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Black Forest Bark

This simple black forest bark recipe will be a hit with all your cherry loving friends. It's perfect for Christmas or Valentine's Day.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Candy, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: black forest bark, chocolate bark
Servings: 12
Calories: 191kcal
Author: Kim Beaulieu

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Place two pots on your stove part way filled with water. Bring them to a boil then turn them to simmer or just slightly above a simmer.
  • Now place heat proof bowls over top of the water but NOT touching it. (You can use a double boiler if you have one, I just don’t happen to have one)
  • Place your semi sweet chocolate in one bowl.
  • Place your white chocolate in the other bowl.
  • Now melt them, stirring with DIFFERENT spoons as they melt.
  • Cut up your cherries into chunky pieces. Set aside.
  • Once the white chocolate is melted add the red food colouring to make it pink.
  • Now line an 8 x 8 pan with parchment and pour the semi sweet into the pan.
  • Next haphazardly drop the pink in chunks here and there, randomly.
  • Now take a knife or toothpick and swirl it around a bit.
  • Toss your cherries on top.
  • Pop this in the fridge to set for a couple of hours.
  • Break apart by hand or cut with a knife. I have to admit I like the by hand method. I don’t like clean edges on bark. I like it to look like you just took a long piece of it and whacked it.
  • Serve as gifts or eat it all up yourself. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 191kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 14mg | Potassium: 121mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 11IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 1mg