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
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.
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Dark Chocolate Bark
Studded with buttery pecans and salty smoked almonds, this decadent Dark Chocolate Bark makes a delicious dessert, snack, or hostess gift. Just 4 ingredients.
Servings
Calories 292 kcal
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.
Notes
Choosing Chocolate
Use your favourite brand of dark chocolate for this. I used a 70% dark for the vegetarian version, and the Enjoy Life brand for the vegan version. (This is not a sponsored post.) You could also make this with milk chocolate if that's what you prefer.Brown Butter or Vegan Brown Butter
You can make this recipe using regular butter or margarine, but if you have the time, try the version with brown butter or vegan brown butter. Making vegan brown butter involves using margarine and pecans. This chocolate bark recipe is a perfect way to use up on those buttery pecans.Storage
The small amount of butter/margarine in this recipe makes the bark a little bit softer than traditional bark. I keep mine stored in the fridge. It will keep for at least 3-4 days, if not longer. If you can avoid eating it for that long!Nutritional Information
Nutrition information is based on using butter, and is an estimate only.Nutrition
Calories: 292kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 13mg | Potassium: 212mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 45IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 3.2mg
