Chocolate Peppermint Bark

5 from 4 votes

Chocolate Peppermint Bark is made with deep rich chocolate that has hints of a minty flavor and little bits of peppermint candy cane.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Candy, Chocolate

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings Servings

Calories 449kcal

Author Ginny McMeans

16 ounces solid chocolate of your choice. Some people love deep dark high percent chocolate but I have found that the typical semi-sweet chocolate is liked by all ages.
12 ounces crushed Candy Canes - reserve ¼ cup for sprinkling on the top *See note below for preparation
1 teaspoon Peppermint Extract

That is it - just three ingredients that give a lot of pleasure.
Melt the chocolate in your Double Boiler.
Make sure you do not get one drop of water in the chocolate or it may seize up.
* Candy Cane prep - Since you can pulverize the candy cane into powder real quick - do this by hand not in the food processor. The way I learned to do this is to put the candy canes in a plastic bag and hammer (lightly) all over to get small chunks. You will still get some really tiny pieces but that is fine.
Stir in 1 cup of crushed candy canes.
Stir in the peppermint (or mint) extract.
Turn out onto a large baking sheet.
Spread it as evenly as you can all over the baking sheet.
Sprinkle the remaining ¼ crushed candy canes all over the top.
Put in the refrigerator for about 1 hour so that it can harden.
Take it out of the refrigerator and break into pieces.