Making Chocolate Bark

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surprise the heck out of people.
surprise the heck out of people.
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Smores bark - mix crushed graham cracker and slightly microwaved
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==Smores bark==
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mix crushed graham cracker and slightly microwaved
marshmallow into milk chocolate. Probably also a mess to clean up with the
marshmallow into milk chocolate. Probably also a mess to clean up with the
sticky marshmallow
sticky marshmallow
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but it works fine and it's a lot less messy.
but it works fine and it's a lot less messy.
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==Fruit Barks==
You can also do fruit-and-nut barks, or just fruit barks; while many
You can also do fruit-and-nut barks, or just fruit barks; while many
interesting kinds of fruit
interesting kinds of fruit
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and cranberries, for example.
and cranberries, for example.
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==Nut Barks==
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==Coconut Bark==
You can also use coconut. Plain old baker's coconut works *great* in
You can also use coconut. Plain old baker's coconut works *great* in
chocolate, whether plain or with
chocolate, whether plain or with
the addition of curry powder for some extra flavor. Just mix it in for
the addition of curry powder for some extra flavor. Just mix it in for
a nice crunch.
a nice crunch.
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==Peppermint Bark==
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==Caramel Bark==

Revision as of 06:40, 4 September 2008

The following are recipes for various types of bark, as well as notes on the different types.

Contents

Basic Bark

All recipes after this merely list the changes to the basic recipe.

  1. Find a cookie sheet.
  2. Cover the cookie sheet with foil (optional).
  3. Melt (temper) enough chocolate to cover the cookie sheet.
  4. Mix flavorings into chocolate.
  5. Pour chocolate onto the cookie sheet.
  6. Place in fridge until it hardens.
  7. Remove from fridge, take it off the cookie sheet, and break into appropriately-sized chunks.

Mint bark

There are two ways to do ordinary mint bark. Mint bark always involves adding peppermint extract to milk or white chocolate, and this can be enough. To make it more interesting, you can swirl milk chocolate and white chocolate (either plain or food dyed green) that have both had peppermint extract added. You can also cover the bark at the end with crushed or powdered peppermint pieces.

Aztec bark (or similar name)

mix spices (either mild, like cinnamon, or spicier) into the chocolate. Could probably put in red-hots or crushed cinnamon candies, possibly even with chili pepper or some such in it as well? Try a small batch and taste it first, though.

Chilli pepper in chocolate works fine. Cinnamon candy bark would probably also work fine. I would not, however, recommend trying both at once. ;)

Also, you can get cinnamon red-hot flavor from Wilton's. ("cinnamon candy flavor" is I think what they call it.) So if you want that effect, you can try adding it to white chocolate and surprise the heck out of people.

Smores bark

mix crushed graham cracker and slightly microwaved marshmallow into milk chocolate. Probably also a mess to clean up with the sticky marshmallow

You can do this without microwaving the marshmallows. It's probably not as tasty, but it works fine and it's a lot less messy.

Fruit Barks

You can also do fruit-and-nut barks, or just fruit barks; while many interesting kinds of fruit are expensive, you can get large packages of raisins, pineapple, or even mango pretty inexpensively at Star or Trader Joe's. The big advantage of raisins is that you don't need to chop them any more. ;) Some kinds of fruit go very well with flavored chocolate; I've had good luck with orange-flavored white chocolate and cranberries, for example.

Nut Barks

Coconut Bark

You can also use coconut. Plain old baker's coconut works *great* in chocolate, whether plain or with the addition of curry powder for some extra flavor. Just mix it in for a nice crunch.

Peppermint Bark

Caramel Bark

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