what to do with all the broken candy canes.

I love the small candy canes that are available this time of year. I need to buy a few boxes to help me make it through the year. A lot of the times a few of them are broken (or in the case of the one box I bought, most of them are broken and Max would only eat the whole ones, but I digress...) So, what to do with all of those broken candy canes? Make peppermint bark! I first made this last year after a neighbor brought some over. And let me say, I just love it. So did my husband and he's not a big chocolate guy.

It's really quite simple to make. You just need really good quality semi-sweet chocolate, white chocolate, peppermint extract, oil, and broken/crushed candy canes.

Melt the chocolate. Add the peppermint. Spread in pan. Toss some candy canes on-top.

Then chill (the chocolate in the pan, though you are welcome to chill as well.)

Next you melt the white chocolate. Add the peppermint. Spread on-top of the semi-sweet chocolate.

Toss on more candy canes. And chill some more.

I didn't read the recipe well enough this time and used a bigger pan than the 9x9 they suggest.

That chocolate was spread pretty thin.

Once it's all chilled, just break it into pieces and enjoy!

Enjoy!