Spicy Holiday Chocolate Bark
The best word that describes the Holidays 🎄 is “fast”…
The month of December goes by “in a flash”. Although we shouldn’t, we tend to drive “faster”. During lunch time, we eat on “the go” so we can spend the rest of our time shopping quickly. We go home, making dinner rapidly (actually I think this is the most popular month for take-out 🥡) so we can spend the rest of the evening energetically wrapping gifts 🎁 after sending the kids to bed… expeditiously if possible! We also sleep briefly depending on how crazy our schedule is. Everything else, we pretty much do in a hurry!
When having guests over, the recipes that we decide on are the ones we can make in a snap! Especially when the house is full, everything seems to go by so suddenly; turkey 🦃 is ready at the same time as the potatoes and squash plus your youngest just made a boo-boo and your great aunt is standing in the middle of the kitchen trying to help…
The recipe I’m about to share with you is a favorite of mine because it doesn’t take that much time to make and you’ve got yourself something extremely different and Holiday-ish! It’s my Spicy Holiday Chocolate Bark! As soon as the chocolate quickly melts, you can put everything together in less than 4 minutes ⏰ – yep, we’re that specific with timing! Although a few spices are used in this recipe to make it spicy, it ‘s not overly “hot”. It’s a great combination of sweetness, saltiness and spiciness!
This Spicy Holiday Chocolate Bark is something your great aunt or the youngest can participate in making when you expressly try to put dinner together and serve it ASAP before it gets cold!
Have a speedy Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year… in a flash, lol 😂!
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– Butter Pecan Cookies
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Spicy Holiday Chocolate Bark
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Ingredients
- 7 ounces dark chocolate
- 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 1/4 tsp. ancho chili powder
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tbsp. candied mixed citrus peel see Recipe
- 1 tbsp. dried cranberries
- 1 tbsp. sliced almonds tips & tricks
- 1 tbsp. pepitas (aka pumpkin seeds)
- 1 tbsp. unsweetened coconut flakes
- 1 pinch fleur de sel (substitute ground sea salt)
Directions
- Line a small baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper; transfer to the fridge.
- In a double-boiler, making sure the water doesn’t touch the bottom of the bowl, add chocolate and bring the water to a simmer. Melt the chocolate, stirring occasionally.
- When chocolate is smooth, remove from the heat and stir in cinnamon, chili powder and cayenne pepper.
- Remove the chilled baking sheet and pour the chocolate into the center of silicone mat. With an angled spatula, rapidly spread chocolate onto the whole surface of the silicone mat. Sprinkle on citrus peel, cranberries, almonds, pepitas and coconut flakes. Press down on the ingredients to set into chocolate.
- Finish with a sprinkle of fleur de sel before returning to the refrigerator to set for at least 15 minutes.
- Break the chocolate into pieces and serve.
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