Nothing prettier than swirly mermaid white chocolate bark. Perfect as a sweet treat to snack on or have out for the kids!
Last year we had a party for my daughter at one of those bounce/trampoline places that seem to be popping up everywhere. I made cupcakes, a mini cake, and I made some chocolate bark. I spent ages preparing everything and made the bark as a last minute addition, and you know what? It ended up being the biggest hit of the entire party. The kids, adults, and even my helper at the party place devoured the bark in just a couple of minutes, with many people asking for seconds and thirds.
This year, I decided I’d make a ton of chocolate bark in anticipation of it being devoured in much the same fashion. We are doing a mermaid theme this year and her goody bags look like mermaid tails with shells in a tealy blue and pink, so I wanted to mimic it in the bark. I also found some cute sprinkles that looks kind of mermaidy that I wanted to add to the top.
And I also thought it’d be fun to share with all of you the white chocolate bark I am making. The process couldn’t be any simpler to do. Usually you can melt your chocolate in the microwave at 50% power and heat the chocolate in 30-second increments, stirring well between each increment. Personally, I love to do a double boiler method because I can see everything and it lessens the risk of accidentally heating too much in the microwave which happens a lot to white chocolate as it is more temperamental.
To do a quick double boiler, you just take a small saucepan filled only about an inch and a half with water. Heat it until it starts steaming a lot, but not quite at a boil. Turn off the heat and place a heatproof bowl on top of the saucepan. You need to make sure your bowl is big enough that it won’t touch the water inside the saucepan. Add your chocolate to the bowl and stir it as it slowly begins to melt.
I started off with the white chocolate as I needed a bigger batch of it, and it doesn’t matter if I use the same bowl to heat the other colors in the one I used for the white chocolate. After melting the white chocolate, I set it aside and then melted some blue melting wafers followed by the pink. Once they are all melted, I spread out the white chocolate so it is an even layer. Then I dolloped the other colors and used a knife to swirl. The white chocolate bark tends to dry fairly quickly, so I quickly sprinkled the topping on.
White Chocolate Bark
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Yield 18 servings
Mermaid white chocolate bark: an easy sweet treat that is just as fun to eat.
Ingredients
24 oz white chocolate
8 oz blue white chocolate wafers*
8 oz pink white chocolate wafers*
sprinkles
Instructions
Lay out a large sheet of parchment paper over a baking sheet and set aside.
Melt the white chocolate over a double boiler, then transfer to a separate bowl. Melt the blue white chocolate and place in another bowl. Do the same with the pink white chocolate.
Spread the white chocolate over the parchment paper so that it is one even layer that is just a little thicker than 1/4" thick.
Dollop the blue and pink white chocolate all over the white chocolate randomly.
Use a knife to swirl the the chocolate into a nice pattern.
Quickly top your white chocolate bark with sprinkles. Set aside the bark to harden for about an hour under a fan, or for about 15 minutes in the refrigerator.
Take a knife to cut the bark into single servings.
Notes
*I purchased the colored white chocolate wafers at the craft store.
Courses Dessert
Cuisine American
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