Christmas chocolate bark

Name: Christmas chocolate bark
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: world
Ingredients: 4 oz unsalted and unsweetened dark chocolate; 2 oz white chocolate (optional); Handful dried cranberries; Small handful of dried apricots; handful shelled pistachios

Get into the holiday spirit with this Christmas chocolate bark, SUPER easy to make; ready in 15 minutes. Recipe for six people, or maybe not ;)

15 minutes

6 persons

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Recipe christmas chocolate bark

Ingredients

6 persons

4 oz unsalted and unsweetened dark chocolate
2 oz white chocolate (optional)
Handful dried cranberries
Small handful of dried apricots
handful shelled pistachios

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This is what you need

Small pan + aluminium bowl that fits into the pan
Silicone spatula
Pre-lined baking tray (no oven needed!) with parchment paper
Chef's knife + cutting board

Made by Véronique

Published at 2015-12-21, this recipe is for 6 persons persons and takes 15 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2024-07-31

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Preparation time

5 minutes

Time cooking

10 minutes

Total time

15 minutes

Preparation – 5 minutes

Roughly chop up the pistachios, dried apricots and cranberries using the chef's knife and cutting board. Set aside for now. Preparation = done! that's how easy this recipe is.

Finishing up the Christmas chocolate bark – 10 minutes

Fill the small pan about halfway with water. Bring to a boil, then add in the aluminium bowl. Break the pieces of chocolate into smaller chunks using your hands. Add the chunks of chocolate into the aluminium bowl.

This method of melting chocolate is called au bain-marie (marie's bath). This process melts the chocolate without burning it. Gently stir the chocolate with a silicone spatula.

Optionally repeat this step using white chocolate, this will make the end result way sweeter. Since white chocolate usually is made almost entirely with sugar. When the dark chocolate has melted completely, pour it on the pre-lined baking sheet.

Spread it out a bit, in such a way that you'll end up with the desired thickness. When using white chocolate: pour the white chocolate in long lines over the warm dark chocolate to create a pattern you like.

We didn't use the white chocolate because we wanted the christmas chocolate bark to be bitter instead of sweet, because there already is a lot of sweetness in the dried fruits.

Crumble over the nuts and dried fruits and let cool off to room temperature before cooling them in your refrigerator. Crack the chocolate into large chunks, serve with hot cocoa, coffee or tea. Enjoy!