Easy Peppermint Bark Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candy

  approximately 8 candy canes, divided
• 8 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate

  broken into pieces
• 8 ounces white baking chocolate

  broken into pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract

  divided

Instructions

• 1 Line a rimmed cookie sheet with a piece of wax paper.
• 2 Sprinkle 1/2 of the crushed peppermint candy onto the wax paper.
• 3 Place the semi-sweet chocolate in a microwave safe bowl.
• 4 Cook in 20 second increments, stirring each time, until the chocolate is melted.
• 5 Mix in 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract.
• 6 Spread the melted semi-sweet chocolate over the crushed candy on the cookie
  sheet, making a rectangle.
• 7 Rinse out the microwave safe bowl and melt the white chocolate using the same
  method.
• 8 Stir the remaining 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract into the melted white
  chocolate.
• 9 Slowly pour the melted white chocolate over the semi sweet chocolate.
• 10 Use the back of a spoon to carefully spread the white chocolate over the
  semi-sweet chocolate.
• 11 Sprinkle the remaining crushed peppermint candies over the white chocolate.
• 12 Let the peppermint bark sit at room temperature until fully set, about 3 hours.
• 13 Once the peppermint bark is set, break it into pieces and store in an air tight
  container, up to 2 weeks.

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