Chocolate Peppermint Bark

🧂 Ingredients

• 12 ounces milk chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon peppermint extract

  divided
• 12 ounces white chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup crushed candy canes

  (about 6-8 small candy canes)

Instructions

• 1 in separate medium sized glass bowls or glass measuring cups, heat the chocolate
  chips for 1 minute and stir.
• 2 Continue heating for 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating.
• 3 Stop heating just before all the chocolate is melted, and stir it until it's
  completely melted.
• 4 I usually use the smaller candy canes, as they're easier to crush into smaller
  pieces. It's easiest to place the candy canes in a Ziploc bag, and seal it
  without air.
• 5 Then crush the candy canes using a rolling pin. Just roll over the canes, or
  slap the candy canes with the rolling pin like you would a gavel on a desktop.
• 6 Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper (that overlaps the cookie sheet by a
  couple inches) before getting started.
• 7 Mix the melted milk chocolate with 1/2 teaspoon of the peppermint extract.
• 8 Then spread the peppermint chocolate layer into the parchment paper lined cookie
  sheet. Allow this chocolate layer to set for 10-15 minutes in the fridge or
  freezer.
• 9 Mix 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract into the melted white chocolate.
• 10 Then spread the white chocolate onto the set chocolate layer.
• 11 Immediately sprinkle the crushed candy canes all over the top of the white
  chocolate.
• 12 Then allow the bark to set in the fridge or freezer for another 15-20 minutes.
• 13 Allow the candy to come back to room temperature.
• 14 Lift the parchment paper out of the pan, and loosen it from the candy. It should
  peel right off.
• 15 Then just break the bark off by hand, or you can cut it with a knife. It'll be
  all different shapes and sizes, so no need to worry if corners break off or what
  have you. Just have fun with it and enjoy this delectable Christmas candy
  together.

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