Rum and Raisin Chocolate Bark / Christmas Chocolate Bark Recipe
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Chocolate Bark with rum soaked dry fruits is one of my favorite Christmas treat!. Christmas, chocolate, and dry fruits = Yum!!
Chocolate bark is easy and quick to make, I love its cracked look studded with rum soaked dry fruits, and yes the rum soaked dry fruits gives it a Christmas feel to the bark and one of the quickest chocolate treat. Chocolate bark is actually a sheet of chocolate that is usually covered with nuts, dried fruits, candies, peppermint candy, oreos, crushed biscuits...etc are thrown over the melted chocolate. It is broken into uneven sizes to share. It is said that it resembles rough pieces of tree bark. Chocolate bark can be made with any chocolate, white or dark, or both!! The most popular one is almond bark,…
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