Tons of Easter chocolate left? How to turn it into chocolate bark in eleven minutes
5.4.2024
Translation: Jessica Johnson-Ferguson
Like every year after Easter, I’m faced with a pile of chocolate. Time to breathe new life into those eggs and bunnies. I’ll show you how easy it is to make delicious and fancy chocolate bark from the leftovers.
Every year I’m very grateful for every chocolate bunny I’m gifted. It does mean postponing my resolution to eat fewer sweets to next New Year’s Eve. But hey, I’ll make an exception just this once. Naturally, I’m not going to devour all the chocolate myself. Instead, I plan on giving it back to the senders without them even noticing.
Turning a chocolate bunny into a gift is very easy. All you need are the leftover chocolate bunnies, an oven, a few toppings and ten minutes. Alright, eleven!
1. Prep
First up, I preheat the oven to 50°C top/bottom heat. Next, I place a sheet of baking paper in a baking dish and cover it with bits of chocolate. The white chocolate’s broken into smaller pieces because it takes longer to melt. I then pop the chocolate in the centre of the preheated oven and let it melt for 11 to 14 minutes.
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2. Melt
After eleven minutes, I use a chopstick to see if the chocolate is soft. Some bits haven’t melted yet, so I put the dish back for another two minutes. Once that’s done, I swirl the different types of chocolate into each other using a wooden skewer.
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3. Decorate
Once I’m happy with the pattern, I sprinkle the toppings onto my chocolate bark. This needs to be done while the chocolate is still runny. My toppings are almonds, cornflakes, desiccated coconut and edible flowers.
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4. Enjoy
I then refrigerate the chocolate for a few hours until it’s hard. Finally, I cut the bar into equally sized pieces and put them in small decorative bags.
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