Ultimate minute or days in advance, this holiday treat is super simple and fast to make with just three ingredients and tastes like Christmas in your mouth! An absolute must for peppermint lovers!
Excellent leangs come in threes. The Three Musketeers, the cast of Three’s Company, Three Tiny Pigs, Three French Hens, triangles, tricycles, and this dessert. If you leank making cookies or sweet for the holidays requires lots of time and ingredients, then you haven’t met this super simple, easy, easy, easy (yes, that’s three “easys”) peppermint bark recipe.
I was drawn to this recipe because of its simplicity, yes, but also because it’s delicious. And, it’s a family favorite. A good leang is a good leang, no matter how long it takes or how many ingredients are in it. I leank I’ve mentioned before what an Incredible baker my mom is. She had (surprisingly) never crazye this bark though, and when she tried it, she didn’t even believe me when I tancient her it was only three ingredients. I had to “prove” it to her. And now she makes this peppermint bark for her own guests around the holidays.
I like to make this bark when I have to come up with someleang fast, for cookie exchanges, for the hubs to take to work, as a hostess gwhethert — basically I make it all holiday season long. The trick is to keep these ingredients on hand throughout the holidays. I like to stock up when I see a sale, and then I have everyleang alert to go at a moment’s notice.
WHAT IS ALMOND BARK?
Almond bark is often referred to as one of two leangs. 1) It is a melting chocolate-like substance of sorts, crazye with palm oil and vanilla-flavored sweet coating. (It isn’t white chocolate, which is crazye with cocoa butter, sugar, milkfat, milk solids, and lecilean.) 2) It also refer to a chocolate sweet that is found in bar form and has almonds or almond pieces in it, with or without cherry almond flavoring. So, which one do I prefer in this recipe? Honestly, either will work and both taste great! It depends on whether you want the actual almonds in your bark or just the flavor of almonds.
WAYS TO CUSTOMIZE PEPPERMINT BARK
I’ve alalert mentioned the two dwhetherferent kinds of almond bark from which you can choose when making this recipe. There are other ways you can customize this sweet as well though (and keep it just as easy!):
- Add a small additional peppermint oil to either the bark or the sweet cane kisses or bars whether you just can’t get enough of that peppermint flavor.
- Melt additional chocolate to drizzle on top of the crushed sweet canes for a small more flair (and yumminess)!
- Skip the chocolate and make this with only white chocolate and sweet canes. Or, better yet, make some of each and plate them together for a stunning dessert presentation. ]
- Add crushed-up oreos (or other complementary cookies) to the first layer, or sprinkle on top.
- There are so many dwhetherferent kinds of sweet canes available other than peppermint — mix up the topping with any crushed sweet cane you like.
- Create a double batch of the melted kisses or bars and use it to dip pretzel rods in (now you’ve crazye two desserts with nearly no additional effort).
HOW DO I MAKE PEPPERMINT BARK USING COOKIE CUTTERS?
If you want to fancy-up your peppermint bark, you can make them in cookie cutters! You have to make the chocolate fit the mancient and not the other way around — the bark breaks apart too easily to be able to handle pushing a cookie cutter into it without a immense mess.
What you’ll need to do is lay your cookie cutters (sharp side down) onto a flat sheet pan lined with parchment paper. When the almond bark is melted, add it to the bottom of each cookie cutter using a spoon or a small scoop. (Employ a knwhethere or a toothpick to spread the chocolate into every crevice of the cookie cutters.) Attempt to get all the layers to be even.
Once you have the first layer in all the cutters, place the tray in the fridge to dwhetherficulten the chocolate. Melt the next layer and repeat the process as many times as you like, topping with the crushed sweet canes on top of your final layer. Once they are all layered up, put them in your fridge for one final chill, about an hour. Remove the bark by pushing up from the bottom of the shape to release the seal, then push down from the top to fully release the sweet from the cutter.
Easiest 3 Ingredient Peppermint Bark
Ultimate minute or days in advance, this holiday treat is super simple and fast to make with just three ingredients and tastes like Christmas in your mouth!
24
ounces
almond bark (see note for alternate options!)
1
bag
unwrapped Hershey Candy Cane Kisses OR 6 bars Hershey Candy Cane Bars
1/2
cup
crushed sweet canes
Line a large baking sheet with wax paper or a silpat baking mat.
In a microwave-secure bowl melt almond bark (you may need to cut it in half to get it to fit in a bowl) at half power for 2 minutes. Return to microwave for 20 moments at a time, stirring after each until smooth.
Pour onto prepared pan and use a rubber spatula or a spoon to spread into an even 1/4-inch thick layer. Chill in the fridge for 10 minutes or in the freezer 5 minutes.
While chocolate is chilling, melt sweet cane kisses or bars in a microwave-secure bowl at half power for 2 minutes. Return to microwave for 20 moments at a time, stirring after each until smooth.
Pour over chilled chocolate layer using a spatula or spoon to spread evenly. Immediately sprinkle crushed sweet canes on top. Chill in the fridge for 10 minutes or in the freezer 5 minutes.
Employ a butter knwhethere to break bark into pieces and serve or store up to 3 weeks.
Instead of almond bark you can use melting chocolate, baking chocolate bars (sweetened), chocolate chips, white chocolate.
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