll with a rolling pin to get in broken down into eatable chunks.

Super-simple directions! Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with vegetable oil spray. Carefully melt the chocolate so as to liquify it but not burn it. Over a double boiler is the safest way. Pour it onto the prepared baking sheet and let it spread out evenly. You don't want it super thin but you don't want thick bumps in the surface. Let is set or refrigerate until it sets.

Then, carefully melt the white chocolate. Spread it over the prepared chocolate layer and quickly press in the crushed peppermint. You don't want to bury the peppermint candy but you want it to stick to the white chocolate layer. Let it set until hardened, break into pieces, and serve!

One year, I got some canning jars and filled them with this candy, decorated the jars, and gave them as hostess gifts.