Chocolate bark is one of my Christmas favourites... a brilliant way to encourage family and friends to eat darker chocolate, mixed with lots of superfood goodness.
Ingredients
1bardark chocolate, Minimum 1 large bar (200g+)
1tspvanilla extract
80gwhite chocolate, if you want to add superfood powders
Superfood toppings - Choose what you like
Seeds, pumpkin seeds are rich in zinc
Nuts, almonds are packed with nutrients that may help to balance your cholesterol
Sea salt, just a sprinkle really enhances the flavour of dark cocoa powder
Chilli, if you’ve never tried chilli chocolate, give it a go. It’s quite an experience!
Dried fruit, raisins and chopped dried apricots are packed with iron and fibre; goji berries are full of immune supporting antioxidants
Desiccated coconut
Cranberries, perfect for supporting your kidneys and bladder health
Crystallised ginger, for a spicy hit that may support stomach health
You can also add superfood powders, by mixing them into melted white chocolate. This helps to add amazing colours too! I love acai berry powder or baobab powder, which are both suitable for kids and great for support immunity. Or for grown ups, how about some green matcha for liver and gut microbiome health, or Maca for stress relief.
Instructions
Line a baking sheet with greaseproof paper.
Break up the dark chocolate into a bowl and add the vanilla. If you want to make it more Christmassy, you can also add a pinch or two of cinnamon. If you want to sweeten your dark chocolate, you can also add in 20% milk chocolate.
Either microwave in 30 second intervals and keep stirring until melted. Make sure it doesn’t burn. Or you can heat over a saucepan of boiling water, stirring well.
If you’re using white chocolate, melt this separately, and once cooled, stir in one of the superfood powders. Or do different small bowls of white chocolate and create different superfood coloured drizzles.
Once melted, pour your dark chocolate onto the baking sheet. Tip the tray until it’s spread out as you wish.
Sprinkle over your superfood toppings. You might like to divide your chocolate up into 4 areas with different toppings. If you’re using superfood white chocolate swirls, drizzle these over last.
Put into the fridge or freezer and allow to set.
Break up the bark into large pieces and store in an airtight container.
If you want to make Christmas presents, put the pieces onto a piece of greaseproof paper or into compostable bags, and tie up with Christmas string and home-made labels.