Valentine’s Day – Will Bake for Shoes

Happy Valentine’s Day!
In honor of the holiday, I decided to share this easy chocolate bark recipe that you can make for your loved ones in less than an hour!

I received the new Ghirardelli Strawberries and Chocolate squares and was inspired by them to make my own bark. The neat thing about chocolate bark is you can add whatever you like, and in this case, I focused on adding Valentine’s Day themed sprinkles. I also chopped up some of the squares I received to add texture to the bark.

I used fresh strawberries to play on strawberries dipped in chocolate, but I’d recommend using freeze dried strawberries so that the bark lasts longer. I also used both dark chocolate and white chocolate and love how the pinks and reds pop on the white chocolate bark.

Ghirardelli Valentine’s Day Strawberry and Chocolate Bark Recipe
Ingredients:Ghirardelli Strawberries and Chocolate SquaresGhirardelli White Chocolate ChipsGhirardelli Dark Chocolate ChipsStrawberries (Fresh or freeze-dried)Valentine’s Day Heart Shaped SprinklesDirections:
Heat chocolate up in a microwave safe bowl. I used 3/4 cup dark chocolate and 1/4 cup white chocolate.Place parchment paper on a baking sheet. Pour most of the melted chocolate on the parchment paper after it has cooled a bit to keep it from spreading too far/thin. Spread using an offset spatula. Add toppings to chocolate. Pour leftover chocolate over to help items set. Add more toppings.Place chocolate bark in the fridge and let it set for an hour.Remove from fridge and cut chocolate into pieces.

Give this homemade chocolate dessert to your sweetheart or the sweet people in your life. Enjoy and I hope you have a sweet day!

Happy Valentine’s Day! I made these treats for my coworkers and they turned out really cute!

I made classic chocolate cupcakes and topped them off with a chocolate ganache frosting with raspberry liqueur flavoring. I then melted red chocolate chips into a heart shape mold for the topping and added red sprinkles.

The rest were white chocolate cupcakes with simple vanilla frosting. I tinted some a light mint thanks to the inspiration of the paper liner. I melted pink chocolate into the same mold I used for the red hearts and added it for garnish.

Both cakes were really decadent. The chocolate raspberry ganache reminded people of truffles, exactly what I was aiming for. I chose the chocolate theme to remind people of a box of chocolates. Next year I might go further with that theme and place some mini cupcakes in brown liners inside a heart shaped box and decorate them like chocolates. As you can see there were a bunch of sweets at the office today and our conference room smelled really, really good!

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