It’s becoming tradition.
Comments (4) For Christmas of 2007 I thought it would be fun to make peppermint bark. And it was! Not only was it very easy, but it was also so very tasty. Last Christmas I was going to make it again, but thought it would also be fun to make gingerbread cookies. Well, things happened and I ran out of time for the peppermint bark. People wondered… where was the peppermint bark? Apparently we weren’t the only ones who loved it. So this year, I made sure to make peppermint bark in time to send to our “Seattle Santas”, and of course to enjoy for ourselves!
I do it the simple way. I just melt milk chocolate chips first (about 1 min in the microwave), then spread it out on a wax paper covered cookie sheet. I then let it cool down a bit, then I melt white chocolate chips (they seem to take a bit longer, about 1:30 min). Then I carefully spread the white chocolate on the top of the milk chocolate. Add a few crushed candy cane pieces to the top, then pop the whole thing into the refrigerator for a few hours to let it get nice and hard.
The hard part is making sure that you don’t eat it all!! Luckily I made sure to set aside the peppermint bark that was going to Seattle first, before ever tasting a piece. Trust me, once you taste it, it’s much harder to resist. Yes, I do believe that peppermint bark is now a Christmas tradition!
Do you have a special thing that you always make for the holidays?
