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Festive Candy Cane Bark
Recipe for Festive Candy Cane Bark
1 package white chocolate chips (like Hershey's morsels)
Several peppermint candy canes ( if I use the small ones usually about 15 or so)
1 drop of peppermint oil ( more is too much)
First put candy canes in a ziplock bag, sometimes I double the bag so no pieces fall out! Take a kitchen mallet and smash the candy canes into little bits. If you have children that like to help this would be a good job for them! Melt white chocolate chips in microwave. Not too long or they will burn, just keep checking them periodically! Stir til smooth, add the crushed candy canes and one drop of peppermint oil and mix together! On a cookie sheet lined with waxed paper spread the mixture out. You can play with how thick or thin you want it to be! Then put this in the fridge for about an hour to harden up! After an hour remove from the fridge and break into different size pieces! They look very festive on a nice crystal dish! Ready to serve! I
I also package these up in cellophane bags and tie with a christmas ribbon. Sometimes I add a little tag that says "Candy Cane Bark"
Where did Candy Canes come from....
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Ingredients:
3 squares semi-sweet chocolate chopped
1 cup of heavy cream
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
1 tbsp. creme de cocoa liquer
Sprinkle of salt
In a double boiler over low heat, mix all ingredients until smooth. Transfer the mixture to the fondue pot on low - med. temp. (you don't want it to scortch)
Then just cut up ingredients to dip! Fruit, pound cake, marshmellows, ect.
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Chocolate Dipped Strawberries
Strawberries - medium size
Semi- sweet milk or dark chocolate pieces or 'Hershey Chips' (1 bag)
White chocolate Hershey chipits (1 bag)
10 small christmas candy canes
Wash strawberries with stems left on, then pat dry with a paper towel and place them on a cookie sheet to air dry! In a ziplock bag crush the candy canes in to fine little pieces. Melt chocolate in separte bowls, you can do this in the microwave, usually about 2 mins. for a bag of the chocolate chips! Stir occassionally. Then dip some of the strawberries holding the stem about 1/2 way up in the dark chocolate and place back on cookie sheet! Dip some of the strawberries in the white chocolate
and then roll in the crushed candycanes, then place on cookie sheet to dry! These will keep for a few days in the refrigerator. They look very festive and lovely on a fancy cakeplate or silver serving dish! Enjoy!
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Research has found that eating even a small amount of dark chocolate every day may help prevent heart disease. The higher the cocoa content the better for you it is.
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1 bag of chocolate chips (any brand, but I usually use Hershey's)
1/2 cup of peanuts
Melt chocolate chips in microwave, usually about 2 mins. check often as heating times can vary in different microwaves. Stir until smooth! Add the peanuts and stir! On a baking sheet lined with wax paper drop the mixture by teaspooonfuls onto the wax paper. Let them harden, for quicker setting you can place the cookie sheet in the fridge for awhile! Then just put them in an airtight container and keep them in the fridge. They will last for easily a week or more if your family doesn't eat them up first!
For a variation I sometimes use raisins instead of the peanuts! A yummy treat!
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- JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Jul 19, 2009 @ 5:41 pm
- This sounds absolutely yummy -- candy cane bark!
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- seashell2 seashell2 Dec 16, 2008 @ 3:24 pm
- Thank you very much for your comment and for lensrolling this! :-)[in reply to poutine]
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- poutine poutine Dec 2, 2008 @ 3:26 pm
- What a great recipe and idea to bag it. Thanks.
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