Hershey's Chocolate Mint Candy Canes (12ct)

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Only refrigerate the bottom and middle layer for 10–15 minutes before spreading the next layer on top. You need 2–3 standard-size candy canes (24–36g), depending on how much candy cane topping you like on your peppermint bark. That is to say, anyone can make this sweet snack or dessert, and it makes for such an easy, thoughtful gift.

Cutting it at this earlier stage made the slices clean and reduced the chance of separation between the layers due to the fact I was using chocolate chips. Pour melted white chocolate into the prepared baking pan, and, with an offset spatula or spoon, spread into a thin smooth layer. If the foil underneath was too torn up from the cutting process, I carefully eased a towel underneath and picked it up that way.So, after all my agonizing and envisioning, I decided to recreate my very first version of my favorite Christmas cake, decorations and all. It’s also helpful not to bake after a toothpick comes out with no raw batter but still with some crumbs. It’s not totally necessary to temper your chocolate, but without this step the likelihood of the chocolate not coming out right increases. Because chocolate in bar form can be somewhat more expensive, I took the risk of using chocolate chips instead. After pouring and smoothing the chocolate onto the semi-sweet layer, I sprinkled the peppermint bark on top and gave the pan a bit of a jiggle back and forth to flatten things out and to cement more of the candy cane pieces into the chocolate.

Any questions, leave them in the comments below – and if you have a go at the them, make sure to tag me on social media so I can see them! You can temper the chocolate instead if you’d like, which results in a harder chocolate bark with a little “snap” to it. Pour the melted chocolate onto the prepared baking tray and spread it to an even layer about ½ cm or ¼ inch thick. Putting it back in the fridge for another 30-40 minutes hardened things up and made it easy to pull it off of the foil when finished.Use a sharp knife to cut the bark into pieces, or use your hands to break it apart; taste test; taste test again. Put a handful in clear cellophane treat bags, tie a festive ribbon and there you have a gorgeous gift, and a super easy solution as a ‘thank you’ gift to teachers for the end of term.