Recipes

[Oznell]

Annie Diamond of "Most Lovely Things" gave the easiest possible recipe for a festive chocolate bark.  Great for putting on ice cream for a summer or barbecue treat.

Preheat oven to 175 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Lay your different chocolate bars on the paper, breaking them up.

Melt for 4 minutes in the oven.  Remove, and add your other ingredient topping options while the chocolate is still melty.

Ingredients suggested by Annie:

• Chocolate bars –dark, milk, white, or a combination 
• Maraschino cherries
• Sprinkles
• Ice cream cones. Traditional cone or sugar cone
• Mini marshmallows
• Chocolate chips
• Peanuts 
• Sea salt
• Classic fudge-filled tip ice cream candy cone cookies (I use Trader Joe’s)

Refrigerate or freeze until hard, then serve atop ice cream as a "sundae".

I made the bark last night, and it set up perfectly in the fridge overnight.   We used 3 Lindt bars--  dark chocolate, "intense orange" flavored chocolate, and milk chocolate.  She suggests swirling the different flavors together with a toothpick while it's still melted, which I did before adding toppings.

Our store didn't have those cute little ice cream cone cookies, but I used maraschino cherries, sprinkles, Spanish peanuts, coconut, and a few chocolate chips and caramel chips.   We're going to have the bark today after our barbecued hot dogs, served over plain coffee ice cream. 

Her 'sundaes' looked good!

[Pezzie]

Oh that sounds delicious and sooooo doable.  Thanks for taking the time to post the instructions, @Oznell 

[LTT1]

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@Oznell wrote:

Annie Diamond of "Most Lovely Things" gave the easiest possible recipe for a festive chocolate bark.  Great for putting on ice cream for a summer or barbecue treat.

Preheat oven to 175 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Lay your different chocolate bars on the paper, breaking them up.

Melt for 4 minutes in the oven.  Remove, and add your other ingredient topping options while the chocolate is still melty.

Ingredients suggested by Annie:

• Chocolate bars –dark, milk, white, or a combination 
• Maraschino cherries
• Sprinkles
• Ice cream cones. Traditional cone or sugar cone
• Mini marshmallows
• Chocolate chips
• Peanuts 
• Sea salt
• Classic fudge-filled tip ice cream candy cone cookies (I use Trader Joe’s)

Refrigerate or freeze until hard, then serve atop ice cream as a "sundae".

I made the bark last night, and it set up perfectly in the fridge overnight.   We used 3 Lindt bars--  dark chocolate, "intense orange" flavored chocolate, and milk chocolate.  She suggests swirling the different flavors together with a toothpick while it's still melted, which I did before adding toppings.

Our store didn't have those cute little ice cream cone cookies, but I used maraschino cherries, sprinkles, Spanish peanuts, coconut, and a few chocolate chips and caramel chips.   We're going to have the bark today after our barbecued hot dogs, served over plain coffee ice cream. 

Her 'sundaes' looked good!

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Okay then...I'm coming over to your house today! Lol

[deepwaterdotter]

I don't know if anyone else remembers a product called "Magic Shell".  It is poured over ice cream as a liquid, then hardens into a solid.

I make it in the microwave from 1/4 cup refined coconut oil, 3 oz of chopped bittersweet chocolate bar, and a pinch of sea salt.  Cook at 50% power until smooth, stirring every 30 seconds.    

[Carmie]

That chocolate looks delicious.  It would never even make it to be ice cream topping.

If I know me, and I do, I would just be popping pieces in my mouth.  I am an admitted chocoholic.

Aldi sells some really great European chocolate bars.  They are better than Lindt, IMO and less expensive.

@Oznell  Thank you.  What a great idea.

[LizzieInSRQ]

@Oznell brilliantly simple! I dont think i wouldve thought of such a simple method on my own. Duh! I may do this at holiday time. Thank you!

[SaveTheTurtles]

Yummy and sounds so simple!