Kathy said around evening on November 30, 2007
So the Peppermint Bark Experiment went well. Even despite my having to pause every 15 minutes to soothe the toddler with the sniffles. But, it came out well… just not perfect. I used good chocolate, Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips and bars of white baking chocolate along with red and green candy canes. Baking chocolate is too soft for this I discovered. The white part never really hardens completely when it’s out of the fridge. So next time, I am going to make sure to use white chocolate chips. I think I’ll also switch to semi-sweet dark for the bottom and use a little peppermint oil. I’m going to do this experiment again next week.
Of course, the day I decide to do this I get a call from the dentist to come in for a cleaning today. I hope the hygienist can chisel the candy canes off my teeth.
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Looks yummy to me!
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Holy crap, that looks fantastic!
from chocolate city, baby!
i don’t eat peppermint bark, but it sure looks pretty!!
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Dammit...nothing funny happened while you attempted to make this stuff? Shoot. Maybe you need to drink more before your start the process. I think that’s how my friend here in town does it. Can’t be too sure, though…
And it looks lovely, by the way. How much did you wind up spending on the homemade version, if you don’t mind me asking?
from West Palm Beach, FL
Cocktail: Champagne Bellini
@Faith: Nope nothing funny… unless you think getting called into the dentist the next morning funny.
I have no idea how much I spent actually. Probably more than it costs to buy it but, whats the fun in that?
from Indy. Brrr!
I just posted over at Joelle’s that between the peppermint bark and fudge I’m feeling like I need to go eat sugary stuff I should not be eating!
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That looks awesome, dude! How’d it taste? The only thing I’d change about it would be the larger candy cane chunks. Last we did this (a couple years ago, if I recall), we ended up putting the candy canes in the food processor to get the bits small enough.
Dammit, now I want some chocolate. *drools*
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that looks amazing!
from Cleveland, OH
Cocktail: White Russian
Dammit that looks good! Wish I were your neighbor.
from Canada
At first I thought it was a hideous, terribly gone wrong pizza. Then I read the post. That’s the power of images. I will never think of peppermint bark again without thinking wrong pizza.
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from the frozen tundra
Looks fabulous. I’m trying my hand at homemade gifts this year, as well, but we’ll see about next year. Its a lot more of a time and money investment than I thought it would be.
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...as I just Twittered ..."I’d blow a homeless goat for peppermint bark!”
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Cocktail: Mojito
That looks like heaven. Yum!
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Ok I’m a little late but here’s another recipe (I just saw it today and thought of you)
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oh, looks delish. i have to make some this weekend!
from FL
That looks fantastic!! I should try to make it. I’d probably surprise myself
from Cleveland, TN
I thought of making that this year as I just found a recipe for it the other day. Looks yummy!!
I found your blog via Evil Pink Cupcake.
from Mississippi
That looks freakin’ amazing!!
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