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by Rachelon Dec 1, 2011 (updated Feb 4, 2021) 211 comments
Easy homemade snowflake peppermint bark, perfect for holiday gifts!
There are exactly twenty four days left until Christmas! Are you freaking out yet? Since it’s December first I decided to start the month with a fun memory and giveaway. Let’s jump right into the spirit of things shall we?
If you’ve been stopping by for at least a year, you might remember these.
I had to redo them. Well, I didn’t have to but I really wanted to! They’re way too cute and fun to pass up making. I think they’ll become a yearly tradition. The girls were dying to grab them and take a bite.
Since making them last year I’ve had many comments asking about the mold – where did I find it? It’s a regional store but unfortunately they only carried that mold last year! I checked this year. I was sad. I wanted to buy some to give to some lucky readers – you! Apparently the stars were aligned because on another trip back I happened upon one lonely blue snowflake mold sitting with the loads of green trees and red gingerbread men. One! I snatched it up so fast. There was no letting that sucker go.
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Snowflake Peppermint Bark
Prep Time: 5 minutes mins
Total Time: 1 hour hr
Yield: 6
Easy homemade snowflake peppermint bark! A fun twist on a classic, perfect for snacking or gifting around the holidays!
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Ingredients
- 4 oz milk or dark chocolate
- 4 oz white chocolate
- 1 tsp vegetable oil, divided
- 1/4 tsp peppermint extract, divided
- crushed candy canes or peppermint candies
Instructions
In a small to medium sized bowl add milk or dark chocolate and 1/2 tsp vegetable oil. Melt in the microwave in 30 second intervals at 50% power. Stir well after each 30 seconds. When fully melted, add 1/8 tsp peppermint extract. Stir well.
Using a small cookie scoop or spoon, divide chocolate among snowflake mold cavities. Sprinkle with crushed candies. Chill for at least 30 minutes or until chocolate has set.
Repeat process with white chocolate. Remove from molds after fully hardened. Store in the fridge.
Notes
Recipe yields 6 chocolate snowflakes using a silicone snowflake mold. Double ingredients for thicker peppermint bark or for 12 snowflakes.
An original recipe from Baked by Rachel
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. Nutrition information can vary for a variety of reasons. For the most accurate data, use your preferred nutrition calculator with the actual ingredients you used to make this recipe.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keywords: Chocolate
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by Rachel on Dec 1, 2011 (updated Feb 4, 2021)
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211 comments on “Snowflake Peppermint Bark”
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the snowflakes peppermint bark are so cute!
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Jamie (Thrifty Veggie Mama) — Reply
I am so making these this year! My favorite Christmas tradition is going to cut down our Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving. It gets the Holiday season off to a good start!
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Judy — Reply
What a neat pan! More fun for making Christmas treats.
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Amanda Thompson — Reply
My favorite holiday tradition is going up into the mountains to pick out a Christmas tree and play in the snow!
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Amanda Thompson — Reply
I subscribe to your rss feed/email!
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Valerie — Reply
My favorite holiday tradition is watching ‘A Muppet Christmas Carol’ on Christmas Eve.
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Valerie — Reply
p.s. I like Baked by Rachel on fb! :)
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Barbara — Reply
My favorite ritual has been decorating the tree, but I’m making home made Christmas crackers this year and it might just take the top of the list — now off to facebook. I would have done it anyway since the recipe lured me here and I’ll want to watch for more good stuff!
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Ian — Reply
My favorite holiday tradition is putting up lights all over the yard and setting up the Christmas tree.
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Danielle — Reply
The tradition I’m starting this year is making a special flavor of jam each year to give for christmas to all my friends. This year it’s fig orange cardamom and I’m going to give it with homemade thyme crackers and a little wedge of Rogue River smoked blue cheese. I’m so obsessed with your snowflake mold!
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Andrea — Reply
My favorite holiday tradition is simply baking with my mom and waking up early and hanging out just us two until everyone else wakes up on Christmas morning. Last year we started a new tradition of making a big breakfast for everyone before we open gifts too :)
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Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com — Reply
Love these! Just shared them on our Fun Finds Friday.
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Andrea — Reply
I like you on Facebook! :)
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Andrea — Reply
I shared this post on my Facebook!
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Andrea — Reply
I tweeted about this post!
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Andrea — Reply
Pinned this post!
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Dianne Unterbrink — Reply
My favorite tradition is “The Hunt”. We started when the kids (now 30 & 32 with their own kids) were young. We would start with a note/hint: “Dirty clothes live here.” They would figure out the hint, head to the clothes hamper and get another clue. At the end of the hunt would be some big present they had really wanted, or was too big to wrap. They LOVED this tradition and still want to play it now – both with their own kids, and with us….their parents. Now, we make them hunt for money!! A few one dollar bills, then maybe a $5, then for the big prize – a $50!!
LOVE your website and will be back for future fun things you make. They are all so yummy. -
Dianne Unterbrink — Reply
I just signed up for your RSS feed. Can’t wait to get some of your recipes sent to me! Thanks for the chance to win that mold too!
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Luciana — Reply
My favorite tradition has been decorating the Christmas tree.
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Tracey — Reply
posted it to Facebook!
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New PJ’s on Christmas Eve! My family always did this when I was growing up and now I do it with my kids.
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I follow you on Twitter. :)
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I like you on Facebook. :)
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Beth — Reply
Love the the peppermint bark snowflakes. Looking for some cool new homemade gift ideas, love this one. My mom always did an advent calendar every year so I’ve continued that tradition with my own son & now my step children, who love the “new” tradition.
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Hairett — Reply
My favorite tradition is putting up the Christmas tree. A classical tradition!
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Hairett — Reply
I followed you on twitter!
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Hairett — Reply
I liked you on facebook!
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Hairett — Reply
I tweeted “Snowflake peppermint bark! Win your own snowflake mold from @rachelcurrier http://tinyurl.com/8a5s4eb #giveaway #recipe #Christmas”
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Gracemarie — Reply
Subscribed to your RSS feed, Shared your post on Facebook and “liked” you on Facebook too. That’s 3 and not bad either.
So glad I found your website. Thank you for your post.
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Kelly — Reply
Making fondue and decorating the Christmas tree!
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Lee Whitmire — Reply
My favorite tradition is using my grandmother’s ceramic nativity scene that she painted decades ago. She has been gone now for 7 years and I love having her nativity as part of our Christmas celebrations.
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Tracey — Reply
like you on facebook
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Tracey — Reply
RSS feed to my yahoo
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Deea — Reply
I pinned you! Soooo cute!
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Brianne — Reply
My favorite holiday tradition is exchanging one gift on christmas eve after baking fresh cookies for all to eat!
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Donna F. — Reply
tweeted today!
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MELODY NEGUS — Reply
My favorite tradition is the local parade. Have been going since I was a kid.
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Brittany — Reply
Rachel –
Do you have trouble with your bark melting or sweating after you remove it from the refrigerator?
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Rachel —
That’s a common issue with chocolate that needs to be chilled. It’s the difference in temperature and humidity that can cause it. I’ve read that storing the chocolate in an airtight container can help or even having the chocolate harden at room temperature.
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Pauline — Reply
That is absolutely the most gorgeous peppermint bark I’ve seen in my life.
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these are so cute!!! a holiday tradition that we always do with my husband’s family is a polish tradition of breaking bread. i love it!
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i follow you on twitter ;)
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i like you on facebook!
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courtney — Reply
baking with my family;) tons and tons and tons of cookies!!!
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courtney — Reply
i liked you on facebook
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Shannon — Reply
My favorite tradition is to go looking at all of the holiday lights on Christmas Eve!
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Jan — Reply
I’ve never seen molds like this before! They are so festive! I already follow you on twitter ;)
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Megan — Reply
My favorite holiday tradition is getting together with my best friend from college and baking Chrismtas cookies and candy! We are doing it in two weeks and I can’t wait!
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Megan — Reply
I have liked you on Facebook!
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Megan — Reply
I pined the snowflakes
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