Chocolate Bark

[chloris]

For Christmas presents this year I decided the food gifts should be chocolate bark and caramel/chocolate popcorn. I'll be posting my recipe for the popcorn soon but right now I wanted to talk about the chocolate bark. Making chocolate bark is not difficult but I feel it does help to temper the chocolate rather than just melt it (higher melting

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[justlook3]

Mmm, chocolate bark. I made that as gifts last year. Made a basket of goodies for my old co-workers and for the staff at our chiropractors who took such good care of us. Noone to really make that stuff for this year sadly.

[chloris]

Chocolate bark isn't anything I'd done before. Which is half the reason I decided to make it. Jay wanted me to make my candied lemon peels again but I wasn't into it. I love trying new things.

Maybe next year once you've settled in more. *hugs*

[develish1]

erm, for those of us outside the US (since I'm guessing this is an American term) what exactly IS chocolate bark?

[chloris]

Well, it's basically what you see in the picture. It's chocolate which has been melted and had things - such as crushed hard candy, nuts, dried fruits - pressed into it while it is still soft. It's called bark because it rather looks like tree bark, all rough and bumpy. And it's yummy! :D

[develish1]

ah, I understand now :) I don't think we actually have an overall term for that type of thing over here