Christmas Bark

Christmas Bark

Might Not Be The Prettiest Chocolate Candy, But It Sure Is Addicting!

Difficulty:  Easy

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

4-6 Ghiradelli Chocolate bars

1 cup mini marshmallows 

1 cup roasted pecans

6 Chocolate covered pretzel rods with candy cane

2 cups mini pretzels 

1 cup broken Honey Graham Crackers 

12 mini candy canes

Cooking Tools

Sheet pan

Parchment paper

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F.  Line sheet pan with parchment paper including the sides.  Place chocolate bars side by side on sheet pan and place in the oven for about 15 minutes or until melted. Remove chocolate from oven and swirl with a spoon or a wooden skewer  to remove the lines and incorporate each bar to one another. Start adding all your other ingredients by layering into the chocolate. Make sure your ingredients touch the chocolate so as the chocolate cools and hardens the ingredients don't fall off.  Set aside to cool and firm up. Break apart into barks and serve!

Yields 1 sheet pan

Chocolate Apples

Chocolate Apples

Endless Flavor Possibilities!

Difficulty:  Easy

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

4 small Fuji apples

2 bag Hershey's semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 cup chopped walnuts

2 cups M&M Trail mix

1/4 cup heavy cream

1 tsp butter

Cooking Tools

Bain Marie

2 small mixing bowls

4 Popsicle stick or equivalent

Small sheet pan

Directions

In a Bain Marie add water to bottom pot, secure top half over simmering water.  Stir together 1 1/2 bags of the chocolate chips, cream and butter until melted smooth and without any lumps. Place sticks into apple half way to secure.  Mix walnuts and the rest of the chocolate chips in one mixing bowl then place the trail mix in another. Dip one apple into the melted chocolate then into the bowl of walnuts and chocolate or trail mix. Repeat with the other apples.  Place apples on sheet pan and place in refrigerator to firm up.

Serves 4

Southern Cracker Candy

Southern Cracker Candy
A Yummy Southern Treat!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

30 Keebler Club Crackers

2 sticks unsalted butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 cup chopped pecans

1 tsp vanilla extract

Cooking Tools

10 X 15 sheet pan

Parchment paper

Small saucepan

Directions
Preheat oven to 300 Degrees F. Line sheet pan with parchment paper. Line club cracker on parchment paper. Heat butter, vanilla extract and brown sugar in a saucepan, bring to a boil for 3 minutes, then pour over crackers then place in oven for 5 minutes.  Spread chocolate chip and chopped pecans evenly over crackers. Cut into chunks or squares before completely cooled. Store in refrigerator after completely cooled.
Serves 8