Healthy Holiday Chocolate Bark
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 6 oz. dark chocolate minimum 70% cacao either chips, chunks or squares is fine
- 1 Tablespoon freeze dried raspberries crumbled
- 1 Tablespoon pistachio nuts chopped
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- Other toppings to consider: pomegranate seeds crushed almonds or pecans, sesame seeds, freeze dried blueberries, chopped peanuts.
Instructions
Directions:
- Prepare small baking tray by lining with unbleached parchment paper.
- Melt Chocolate: Using Stove Top: Heat small saucepan over lowest heat possible. Heat all but 1 oz of chocolate while stirring constantly. When completely melted, take off heat and stir in remaining chocolate. Continue to stir until the last bit is fully melted. You do not need to heat the last 1 oz—-the heat from the already melted chocolate will take care of that. Using Microwave: Place all but 1 oz of chocolate in a glass dish. Microwave for 30 seconds. Stir. Microwave for another 20 seconds. Stir well. Continue until chocolate is completely melted. Mix in remaining 1 oz and continue to stir until all the chocolate is fully melted. You do not need to heat the last 1 oz—-the heat from the already melted chocolate will take care of that.
- Using a spatula, pour the melted chocolate onto prepared baking tray and then carefully spread it into uniform thickness throughout the tray.
- Sprinkle raspberries, nuts and sea salt throughout.
- Refrigerate for at least one hour so chocolate can set. Bark will stay good in the fridge for up to a week and in the freezer for 3 months. I keep my extra bark in the freezer, no need to defrost, just plate it as is.