Studded with buttery pecans and salty smoked almonds, this decadent Dark Chocolate Bark should be on your To Make (Soon!) list. This rich bark recipe ticks all the boxes: super simple to make, just 4 ingredients, and no fancy equipment or techniques required. And of course, you’re on not not nutritious.com, so that means it’s easily made vegan or vegetarian, whatever suits you.
Ingredients
![1500_dark_chocolate_bark_IMG_0882 copy Top-down view of dark chocolate bark studded with buttery pecans and smoked almonds, on a square white plate.](https://notnotnutritious.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1500_dark_chocolate_bark_IMG_0882-copy.jpg)
Making the Bark
- 1Find a large flat plate or low-rimmed baking sheet, about 8 or 9 inches or 20 to 22 centimetres. Cut out a piece of parchment paper big enough to almost cover the surface. Set aside.
- 2Chop the nuts, roughly, leaving some of them whole. Keep the nuts in separate piles for now.
- 3In a saute pan, melt the brown butter or vegan brown butter over low heat..
- 4Saute the pecans in the butter, for a few minutes.
- 5Divide the pecans in half and add half the almonds to each pile.
- 6In a heavy, small saucepan over low heat melt the chocolate. (You can also melt the chocolate in a glass bowl in a microwave.)
- 7When the chocolate is melted, stir in half of the nuts, coating them in the chocolate.
- 8Pour the chocolate/nut mixture onto your prepared parchment, spreading the chocolate around so it’s relatively equal in height.
- 9Sprinkle the remaining nuts on top of the chocolate.
- 10Transfer the bark to the fridge until it's hardened.
- 11When you’re ready to serve the bark, place it on the counter for a few minutes, remove the parchment paper, and break the bark into uneven pieces.
![Making_Dark_Chocolate_Bark_IMG_0872 copy Topdown shot of Dark Chocolate Bark on a black plate. Bark is studded with buttery pecans and smoked almonds.](https://notnotnutritious.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Making_Dark_Chocolate_Bark_IMG_0872-copy.jpg)
![1500_stack_dark_chocolate_bark_IMG_0877 copy Stack of Dark Chocolate Bark against a white background](https://notnotnutritious.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1500_stack_dark_chocolate_bark_IMG_0877-copy.jpg)
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Recipe Card
Dark Chocolate Bark
Ingredients
- 300 grams dark chocolate
- 1 cup pecans
- 1 cup smoked almonds
- 1 tablespoon brown butter or vegan brown butter See links below, or you can sub with regular butter or margarine
Instructions
- Prepare a low-rimmed baking sheet or large plate by lining it with parchment paper.
- Roughly chop the pecans and smoked almonds.
- Saute the pecans in the butter or brown butter. You can skip this step if you are using the pecans left over from making Easy Vegan Brown Butter
- Combine half the pecans with half of the almonds. You will have two piles of pecan/almond mixture. Set aside.
- Melt the chocolate over low heat, or in the microwave.
- Stir in one of your piles of pecan and almonds, so they are coated in the chocolate.
- Pour the chocolate/nut mixture on to the prepared plate.
- Sprinkle the remaining pile of pecan/almonds on top of the bark.
- Refrigerate until the bark is hardened. Then remove the parchment paper and break the bark into serving-sized pieces.