Peanut Butter Swirl Bark

As I've gotten older, I've started to LOVE dark chocolate.  I used to think it was gross, but not any more.  My mom used to always tell us our taste buds would change as we got older.  I guess she was right.

I was inspired by this recipe from Skinny Taste Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl

I used her tips and adapted the recipe to work with ingredients I normally buy for the quantity I needed.  It's only three ingredients and so easy.  I couldn't believe how pretty this turned out.  Is there anything better than peanut butter and chocolate?!?

 

My ingredients:

2 cups Nestle Toll house dark chocolate chips

1 c creamy Peter Pan peanut butter

1 t coarse sea salt

 

My directions:

Melt chocolate chips in a glass measuring bowl.  2 minutes melted mine.  

Melt peanut butter in a bowl.  

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.  

Pour out chocolate and spread it into a thin rectangle.  Keep the edges neat.  Pour peanut butter out of bowl in lines across the melted chocolate.  The thinner the lines better.  Big chunks of peanut butter take a long time to set.  Use a thin knife to swirl the peanut butter into the chocolate.  Sprinkle sea salt on top.  Refrigerate over night.  Break apart.  Eat!

There's a million ways you could customize it - milk chocolate, white chocolate, mini M&Ms, add in nuts, dried fruit, pretzels, etc.

This bark makes the prettiest holiday gift!  I gifted some to my friends and neighbors. I put some in cellophane bags and others in glass jars with a bow on it.  Both were perfect!  My favorite way to enjoy it is to keep a jar in the fridge and eat a cold piece at a time :)

Who could you make this for this holiday season?