The holidays are just around the corner!

Is it really that time already?? My favorite time!! I just love it! It gives me an excuse to bake more! And it’s always a perfect gift!

I recently had a special request from Bryan. For those of you who don’t know who Bryan is, he is my future brother-in-law (hahaha), my sister Michelle’s boyfriend :) He loves peppermint bark, so about a week ago he kindly asked if I would make him some. Of course!

I created my own double boiler to melt the chocolate by setting a Pyrex bowl over a pot filled with a little water. This method works great! Just boil the water in the pot and the steam slowly melts the chocolate.

Here is how I made the peppermint bark:

Ingredients

• 11.5 oz bag Ghiradelli’s milk chocolate chips

• 11.5 oz bag Ghiradelli’s white chocolate chips

• 1 box candy canes (12 candy canes), crushed, and divided

• ½ - 1 teaspoon peppermint extract, divided

Directions:

1. Layer a 9x13 casserole dish with wax paper.

2. Melt the milk chocolate chips in a double boiler. Add ¼ - ½ tsp peppermint extract and ⅓ of the crushed candied canes. Stir to combine.

3. Pour the milk chocolate mix onto the wax paper. Shake the dish back and forth to spread out the chocolate evenly.

4. Melt the white chocolate chips in a double boiler. Add ¼ - ½ tsp peppermint extract and ⅓ of the crushed candied canes. Stir to combine.

5. Pour the white chocolate mix over the milk chocolate mix. Shake the dish back and forth to even out the layers.

6. Run a knife through the chocolate in all different directions to swirl the white and milk chocolate mixtures together. Shake the dish back and forth again to even out the layers.

7. Sprinkle the remaining ⅓ of the crushed candy canes over the melted chocolate.