These irresistible bars have mint in all the right places. With the help of refrigerated cookie dough, they're easy and quick, too! From Nicole Trager, Bake-Off® Monthly Challenge.
Chocolate Lover’s Peppermint Bark Squares
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 2 hr 5 min
- Ingredients 6
- Servings 16
Ingredients
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips
- 1 1/4 cups white vanilla baking chips
- 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 8 hard round peppermint candies
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir or knead in cocoa until well blended. Press in bottom of ungreased 8-inch square pan.
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Step2Bake 20 to 24 minutes or until set. Immediately sprinkle with milk chocolate chips. Cover with foil; let stand 5 minutes to melt. Spread melted chocolate evenly. Refrigerate about 45 minutes or just until chocolate is set.
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Step3In small microwavable bowl, microwave white vanilla baking chips uncovered on High about 1 minute, stirring frequently, until melted and smooth. Stir in peppermint extract. Spread over milk chocolate layer. Place candies in food-storage plastic bag. Seal bag; coarsely crush with rolling pin or meat mallet. Sprinkle crushed candies on top. Refrigerate about 45 minutes or just until set. For squares, cut into 4 rows by 4 rows.
Nutrition
320
Calories
16g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
40g
Total Carbohydrate
32g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 320
- Calories from Fat
- 140
- Total Fat
- 16g
- 25%
- Saturated Fat
- 9g
- 47%
- Trans Fat
- 1 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 3%
- Sodium
- 140mg
- 6%
- Potassium
- 65mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 40g
- 13%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 32g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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