(Almost) Healthy Chocolate Bark
This easy, dark chocolate bark recipe is one that can be customized with your favorite nuts, seeds and dried fruits.
Ingredients
- 4 oz premium dark chocolate, (70% + cacao recommended)
- 2 oz raw nuts and dried fruit of your choice (including walnuts cashews, almonds, pistachios, hazelnuts, dried cranberries, dried pineapple chunks, dried cherries, dried raspberries, goji berries, currants, raisins)
- optional toppings include pumpkin seeds candied ginger, tangerine zest or shredded, raw coconut, chia seeds, freeze-dried strawberries, cacao nibs, salt flakes
Instructions
- On a sheet of parchment paper, arrange the fruit and nuts in a square, closely spaced but not overlapping.
- Finely chop the chocolate.
- Heat water in a saucepan or bottom of a double boiler until it comes to a simmer. Remove from heat and add top double boiler pan or a metal bowl that fits tightly into the saucepan without touching the water.
- Add the chopped chocolate to the bowl and stir until it is completely melted.
- Drizzle the chocolate over the fruit and nuts using a spatula to create an even coating, maintaining the square shape.
- Sprinkle with your topping of choice (if using one).
- Refrigerate for one half hour before breaking the bark into 12 or so similar-sized chunks.
Notes
If you want to give the bark as a gift, you can wrap it in a small bakery box and tie it with butcher's string.