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by Michelle
December 3, 2010 (updated Feb 16, 2020)
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Every year for Christmas, peppermint bark is an absolute must-have for me. Back when I was working my first job out of college, my boss gave me a tin of Williams Sonoma peppermint bark (she was feeding the foodie monster and didn’t even know it), and I fell in love. The next year, I started making my own and I haven’t looked back. In addition to my regular peppermint bark, I wanted to experiment this year with some other types of festive barks, especially after making Toffee Pretzel Bark this summer and being totally enamored by it as well.
One of my favorite biscotti variations to make during the holidays is a simple, vanilla-flavored dough with dried cranberries, pistachios and white chocolate chips. Voilà! I had my first bark variation for this year figured out!
I love how festive the red cranberries and green pistachios are, and against the creamy white backdrop, this bark is a gorgeous addition to a cookie tray or even to put into individual tins or goodie bags for giving as gifts.
I’m admittedly a little (okay, a lot) finicky about my white chocolate, because sometimes the cheaper brands can taste chalky and/or too sickeningly sweet to me. If you’re just throwing white chocolate chips into a cookie it’s not such a big deal, but with the white chocolate playing such a prominent role in a recipe like this, I’m a big advocate of using good quality white chocolate. My personal favorite is Lindt – it’s smooth and creamy, not too sweet, and you can find it pretty much everywhere.
Do you have a favorite type of chocolate bark?
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Pistachio & Cranberry White Chocolate Bark
Yield: 20 servings (1 lb. of bark)
Prep Time: 15 minutes mins
Chilling time: 30 minutes mins
Total Time: 45 minutes mins
Easy to make delicious chocolate bark recipe
4.67 (33 ratings)
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Ingredients
- 1 lb. (453.59 g) white chocolate
- ½ cup (61.5 g) shelled pistachios
- ½ cup (60.61 g) dried cranberries
Instructions
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
Melt the white chocolate over a double boiler (or in 30-second intervals in the microwave on 50% power, stirring after each). Once the chocolate is melted, remove from the heat and let sit for a few minutes to cool slightly, stirring occasionally. Add the pistachios and cranberries and stir to combine.
Spread the chocolate mixture onto the prepared pan in an even layer (depending on the size of the pan and how thick you'd like your bark, you may not need the entire surface of the pan).
Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or until set.
Using a sharp knife, cut the bark into pieces. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Calories: 148kcal, Carbohydrates: 16g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 8g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 4mg, Sodium: 20mg, Potassium: 96mg, Sugar: 15g, Vitamin A: 20IU, Vitamin C: 0.2mg, Calcium: 48mg, Iron: 0.2mg
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Author: Michelle
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Originally published December 3, 2010 — (last updated February 16, 2020)
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97 Comments on “Pistachio & Cranberry White Chocolate Bark”
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. — Reply
Yum!
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Linda — Reply
Can I use vanilla almond bark in place of white chocolate
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Cindy Davis — Reply
I’ve been making this at Christmas for years, because my family really loves it. Just wanted to let you know I also put crisped rice cereal in mine and it gives it a little something extra!
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Margaret Shiroma — Reply
How long will this bark stayed good after it’s made?
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Michelle — Reply
Hi Margaret, It will stay in the fridge for up to 1 month.
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Mary — Reply
Can this be made in advance and frozen in a vacuum sealed bag?
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Michelle — Reply
Hi Mary, You can store this in the refrigerator for about a month, so you probably don’t need to vacuum seal it. Enjoy!
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Sandra Nakashima — Reply
How long will this candy last at room temp?
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monica diaz glises — Reply
how long it stays? i want to make lots of cookies and barks for the hollidays
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Karen — Reply
I am so happy I found this recipe and made it up yesterday for gift giving. I also added the zest of one orange and a tablespoon of Penzey’s ginger bits. So good!
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Anita Clevenger — Reply
New to this site—love the white chocolate w/pistachios and cranberries recipe!!
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Jen Kestel — Reply
I was given this as a gift and loved it. The white chocolate compliments the sweet cranberry and nutty pistachio. Looked it up so I could make some for Our Family.
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Ruth — Reply
Have you tried making this with salted pistachios and is it any good that way?
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Michelle — Reply
Hi Ruth, I haven’t but I’m sure it would be good!
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Debbie — Reply
What size baking sheet is recommended for the pistachio-cranberry-white chocolate bark? Can this be made now and then frozen to be given out as Christmas gifts in about 2 weeks? Thank you!
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Michelle — Reply
Hi Debbie, I usually use a half sheet pan since I have them in abundance, but the bark doesn’t take up that entire surface area. You could get by with something like a jelly roll pan or similar size. If you are giving it away in 2 weeks, no need to freeze it, just store it in the refrigerator.
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christina — Reply
I would’ve loved to see more (ANY) comments from people that actually made this instead of those who want to make it — not so helpful. With that said, I just made this! If I were to make it again, I would increase the amount of white chocolate. It seems a little dense with pistachios and cranberries. Otherwise, a wonderful idea. I made and loved the Peppermint Bark last Christmas.
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Amy Grossman — Reply
First, I love your blog! I’ve been following it for about a year now, and always look forward to it. I made this bark today for gift giving. Of course, I made some for us too. It’s fabulous! Super yummy and really, pretty. Thank you.
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wendyworldly — Reply
I have just made this…it spread nicely to cover a baking pan measuring 21.5 x 28.5 cm (sorry for the metric measurements, I live in Oz), glad I didn’t use my usual large cookie sheet. I toasted the pistachios. Can’t wait to try it and give it for gifts!
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Amanda — Reply
This looks amazing and a fabulous Christmas gift! How long do you think it will store in a kilner jar, and do you ever temper the chocolate before making bark? Thanks x
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Michelle — Reply
Hi Amanda, I’m not sure what a kilner jar is, but this will keep for about two weeks at room temperature or in the refrigerator. I do not temper the chocolate before making the bark.
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Bonita — Reply
Just letting you know that I linked to this recipe on my page about National White Chocolate Day: http://www.zujava.com/white-chocolate-day . I’ve made a dark chocolate version of this recipe, but it never occurred to me to use white chocolate, which is my favorite. Thanks for the recipe!
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Juanita@ crucianyumcatering — Reply
Loved the idea, I actually make this as well but just wh.ite and dark.chocolate swirl bark. Ill definitely try this recipe. Thanks, feel free ti visit us on facebook,twitter and pintetest
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Hope — Reply
What kind of pistachios do you use? Are they baked and salted?
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Michelle — Reply
Hi Hope, Yes, roasted and salted.
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Kate — Reply
I cannot wait to make this. IT sounds delicious but
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Tina @ MOMS CRAZY COOKING — Reply
I’ve never tasted Pistachio Bark and I love Cranberries and White Chocolate. I am sure this is delish!
We’d love for you to come link it up to our 12 Days of Christmas Goodies! Today we are featuring…. BARK (and I think this is perfect)!
http://momscrazycooking.blogspot.com/2011/12/12-days-of-christmas-pretzel-bark.html
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Christmas Films — Reply
This looks so delicious. Thanks for this Christmas treat. I am sure my kids will love this!!
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Aneta — Reply
Love it!!!
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Christine — Reply
Hi Michelle!
This recipe caught my eye on the Tasty Kitchen forum and hence, I found your website–which I absolutely love, by the way.I made this bark recipe last night and it’s a new favorite, for sure! It was so easy to make, looks so festive and is absolutely delicious. I’m giving some to my friends and I just know they’re going to love it as well. Thanks for the wonderful recipe.
Merry Christmas! :)
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Flannery Buchanan — Reply
These look sooooo amazing! We’re totally making these this year. We featured you over on our cookie link up! Thanks for the recipe.
http://threesisterz.blogspot.com/2010/12/cookie-link-up-party.html
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foodlvr — Reply
I use Ghiradelli white chocolate. Shop Rite has it for $1.99 bar right now. I had 6 bars in the cupboard and I bought 4 more at that price. It went down 30 cents in the last week. I stock up when it gets this cheap so I have it for Zvalentine’s Day.
BTW, I made dark chocolate bark last week wiith pistachios and crystallized Ginger. amazing. I find it funny how impressed people are when you give them homemade bark and yet it is the easiest candy to make.
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Irma — Reply
Hi Michelle,
You said you use Lindt white chocolate. How does that compare to Baker’s white chocolate (the one in blocks)? Do you prefer the way Lindt tastes over Baker’s?
Thank you!
Irma.
P.S: I’ve never made bark before, but my mom loves white chocolate and she has a great surprise headed her way (thanks to you :D )-
Michelle — Reply
Hi Irma, I don’t like Baker’s chocolate at all. I don’t like Nestle white chocolate either. Ghiradelli isn’t bad, but I do think that Lindt is the best.
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Lizzy — Reply
I make candy bark all the time but this looks like its much healthier and holiday appropriate.
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avril — Reply
You have soooo encouraged me to make candy bark this holiday season! I love all the recipes you have offered here on your blog for candy bark….goodness I will just have to make ALL of them! :-)
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Jen @ How To: Simplify — Reply
What a delicious flavor combo!
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Jenn @ the kitchen dish — Reply
This bark is so good! I love the use of white chocolate; it’s a lot less sweet than milk chocolate and I love any kind of sweet/salty combo. Thanks for sharing.
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Cookin' Canuck — Reply
This is one of the prettiest barks I have seen. This would be perfect to give to friends and neighbors – after keeping a little for ourselves.
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Sommer @ A Spicy Perspective — Reply
It is definitely festive! Candy bark is something I always look forward to around the holidays!
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Vaishali — Reply
See AlsoPeach Hand Pies RecipeWow! This looks beautiful!
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bergamot — Reply
This looks delicious. I am not fond of white chocolate but this looks really appetising.
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Baking Serendipity — Reply
Pistachios and cranberries are one of my favorite combinations all year long, but at the holidays, they are even better. I love the festive colors in your bark! What a great idea :)
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Theresa — Reply
That looks really christmasy. Haven’t heard of chocolate bark before but I think I might want to give it a try! Especially since I’ve some valrhona white chocs feves in the fridge!
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Jenn @ the kitchen dish — Reply
This is so unique but sounds amazing. I may have to give these a try!
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Cook in a Bar — Reply
What a Christmasy looking treat! Thanks for sharing.
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So pretty and festive!
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Emily Z — Reply
I have not yet attempted to make chocolate bark but you may have just inspired me to try. This looks amazing, and perfect combination for the holidays.
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CaSaundra — Reply
Surprisingly, I’ve never made chocolate bark! But it’s definitely on my list of to-do’s this holiday season! Yours look fabulous by the way! :-)
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Simply Life — Reply
Oh I am definitely saving this recipe – it looks incredible!
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Vicki @ Wilde in the Kitchen — Reply
I love the simplicity of this recipe. Melt, mix, cool :) Sounds perfect for a crazy holiday season, pretty too.
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Annie — Reply
I’ve been seeing a lot of bark recipes lately. I can’t believe I’ve never made it myself beings that it is so darn easy! Great recipe!
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The Chocolate Priestess — Reply
This has to be the first white chocolate bark candy I’ve ever seen but you know, it makes wonderful and beautiful sense for this season in the Northern Hemisphere.
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kateiscooking — Reply
What a beautiful candy! Love the combo of pistachios and cranberries in anything.
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Pauline — Reply
Fruit and nut – that’s me – looks good and totally agree with you on the white chocolate quality, in fact all chocolate quality – now I know where to look in the USA. I like the colours this has – great photo.
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emiglia — Reply
So pretty! I love the combination of pistachios and cranberries in Christmas goodies… not only for the color combo!
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Kerstin — Reply
So pretty and perfect for the holidays with the red and green – love it! Thanks for the link love to my recipe the other weekend too :)
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Michelle — Reply
You’re welcome, Kerstin! :)
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Sandra — Reply
What a striking photograph!
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The Coffee Break — Reply
These look absolutely delicious! Wouldn’t mind to have some right now ;)
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Deborah — Reply
I’m pretty sure that this would be very dangerous for me. I think I could eat a whole batch myself!!
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Delishhh — Reply
These are gorgeous. I am a huge white chocolate fan and with cranberries. Sounds fantastic. Now can you figure one out for me with coconut :)
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Sues — Reply
Wow, I love making holiday bark but this one looks so much better than any I’ve seen before! White chocolate, cranberries, and pistachios?? Heaven!
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Lisa — Reply
Ok, between reading this and your Peppermint Bark recipes, I’m now on a mission to make some bark myself. I’m glad to know it’s so easy to make!
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Tracy — Reply
Lovely bark! I love how colorful and festive it is!
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DessertForTwo — Reply
This is absolutely gorgeous! Beats peppermint bark in my book any day!
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Melanie — Reply
Wow, that does look festive! I love the pistachio/cranberry combo. I don’t have a favorite bark…probably because I enjoy just about every version.
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Scarletta @ Scarletta Bakes — Reply
Simple, delicious and festive – I can’t wait to try it.
Thanks so much for the recipe!
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Denise — Reply
How festive and gorgeous!!
I had to link your recipe off my blog too! http://bit.ly/f5VXo9
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Ram — Reply
I love the combination of white chocolate, pistachio and cranberries. I make biscotti with the same combination where I dip half of biscotti in white chocolate. By the way where do you get your pistachios, the ones in my grocery doesn’t look fresh and it’s salted. What brand of white chocolate do you use? I’ll be making this for giveaways, would it melt in the mail?
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Michelle — Reply
Hi Ram, I buy my pistachios (as well as all the nuts I use for baking including walnuts, pecans, almonds and peanuts) in bulk at Sam’s Club. I use Lindt white chocolate. And finally, chipping of chocolate bark might be dicey. I think it keeps best in the fridge until a little before you want to serve it so it doesn’t get too soft. And white chocolate especially will melt a little quicker than a dark chocolate.
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Chiot's Run — Reply
The colors of this are particularly stunning, I love the green and the red with the creamy white chocolate – beautiful!
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Krystle — Reply
Ok this chocolate bark is so colorful and pretty, I love it! I have never made chocolate bark for some reason, although I do always buy the tin at William Sonoma every year. I think this pic makes me want to go home tonight and make some!
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foodlvr — Reply
I also had an epiphany when seeing Williams-Sonoma Peppermint Bark, this was probably 8-10 years ago. I went home and asked around for a recipe. I came up with my own version and it has been a hit for years. People actually give me empty tins for me to fill.
I already made 2 batches, last year I also made Ina Garten’s chocolate bark that had pistachios and dried fruit in it and that was great.
I find it the easiest candy to make.
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Anita — Reply
Ghirardelli white chocolate with fresh lemon zest, dried blueberries and toasted almond slivers-that combo disappears rapidly in my house!
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NanaBread — Reply
Wow! That one sounds great, Anita! I think I may just make a collection of barks this Christmas instead of cookies. One of my favorites is dark chocolate with toasted macadamia nuts and big coconut flakes, but the pistachio/cranberry is calling my name, and I’m adding your lemon/blueberry/almond to the list, too. And that pretzel bark. Yum.
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Michelle — Reply
Anita, That sounds amazing! I will definitely be trying that! Thank you for sharing!
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My favorite white chocolate is also by Lindt! So amazing! Great job with the recipe, I lovee your blog :)
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Blog is the New Black — Reply
gorgeous! I want to make this for Christmas. Thanks for sharing!!!!
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Kim Beauchamp — Reply
Cranberries, pistachios…I think I could convince myself that this qualifies as health food. What a perfect alternative to peppermint bark!
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RavieNomNoms — Reply
Oh my goodness, what such great flavors all packed into one little piece of bark! I love it, the colors are just sensational too!
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Paula — Reply
Your bark is so pretty and festive and I bet it tastes just heavenly.
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karen d — Reply
YUMMMM!!! Never really been a fan of white chocolate, this just changed my mind.
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Eileen — Reply
Michelle,
Which form of Lindt white chocolate do you use? Is it the bar? Please let me know :)) Looks delightful!
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Michelle — Reply
Hi Eileen, Yes, it’s in a bar. I find it in the candy aisle of the grocery store. Just their bar of regular white chocolate (in a blue and white wrapper). I think it’s 4.4 ounces.
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Debbie B. — Reply
I pretty much love ALL white chocolate barks! I agree that it’s worth getting nice white chocolate, when it’s the main ingredient it’s gotta be good. I love wc bark with pretzels and peanuts (thanks Paula Deen)!
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Michelle — Reply
I make my bark with dark chocolate, pistachio and cranberries. Delightful!
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Katrina — Reply
I’m loving all these different kinds of bark that you’re making!! They all look so tasty.
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Estela @ Weekly Bite — Reply
I love the pistachio and cranberry combo! This looks delicious :)
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Jennie @ Oh, Sweet Day! — Reply
Ive never done my Christmas bark like this but I love it already!! The green and red make a perfect contrast too :)
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bianca — Reply
oh. my. greatness. drool!
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the blissful baker — Reply
white chocolate bark is so pretty! the cranberry and pistachio colors are so perfect for the holidays. it looks super yummy too :)
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Dimitra @ Snarky Sister — Reply
I love chocolate bark, but I’m a traditionalist – milk chocolate and almonds is my fave.
I have to tell you your blog is AWESOME! I have been reading it for about a year and all the changes you’ve made are amazing – plus, you’ve basically added 2 additional blogs within the main blog – where do you find the time? I think you’re my new hero! Congrats on the shout out on Pioneer Woman too – well deserved :)
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Michelle — Reply
Thank you so much for the comment and kind words Dimitra! I’m so glad you enjoy the site!
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LimeCake — Reply
For the holidays, my favourite kind of bark is anything with peppermint in it. White chocolate and peppermint perhaps? Thanks for this wonderful recipe!
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Dianne — Reply
These look so beautiful! I am going to make them with my gandchilden this afternoon! Looks easy enough for pre-schoolers to “play” with! Thanks for the reipe and the photos!
Dianne
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