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This easy White Chocolate Holiday Bark Recipe is made with white candy coating (white chocolate bark) and a festive fruit and nut blend. It’s a quick and easy Holiday Bark Recipe, that once packaged in a festivebox or tray, makes a perfect coworker or neighbor holiday gift!
Easy White Chocolate Holiday Bark Recipe
One of my favorite sweet treats is Almond bark. You can use it in so many different ways, I always keep it on hand since it stores so well.
As I was grocery shopping last week, I stumbled across a package of mixed nuts with cranberries and raisins.
The color combination was so pretty with the red cranberries and green tinted pumpkin seeds and pistachios that I had to put a package in my cart. After a trip down the baking aisle, I knew exactly what I would make with it…
Holiday Bark!
White Chocolate Holiday Bark Recipe
What is Almond Bark anyway?
Almond bark is a chocolate-like confection made with vegetable fats instead of cocoa butter and with coloring and flavors added.
Almond Bark can be bought in blocks, or round discs (the round disks are often packaged as “candy coating” and comes in so many flavors and color varieties) either online or in your grocery store baking section.
Why Use Almond Bark Instead of Chocolate
The reason you might wish to use Chocolate Almond bark over a regular bar or baking chocolate is because the almond bark melts like a dream, requires no tempering and tastes so yummy. (I say it “melts like a dream”, but if you are melting it in the microwave, you still need to keep an eye on it and stir every 15 to 30 seconds to avoid burning.)
If you have never used White Chocolate Almond Bark, it looks like this (sometimes the package says white almond bark other times it is called white bark or candy coating:)
Making candy bark is so easy and is one of my favorite holiday treats to give to our neighbors and coworkers.
How to Make Holiday Bark
To make this Holiday Bark Candy, it really only takes a few minutes and TWO ingredients!
The basic ingredients you need to make this holiday treat is either Chocolate Bark orWhite Chocolate Almond Bark, (your preference) plus whatever mix-ins you like.
Simply spread you mix-ins over the bottom of a baking sheet, melt your bark and spread over the pan. Once cooled, you can break up the bark into pieces.
What Mix-ins Can I Add to Bark Candy?
Peppermint chips(these chips plus the white chocolate bark is my 2nd favorite combo)
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Author:Jamie Sanders
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Description
This easy white chocolate holiday bark is made with white candy coating and a festive fruit and nut blend. Quick and easy for a holiday treat! (and perfect for gift giving.)
Ingredients
Scale
1 Package of White Candy Coating (use as much as you want, the whole package makes quite a bit)
+/- 3 cups of your mixings (chopped nuts, dried fruit, candy, broken pretzels.)
wax paper
Instructions
Cover a large cookie sheet with wax paper. Spread half of your mixings over the wax paper. Place candy coating in a microwave container and melt according to the directions on the package.
Pour the melted chocolate over the mixings on the cookie sheet, spreading with spatula if needed to coat as evenly as possible. Sprinkle remaining mixings over the candy while it is still wet. (Try to press the mixings in just a bit so they will stick once the candy hardens. Let the candy sit for 20 to 30 minutes to harden.
Gently break bark into small pieces.
Store in an airtight container.
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About the AuthorJamie Sanders is a wife and mom of 2, located in the heart of Texas. She founded Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom in 2011 as a place to share creative ideas and family friendly recipes. Her work has been featured on Martha Stewart, Woman’s World, HuffPost, TODAY, Pioneer Woman, HGTV, CNET, Good Housekeeping, Yahoo, Oprah Daily, and Redbook, plus many other publications. To date, she had given away just under a million free pdf sewing patterns.
Microwave white chocolate melting wafers and butter in a microwave-safe bowl on medium-high for 1 minute 30 seconds; stir. Microwave until completely melted, 20 to 30 seconds more. Add almond extract and stir until smooth. Stir in toasted almonds.
The bark made with bar white chocolate had a soft, truffle-like consistency, while the bark made with white chips had the proper firm snap. The explanation for the difference can be found on the ingredient label. True white chocolate, almost always sold in bar form, contains cocoa butter.
In conclusion, white chocolate and almond bark are popular treats with different flavors and textures. White chocolate is made from cocoa butter, sugar, milk solids, and vanilla. In contrast, almond bark is made from sugar or corn syrup, vegetable oil or shortening, almonds or other nuts, and flavorings.
Store leftover white chocolate bark in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week. You can store it in the refrigerator for up to two weeks or freeze it for up to three months. (But if your family is anything like mine, it won't last that long.)
Nuts like almonds, pistachios, or macadamias can add a delightful crunch and balance to the creaminess of white chocolate. For a more indulgent treat, you could also pair white chocolate with biscotti or shortbread biscuits.
To achieve a smooth melted texture, use a bar of white chocolate or white chocolate chunks, not white chocolate chips. White chocolate chips contain stabilizers to keep the chip in that form even when melted in the oven—and they will not melt as nicely as chunks or a bar.
White Confectionery Coating - Although apparently similar to white chocolate, white confectionery coating contains no part of the cocoa bean. It is made with sugar, milk and milk fat, vanilla, lecithin, and vegetable fats.
What Is White Chocolate Made Of? White chocolate is made of cocoa butter, sugar, milk solids, vanilla, and a fatty food additive called lecithin. When you're shopping for white chocolate, check the nutrition label to make sure it includes cocoa butter – some cheaper varieties use vegetable oil.
They are often used in recipes where a more pronounced chocolate flavor and texture are desired. While chocolate chips and chocolate wafers are similar and can often be used interchangeably in recipes, there are some important differences between the two that affect their use in baked goods.
Chocolate wafers contain cocoa. You'll typically find candy wafers in disc form. Almond bark, on the other hand, tends to be sold in bricks or squares. In case you were wondering like I was, almond bark does not contain almonds.
Toasting deepens the flavor of the nuts and a step that shouldn't be skipped. Let the almonds cool while you prepare/melt the bark. Once the bark is melted, stir in three-fourths of your toasted almonds and any oil based food colorings you prefer.
Chocolate with higher milk content (like white chocolate or milk chocolate) will go bad quicker than chocolates with lower milk content (like semi-sweet, bittersweet, and dark chocolate). It's generally okay to eat chocolate for months past the expiration date if it's been unopened or stored correctly.
There are several indicators that chocolate may have gone bad. These include a dull appearance, a whitish film on the surface (known as chocolate bloom), a rancid smell, or a sour taste.
While it's possible to temporarily freeze white chocolate to prevent further melting, it's not recommended to do so regularly. Temperature changes can affect its quality and texture. It's preferable to follow proper storage advice to keep it in optimal conditions.
White chocolate comes from the same cocoa beans as regular chocolate but bypasses several of the production steps. White chocolate does not have cocoa or chocolate liquor. White chocolate made of cocoa butter blended with a combination of sugar, cream, milk and vanilla flavoring.
Chocolate Bark is the easiest 5-ingredient snack you'll ever whip up. All you need are 5 simple (and completely customizable!) ingredients – chocolate, pepitas, dried cherries, coconut flakes, and any type of nuts.
Almond bark (also known as vanilla flavored candy coating) is a chocolate-like confection made with vegetable fats instead of cocoa butter and with coloring and flavors added. It can be bought in packages, blocks, or round discs where candy and baking supplies are sold.
Are Candy Melts the Same as White Chocolate? Although they look similar to white chocolate, candy melts are in fact not considered real chocolate. The main difference between candy melts and white chocolate lies in one ingredient: cocoa butter.
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