My little sister likes peppermint bark. I found this "recipe" several places, including the food network website. It really only has 3 ingredients. It's very easy and you don't need any special stuff. I recommend using a food processor for the candy canes but you can just crush them with a rolling pin or hammer. I like the uniformity you get with the food processor.
I got a box of 12, what I would call "regular-sized," candy canes. I crushed 10 of them to get a cup of pieces to mix in with the chocolate. I crushed the remaining 2 to sprinkle on top. As a misguided, last minute tweak, I added some chocolate chips to try to make some white chocolate swirled with dark chocolate. So half of it came out a sort of muddy brown. In retrospect, the best way to get the marbled effect would probably be with two double-boilers, mixing the chocolates together on the baking sheet.
Ingredients:
Crushed candy canes, to yield 1 cup
2 pounds white chocolate
Peppermint flavorings, optional (I used 4 tsp.s but I like it minty)
Directions:
Place candy canes in a plastic bag and hammer into 1/4-inch chunks or smaller.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. (I used a stainless steel mixing bowl on top of a saucepan full of water to make a double-boiler to melt the chocolate).
Combine candy cane chunks with chocolate (add peppermint flavoring at this point if desired).
Pour mixture onto a cookie sheet layered with parchment or waxed paper (sprinkle remaining candy pieces on top at this point) and place in the refrigerator for 45 minutes or until firm.
Here are the muddy ones. They don't taste terrible but I'll have to melt the two separately and mix them on the sheet together next time.
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