Best Chocolate Nut Bark Recipes

WINTER DRIED FRUIT AND NUT CHOCOLATE BARK

Steps:

• Line small baking sheet with foil. Melt chocolate chips in medium bowl over saucepan of simmering water, stirring until melted and smooth. Pour melted chocolate onto foil, spreading with offset spatula to thickness of scant 1/4 inch. Scatter nuts and dried fruit over chocolate. Sprinkle with ginger. Sprinkle with fleur de sel. Chill until chocolate is firm, about 30 minutes. Peel off foil. Cut chocolate into irregular pieces. Serve bark slightly chilled.

CHUNKY CHOCOLATE FRUIT-AND-NUT BARK

Steps:

• Set a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water, making sure the bowl doesn't touch the water. Roughly chop chocolate and place in the bowl to melt, stirring frequently, keeping the heat very low. Chop toasted nuts; using scissors, cut dried fruit into small pieces. Finely chop candied ginger and/or orange peel. Place fruit and nuts into a large mixing bowl.
• Once chocolate is melted and smooth, take it off the heat and stir fruit and nuts into the chocolate. Gently stir to combine so the fruit and nuts are all combined with the chocolate. Line a pan with parchment paper that's been sprayed with a little oil. Sprinkle cocoa powder over parchment and then add the chocolate mixture. Spread it out in an even layer. Dust with more cocoa powder and place another piece of parchment paper on top. Let it cool down and set in the refrigerator, 1 hour.
• When chocolate is set, run a knife around the edge to remove from the pan. Break or cut into pieces to make chunky chocolates.

WHITE CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA NUT BARK

Steps:

• Line a 13 by 9-inch cookie sheet with waxed paper, allowing 2 inches of paper to hang over sides. Melt all but 1/4 cup of semisweet chocolate morsels in microwave on medium power for 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, or until smooth. Pour chocolate onto prepared sheet and spread to cover entire surface and form 1 even layer. Melt all but 1/4 cup of white chips in microwave on medium power for 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, or until smooth. Drizzle melted white chocolate over semisweet chocolate layer. Using a toothpick or skewer, swirl the melted chocolates together, creating a marbled effect.
• Place nuts in a plastic bag and crush, using a rolling pin. Sprinkle chocolate with nuts and remaining semisweet and white morsels. Gently press toppings into melted chocolates. Refrigerate for 30 minutes, or until chocolate is firm. Remove waxed paper from chocolate. Cut or break chocolate into bite-size pieces.

GHOSTLY CHOCOLATE-NUT BARK

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a 13- by 18-inch rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, toss the walnuts, almonds, and hazelnuts with the corn syrup until evenly coated. Spread in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet. Bake, stirring once, until the nuts are toasted and caramelized, 25 to 30 minutes. Carefully transfer the nuts on the parchment paper to a wire rack to cool completely, separating the nuts as they cool. Line the baking sheet with a clean sheet of parchment paper.
• In a double boiler or large heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water, melt 3 cups chopped bittersweet chocolate, stirring occasionally to evenly melt. Remove from the heat and add the remaining 1 cup chocolate. Stir until almost melted, then set over the simmering water again. Continue stirring slowly and gently until just melted. Remove from the heat and add the nuts. Fold until evenly coated. Spread in a flat, even layer to the edges of the prepared baking sheet.
• Place 1 cup white chocolate in another heatproof bowl and set over the saucepan of barely simmering water. Melt very gently (do not overheat), stirring occasionally, then remove from the heat. Add the remaining 1/2 cup white chocolate and stir until melted. Dollop onto the dark chocolate, then run a butter knife through the dollops to form ghostly streaks.
• Refrigerate until set, about 3 hours. Break bark into pieces and wrap in treat bags if desired.

FRUITY CINNAMON NUT CHOCOLATE BARK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*F.
• Place coarsely chopped walnuts on baking sheet and place in hot oven. Bake for 8 minutes. Remove from oven.
• Melt both chocolate chips in a double boiler(over water-or microwave if you like but be careful not to burn). Stir frequently to melt and when smooth and velvety, add in apricot preserves. Mix thoroughly. Remove from heat.
• Quickly add in cinnamon, lemon and orange zest, stirring to mix.
• Spread out onto wax paper lined baking sheet. Sprinkle with toasted walnuts and chopped dried apricots. Press them down into the chocolate so they will stick.
• Chill 1 hour or until firm.
• Break into pieces. Store in covered container(or zip loc bag) in the fridge. Will keep at least one week. Enjoy!

WHITE CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA NUT BARK

Steps:

• Line cookie sheet with waxed paper, letting paper hang over the sides. Melt semisweet chocolate morsels **RESERVING 1/4 cup chocolate morsels for topping ** in microwave for 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, or until smooth.
• Pour chocolate onto prepared cookie sheet, spreading to cover entire surface, forming 1 even layer.
• Melt white morsels **RESERVING 1/4 cup white morsels for topping** in microwave for 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, or until smooth.
• Drizzle melted white chocolate over semisweet chocolate layer. Using a toothpick, swirl the melted chocolates together, making a marbled effect.
• Sprinkle nuts and remaining semisweet and white morsels over chocolate. Gently press into melted chocolates.
• Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, so chocolate is firm. Remove waxed paper from chocolate. Then cut or break chocolate into bite-size pieces.

ESPRESSO, WHITE CHOCOLATE, AND MACADAMIA NUT BARK

Steps:

• Prepare a jelly roll pan with waxed paper. Microwave bittersweet chocolate in a bowl. Start with 1 min and then 30 second increments until a smooth consistency is achieved. Do not over cook!! Remove and stir in coffee. then add 3/4 c nuts. Pour chocolate in two strips down the length of the pan. In the meantime, microwave the white chocolate. When it reaches the right consistency, stir in 3/4 c up the nuts. Pour in three strips down the length of the pan, between the bittersweet chocolate. With a spatula, create a marble pattern by swirling the two chocolates together. Sprinkle with the remaining nuts. Refrigerate uncovered until firm, at least 1 hour. Using a small piece of wax paper, break in to bite-sized pieces. store in ziploc in the refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE NUT BARK

Steps:

• Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over (but not in) a saucepan of gently simmering water, stirring occasionally Spread the chocolate evenly on a parchment-lined 9-by-13-inch baking pan and sprinkle with the nuts. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes. Break the bark into pieces. Keep at room temperature for up to 1 week.

GHOSTLY CHOCOLATE-NUT BARK

Steps:

• Preparation Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a 13- by 18-inch rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, toss the walnuts, almonds, and hazelnuts with the corn syrup until evenly coated. Spread in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet. Bake, stirring once, until the nuts are toasted and caramelized, 25 to 30 minutes. Carefully transfer the nuts on the parchment paper to a wire rack to cool completely, separating the nuts as they cool. Line the baking sheet with a clean sheet of parchment paper. In a double boiler or large heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water, melt 3 cups chopped bittersweet chocolate, stirring occasionally to evenly melt. Remove from the heat and add the remaining 1 cup chocolate. Stir until almost melted, then set over the simmering water again. Continue stirring slowly and gently until just melted. Remove from the heat and add the nuts. Fold until evenly coated. Spread in a flat, even layer to the edges of the prepared baking sheet. Place 1 cup white chocolate in another heatproof bowl and set over the saucepan of barely simmering water. Melt very gently (do not overheat), stirring occasionally, then remove from the heat. Add the remaining 1/2 cup white chocolate and stir until melted. Dollop onto the dark chocolate, then run a butter knife through the dollops to form ghostly streaks. Refrigerate until set, about 3 hours. Break bark into pieces and wrap in treat bags if desired. Cooks’ Note:The bark can be kept in the refrigerator, uncovered, for up to 1 week. For a more elegant presentation, Torres suggests, make easy French candies called mendiants. "Drop small dollops of melted chocolate on parchment paper and sprinkle them with the candied nuts," he says. Then chill as directed until firm.