CHOCOLATE COOKIE BARK

14 servings

This sweet treat is easy to prepare and serve at holiday parties or package up for teacher, neighbor and other-special-people-in-your-life gifts. Plus, after melting the chocolates, it’s a very kid-friendly recipe with which your children will be more than happy to help!

* If you don’t have a double boiler (because seriously, who does?), create your own by filling a pot with water and placing the chocolate in a glass or metal bowl set atop the pot (i.e. the chocolate is suspended over the water).

Place on stovetop and bring water in the bottom level to a boil as it safely melts the chocolate in the top level.

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 tbsp. peanut butter • 1 pkg. (6 squares) Baker’s white chocolate • 10 Oreo cookies, coarsely crushed • 1 pkg. (8 squares) Baker’s semi-sweet chocolate

DIRECTIONS

1. Melt each chocolate separately in double boiler* and pour each into its own bowl. 2. Add peanut butter to melted white chocolate bowl.

3. Mix half of the crushed cookies into the white chocolate bowl and the other half into the semi-sweet bowl. 4. Drop spoonfuls of the chocolate mixtures onto wax paper-lined baking sheets, alternating colors/flavors as you go. 5. Use knife to swirl colors/ flavors together. 6. Refrigerate one hour or until firm. 7. Break into pieces and store in refrigerator in airtight container. TO DIAL UP THE HOLIDAY FLAVOR, TRY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IDEAS: 1 Omit peanut butter from recipe above. Replace Oreo cookies with crushed peppermint candies and proceed as directed. 2 Omit peanut butter from recipe above. After spreading and swirling melted chocolate onto the baking sheets, immediately sprinkle ¼ to ½ cup chopped, dried cranberries over the entire mixture and proceed as directed.

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