It’s becoming tradition.
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?
Rice pudding with raspberry sauce. Not your grocery store kind, but made with sushi rice and real whipped cream and almond extract…. mmmmmmm….I am drooling just thinking about it! We hide a whole almond in it and whoever finds it will have good luck the whole year and wins a prize (usually a marzipan pig). The Christmas Eve Smorgasbord just wouldn’t be the same without it!
Oooh, that sounds so yummy! I love rice pudding, but have never made it with sushi rice before. I am going to have to give that a try.
Oooo that sounds so yummy!
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