Chocolate Peanut Butter Bark

This month's Martha Stewart Living talked about homemade Christmas gifts. I thought I'd give the chocolate bark project a try. I didn't follow the recipe really because I wanted to make a half batch--but then I botched that and only halved the dark chocolate portion. The result was a very thin sheet of melted chocolate with a nice swirly pattern. Since I used more milk chocolate & peanut butter than chocolate that is exactly how it tastes. I like my chocolate bark a little thicker so next time I will follow the directions--and also aim for a pan similar to the size requested. I am such a rogue! Besides my mistakes, this bark is the cat's pajamas.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Bark

Ingredients

12 oz dark or bittersweet chocolate (I used Hershey's Special Dark bar)

4 oz milk chocolate (I used Nestle milk chocolate chips)

1/4 C creamy peanut butter

parchment paper

Baking spray

Directions

1. Spray 9x12 pan (I think 9x13 would be fine) with cooking spray and line with parchment paper.

2. Melt dark chocolate in a double boiler until smooth. Spread with a spatula evenly across the parchment lined pan.

3. Melt milk chocolate & peanut butter in a double boiler. Drop spoonfuls of the milk chocolate mixture onto the dark chocolate mixture and swirl with a chopstick or skewer.

4. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm. Peel off the parchment paper and break into pieces.