Peppermint Bark {Gluten-free, Nut-free, Vegan}

Easy Peppermint Bark.  Chocolaty.  Pepperminty.  3 ingredients.  So easy I almost didn’t blog it. How could I not though?  This was way too good not to.  And way too easy not to!!

Gluten-free, Vegan, and Nut-free too!

If I knew that peppermint bark could taste so creamy, this would have been on the blog ages ago.  I actually was never a peppermint bark person.  But this recipe happened as a happy accident, a mistake rather, something that didn’t turn out quite right and I made a quick judgment call to fix it up.

I said to myself: Julie, You can save this!  You got this.  Haha!  This was rather an easy fix.

You know those right?  Those happy accidents?  The times when you’re trying to make something you have this grand idea about.

You saw it on Pinterest or someone else’s blog and you think – heck yeah!  I can make that and change it up into a trillion different ways for every food sensitivity I have.  Easy!  So you do.  But you also never write down the recipe and you think to yourself, “Oh, I’ll remember.”

You don’t remember.

So you decide a year later to make it again because it was that good, it SHOULD be on the blog.  But this time the special ingredient: rice milk chocolate is a total disaster in the melting method making the whole idea of the marble effect not happen.  In fact that rice chocolate went straight to the garbage.  It was a chunky mess!

So what to do with creamy, silky dark chocolate and peppermint pieces?  Join them!

Chocolate.  Coconut oil.  Candy Canes.  = Dreamy.

Ready to make beautiful music together?

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

2 cups sugar-free chocolate chips
3 tablespoons solid coconut oil
8-10 gluten-free candy canes

DIRECTIONS:

In a double boiler on low/medium heat melt the chocolate.  Once the chocolate is semi-melted add coconut oil and blend well.

Once blended, reduce temperature to low heat.

Line a baking tray with parchment paper and grease with coconut oil.

Pour chocolate mixture into the lined pan.  Spread the chocolate into the pan by lifting the tray and moving it from side to side.

In a ziplock bag add all candy canes without the wrappers.  Close bag and using a hammer crush the candy canes into tiny chunks.  Then in handfuls add the chunks to the peppermint bark.

Using the bottom of a fork or utensil mix the peppermint into the chocolate.

Freeze bark for 30 minutes to set.

Store in freezer for up to 6 months.

Enjoy!!

Peppermint Bark {Gluten-free, Nut-free, Vegan}

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

40 mins

 

Easy Peppermint Bark! Chocolaty. Pepperminty. 3 ingredients. So easy I almost didn't blog it. How could I not though? Gluten-free, Vegan, and Nut-free too!

Author: Julie Rosenthal @ goodiegoodieglutenfree.com

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar-free chocolate chips
• 3 tablespoons solid coconut oil
• 8-10 gluten-free candy canes

Instructions

1. In a double boiler on low/medium heat melt the chocolate. Once the chocolate is semi-melted add coconut oil and blend well.
2. Once blended, reduce temperature to low heat.
3. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and grease with coconut oil.
4. Pour chocolate mixture into the lined pan. Spread the chocolate into the pan by lifting the tray and moving it from side to side.
5. In a ziplock bag add all candy canes without the wrappers. Close bag and using a hammer crush the candy canes into tiny chunks. Then in handfuls add the chunks to the peppermint bark.
6. Using the bottom of a fork or utensil mix the peppermint into the chocolate.
7. Freeze bark for 30 minutes to set.
8. Store in freezer for up to 6 months.

Notes

I like to use Lilly's Gluten-free chocolate or Enjoy Life. Those are my go-to's. But any brand will do. xx Lilly's is Stevia sweetened and great for those on the candida diet at a later stage. Enjoy Life and Lilly's are made in dedicated facilities.

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