What To Do With Peppermint Bark?

mystweaver · 02-05-2013, 07:11 PM

My very, very sweet husband bought be all the ghiradelli peppermint bark left in the store on his last day of work, because he knew I loved it and was sad it was going to be gone until next Christmas. He wanted me to have enough peppermint bark to make it through the entire year.

My very, very oblivious husband didn't realize that baking bars and eating bars are two different things.

The bark doesn't taste bad. It just isn't exactly a treat.

So now I have a lot of peppermint bark to use somehow. I can freeze it, but it's never going to get eaten. I think I would eat a Hershy's bar before I ate this.

Aside from gifting it to equally oblivious people next Christmas, what can I do with it?

Beauty4Ashes · 02-05-2013, 07:28 PM

Yum! Peppermint bark! I'm jealous.

Kiara.I · 02-05-2013, 08:01 PM

Chop it into pieces and use it instead of chocolate chips. Use it on ice cream...

Wait, which do you have? Eating bark or baking bark?

Maleldil's daughter · 02-05-2013, 08:02 PM

Is the difference that the baking bar is too thick and the flavor is too intense? Maybe you could melt it together with some chocolate and/or white chocolate to make your own eating peppermint bark.

mystweaver · 02-05-2013, 08:26 PM

The difference is actually that the milk chocolate is waaaay too sweet (sweeter than their regular milk chocolate, and I'm a dark chocolate gal anyways), and that it's a little waxier and not as wonderful-perhaps for better melting?

I wonder how hard peppermint/chocolate fudge would be...

Aerynne · 02-05-2013, 08:45 PM

You could melt it and pour it over popcorn- that is yummy!

Fudge would be good, as would fudge sauce for ice cream

And you can definitely chop it up and put it in cookies, especially chocolate cookies would be good for it.

Peridot · 02-05-2013, 09:43 PM

did you say ghirardelli peppermint bark? Send it to MEEEEEEEE>

Iarwain · 02-05-2013, 09:47 PM

Melt it and dip stuff in it like oreos or pretzels

hey mommy · 02-05-2013, 10:17 PM

Send it to friends who want some..

teamommy · 02-05-2013, 10:32 PM

I think I would make really dark chocolate, low-sweetener, brownies, and break it up into tiny chunks and mix it into the batter.

And then I would have one (or two) and give the rest away so I wouldn't be tempted.

I wonder if you could melt it into a cup of hot cocoa, or just melt it in hot milk and add some cocoa powder or some bittersweet baking bar to make it a little darker.

02-05-2013, 07:11 PM	#1
mystweaver Rose Trellis Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,797	What To Do With Peppermint Bark? My very, very sweet husband bought be all the ghiradelli peppermint bark left in the store on his last day of work, because he knew I loved it and was sad it was going to be gone until next Christmas. He wanted me to have enough peppermint bark to make it through the entire year. My very, very oblivious husband didn't realize that baking bars and eating bars are two different things. The bark doesn't taste bad. It just isn't exactly a treat. So now I have a lot of peppermint bark to use somehow. I can freeze it, but it's never going to get eaten. I think I would eat a Hershy's bar before I ate this. Aside from gifting it to equally oblivious people next Christmas, what can I do with it? __________________ "I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." - Elie Wiesel

02-05-2013, 07:28 PM	#2
Beauty4Ashes Rose Garden Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 13,095	Re: What To Do With Peppermint Bark? Yum! Peppermint bark! I'm jealous. __________________ Tammy--ISTJ wife to AbuBa(6/2001) mom to B (6/2004) D (6/2005) L 4/2008 R 9/2015 Isaiah 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that they might be glorified.

02-05-2013, 08:01 PM	#3
Kiara.I Rose Garden Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The Pacific South-West. You know, north of the Pacific North-West Posts: 12,922	Re: What To Do With Peppermint Bark? Chop it into pieces and use it instead of chocolate chips. Use it on ice cream... Wait, which do you have? Eating bark or baking bark? __________________ ENTP fits me to a T, though it took me forever to figure it out! DYT Type 3, Enn. Type 1 (hold that thought...enneagram crisis...might be a 7!) Sparks (9) ; Spitfire (8); Sprite (4.5)

02-05-2013, 08:02 PM	#4
Maleldil's daughter Rose Bouquet Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 831	Re: What To Do With Peppermint Bark? Is the difference that the baking bar is too thick and the flavor is too intense? Maybe you could melt it together with some chocolate and/or white chocolate to make your own eating peppermint bark. __________________ Karen Wifey to the Husby 9/6/2006 Mama to The Littlest Man in all the Land 5/31/2012 and The Littlest Girl in all the World 1/28/2016 Counseling is like cleaning out your fridge. Mostly it's rearranging things so they make more sense. Now and then you come across some really nasty thing that's been stuck in the back way too long.

02-05-2013, 08:26 PM	#5
mystweaver Rose Trellis Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,797	Re: What To Do With Peppermint Bark? The difference is actually that the milk chocolate is waaaay too sweet (sweeter than their regular milk chocolate, and I'm a dark chocolate gal anyways), and that it's a little waxier and not as wonderful-perhaps for better melting? I wonder how hard peppermint/chocolate fudge would be... __________________ "I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." - Elie Wiesel

02-05-2013, 08:45 PM	#6
Aerynne Rose Garden Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 27,359	Re: What To Do With Peppermint Bark? You could melt it and pour it over popcorn- that is yummy! Fudge would be good, as would fudge sauce for ice cream And you can definitely chop it up and put it in cookies, especially chocolate cookies would be good for it. __________________ Erin born of water and of the Spirit 4/96 married 5/02 Mama to: 2004 2007 2010 2012 2017 2019 Jan 2, 2024 And many I hope to hold in heaven one day

02-05-2013, 09:43 PM	#7
Peridot Rose Garden I stand before you, DeFrocked!! Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Qontinuum Posts: 11,537	Re: What To Do With Peppermint Bark? did you say ghirardelli peppermint bark? Send it to MEEEEEEEE> __________________ This is me- and them- ds 'Maximus'- 7.5 yrs, and ds 'Minimus'- 5 yrs. "A normal, imperfect, LUMPEN human being!!" Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. and yet, one day Love himself barged into the Temple with a bullwhip and declared enough was enough. I will testify to Love.

02-05-2013, 09:47 PM	#8
Iarwain Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,686	Re: What To Do With Peppermint Bark? Melt it and dip stuff in it like oreos or pretzels __________________ ~Iarwain Student midwife and Mama to the amazing half-dozen: Hacker - 18 The Mad Scientist - 18 Princess - 15 Lemur - 12 Noodle - 9 ... and little miss Rosebud - age 6

02-05-2013, 10:17 PM	#9
hey mommy Rose Garden I am so hopelessly in love.. Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chillin' in the California hills Posts: 24,678	Re: What To Do With Peppermint Bark? Send it to friends who want some.. __________________ Janice (ISFP), single-mommy to Cias(11) Samuel( 4) and 2 babies in heaven Scully: You know, there is life on this planet. Mulder: I've seen the life on this planet, Scully, that's why I'm looking elsewhere. A Check out my NEW facebook page. I am now a Plexus Ambassador.

02-05-2013, 10:32 PM	#10
teamommy Rose Garden Spring! Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,024	Re: What To Do With Peppermint Bark? I think I would make really dark chocolate, low-sweetener, brownies, and break it up into tiny chunks and mix it into the batter. And then I would have one (or two) and give the rest away so I wouldn't be tempted. I wonder if you could melt it into a cup of hot cocoa, or just melt it in hot milk and add some cocoa powder or some bittersweet baking bar to make it a little darker.

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