My friend Andrea authors one of my favorite blogs "Under a Blue Moon", a regular feature of her blog which I particularly like is called Friday's Favorites in which Andrea shares a collection of intriguing items she has found from around the web.
Recently she linked to a treasure of a blog called "Baked by Rachel". Rachel shared this wonderful technique of making Peppermint Bark candy using a silicone food mold. Just like Andrea, I thought this idea was brilliant ~ rather than just breaking the candy into irregular shards.
Rachel has an excellent step-by-step tutorial on her blog, complete with photos. (See end of this post for the link.)
The process is simple using the typical Peppermint Bark recipe. Choose your favorite type of chocolate; milk, semi-sweet, dark etc., white chocolate, crushed peppermint candies (or candy canes), a small amount of vegetable oil, and a few drops of Peppermint extract.
The process is simple using the typical Peppermint Bark recipe. Choose your favorite type of chocolate; milk, semi-sweet, dark etc., white chocolate, crushed peppermint candies (or candy canes), a small amount of vegetable oil, and a few drops of Peppermint extract.
But instead of spreading the chocolate layers on a sheet pan, the melted chocolate is placed in a silicone mold. First the dark layer, then a thin sprinkling of crushed peppermint, and placed in the refrigerator until firm.
The melted white chocolate is spread on top of the dark layer and sprinkled with larger pieces of crushed peppermint, then back into the fridge to harden. As soon as the chocolate is firm the candy snowflakes are pushed out of the flexible silicone mold with no problem.
As Rachel suggested I used a small cookie scoop to portion the melted chocolate into the molds with a minimum of mess, that worked really well. Something that I found useful was to use a toothpick to swirl through the chocolate in the mold to help move it into the mold's details.
Stacked into little cellophane bags, or candy tins I think these would make a great little gift from your kitchen. If you try them I hope you have fun and enjoy them too
For a link to Rachel's excellent tutorial ~ Please click HERE..
I'm sending out a huge thank you to both Rachel and Andrea for sharing!
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30 comments:
Oh My Gosh Mari Sweetie...
What a beautiful share. I love the look of these snowflakes. They look so magical and festive. I would love to try my hand at these. Where did you find the silicone mold with the snowflakes? Oh the grands and the adults at work would love these.
I have got to try these, and talk about easy. They sound simple. I am popping over to the tutorial. Thanks for sharing from Rachel and Andrea.
Hope you are ready for the holiday season. Looks like the baking sure is. May God richly bless you and your family Mari, this CHRISTmas season. Many hugs and much love, Sherry
Wow! How cool is that! I love the idea and will definitely give it a try...probably next year. I am hoping to have the memory of an elephant and not forget this one!!
These look delicious! Thanks for sharing this spectacular find. I will definitely be checking out the tutorial.
~Kati
They are beautiful, love the detail:@)
those are just gorgeous, love love love the snowflakes! and your new vavavoom facebook pic... how cute is that!
if i don't see you again merry christmas mary i hope you 2 have a wonderful holiday~
I soooo LOVE these! I saw them on Rachel's blog and looked everywhere for these mold. Never found them in SoCal ;(. Love your photos ! Merry Christmas Mari!
Très joli dessert et très certainement délicieux... Bisous
Mari, those look awesome! I love peppermint bark!
These are picture perfect! LOVE this idea, thanks for sharing this holiday treat! Merry Christmas!
These would look so gorgeous on a holidays tray. I hope ytou enjoy every last moment of the holidays Mari!!!!
Did you hear me gasp when I first laid eyes on these beauties??? Oh my goodness, they're stunning. And now I have an excuse to buy another silicone pan - score!
:)
ButterYum
They are perfection! So pretty!! Thank you for sharing..I would have never seen them!
Wow! Yummy. And so pretty too.
Merry Christmas!
Linda@bushel and a pickle
Oh ur blog is so lovely and it gets better at the hols:-)
Loving these candies , oh so pretty and loved Rachels blog too!
Happy hols with love!!
Brilliant and so gorgeous! Definitely going to try this. =D
Those are the cutest little things. They sure take the candy bark up a notch! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas, Mari.
So glad you liked it. Yours are beautiful - nice job! :)
These are so beautiful and festive! Yes, they'll make very nice little gifts for the holidays! :)
Gorgeous!
Merry Christmas Mary!
This is brilliant! And one more excuse to buy cute, seasonal baking goodies . . . like I need one! :) What a beautiful presentation!
Best,
Sarah
What a terrific idea. I don't have any of these molds, but think I'll give this a try. I often make peppermint bark. Next time they will be in shapes.
Merry Christmas! ~ Sarah
Found you through Pinterest!! I am IN LOVE with this idea...thanks so much for sharing :)
Where can I find a mold like the snowflake one?
Thanks!
Anna
Thank you for your comments!
Anna, I would suggest doing an internet search . . . I could not find them locally, but amazon.com offers something similar, as does e bay. Best of luck in locating them!
These are awesome! ♥
What an amazing idea!!! I'm going to see if I can find the snowflake molds!! Thanks for the inspiration~
Those are beautiful and look so yummy.
~Heidi
I found a mini Christmas tree silicone pan today at Marshall's. I was thrilled to get the last one after shopping around and finding nothing. I bought some red, white and green candy canes and think they'll look great.
These are so pretty! Plus they look easy to make. I'm all over it! Thanks for sharing.
I found this post via Pinterest. Can't wait to make these. I battle my "bark" every year and this is PERFECT. Now, just acquire the silicone mold (almost 2 years after you posted about it.
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