Hershey's Chocolate Mint Candy Canes (12ct)

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When I am making recipes like this I always use blocks of chocolate that I enjoy eating rather than cooking chocolate. We create exceptional chocolate in an exceptional way, driving positive change within the chocolate industry. For more Christmas uses for crushed candy canes and sprinkles check out my post here on how to decorate Christmas Biscuits. Prepare a small 20 x 20 baking dish with baking paper (I spray with a little oil or water on tin to help paper to stick! In the case of black cocoa powder, it results in a cocoa powder that is almost completely black and tastes just like an Oreo cookie.

I used a combination of candy canes here – the pieces which I just shook on right after I spread out the semi-sweet chocolate and then I added some of the larger chunks of candy cane afterwards. For this Peppermint Candy Cane Chocolate bark, I chose the easy way of tempering chocolate using a microwave. Crushed and sprinkled on melted chocolate, this Peppermint Candy Cane Chocolate Bark Recipe is so moreish! Wrap up a set of candy canes–I like to use a cellophane bag tied with a ribbon–for friends, neighbors, hairstylists, teachers, and more.Add the candy canes to a ziplock bag then place the bag onto a kitchen towel and use a meat mallet or rolling pin to crush the candy canes. Add chocolate chips to a medium-sized bowl then microwave in 30 second increments, stirring between increments, until the chocolate is smooth - 1:30 - 2 minutes. I used Ghirardelli and (with the addition of the oil) the bark was unpleasantly soft at room temperature. Then swirl around with the back of a spoon to get that marbled effect and top with crushed candy canes. If you want to make this recipe into a layer cake, I say each batch of cupcakes makes one 8"/20cm cake - bake for about 35 minutes.

Keep adding powdered sugar, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl every so often, until you’ve added about 6 cups. If you are looking for a cookie to take to your Christmas cookie exchange party or a cookie to give to your family and friends this holiday season, I highly recommend these Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Cookies. I prefer using a hand whisk for this step as the whisk attachment doesn't always get the very bottom mixed in.Creamy white chocolate mixed with crushed peppermint candy canes, this bar is the ideal sweet treat this season. You’ll want to move quickly for this part because the candy melts might still be warm enough to melt the chocolate. Stir in the peppermint extract then spread evenly in a thin rectangle on the prepared parchment paper. If necessary, remove the remaining chocolate pieces (if they have not completely melted) and the tempered chocolate is ready to use. We never really had Nutcrackers when we were growing up — they weren’t part of our holiday traditions.

Melt in 20-second increments, stirring vigorously with a silicone spatula spatula or spoon after each increment, until completely melted and smooth. They may not look completely melted, because they retain their form, and it’s easy think they’re not melted yet.Recipes like my White Chocolate Bark and Dark Chocolate Bark are all about the simple combination of melted chocolate and creative toppings. Besides being so easy and downright irresistible, this peppermint bark is my favorite “filler” on a cookie tray.