Chocolate Bark
Make sure to fit these healthy dark chocolate treats into your 12 Days of Christmas routine! The holiday season is here so try and stay healthy!

Make sure to fit these healthy dark chocolate treats into your 12 Days of Christmas routine! The holiday season is notorious for unhealthy and sweet snacks, but this is one Christmas dessert that is actually healthy for you!
From the name chocolate bark does not sound to appetizing. Chocolate bark is a sheet of chocolate that is usually covered with nuts, dried fruits, candies or even additional pieces of chocolate. Possibilities are endless so feel free to deviate from our recipe and what you love!
Dark chocolate is a very nutritious, especially compared to the other members of the chocolate family. Dark chocolate is a power house of antioxidants and fiber, it also great for your heart and can lower or improve your blood pressure.
Nutritionist and author Frances Largeman-Roth explains how to make her special chocolate bark using semisweet chocolate, pistachios, dried cherries, toasted coconut chips and coarse sea salt. Be sure you enjoy these tasty snacks and make sure to send over your homemade holiday creations!
Ingredients
- 9 ½ ounces semisweet chocolate
- ¼ cup whole, shelled unsalted pistachios, chopped
- ½ cup dried cherries (or cranberries)
- 3 tablespoons toasted coconut chips
- ¼ teaspoon coarse sea salt
Instructions
Place water in the bottom of a double boiler and bring to a boil. (If you don’t have a double boiler, place a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water, making sure the bottom of the bowl isn’t touching the water.) Meanwhile, chop the chocolate into large chunks. Set aside 1 tablespoon each of the pistachios, cranberries, and coconut. Place a Silpat mat or sheet of parchment paper on a rimmed baking sheet; set aside. Melt the chocolate in the top of the double boiler, stirring occasionally. Once the chocolate is completely melted and smooth, turn off the heat and stir in the nuts, cherries and coconut. Pour the chocolate mixture onto the prepared baking sheet, spreading out the mixture with a spatula to approximately an 8-by-10-inch rectangle. Sprinkle the reserved nuts, cranberries and coconut evenly on top. Sprinkle the salt over the chocolate. Transfer the baking sheet to the freezer and freeze for 1 hour, until completely firm. Using clean hands, break the chocolate into chunks and enjoy, or transfer to a sealed container. Store in the freezer for best results. Serves 12Nutrition Information
Nutrition Information Based on a Single Serving
*Percent Daily Value are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Frances Largeman-Roth is a nutritionist and cookbook author in New York City.
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Happy holidays.
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Today I'm gonna make my holiday chocolate
bark for you.
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So you're gonna start with nine and a half
ounces of semi-sweet chocolate.
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You're gonna chop it into chunks.
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Chopping it into chunks means that it just
is going to
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melt much more beautifully for you.
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You can also do this with milk chocolate
or a darker chocolate, but
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you want a little bit of sweetness in
there that's why I go for the semi-sweet.
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Some people like to drizzle this with some
white chocolate, but
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I like to keep it pure.
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In goes our chocolate.
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I had a pot of water boiling and
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then I'm going to put a heat safe bowl on
top of that boiling water.
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And as it melts you're going to start to
stir.
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The more you stir, you're going to help it
melt even better.
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We already have a little bit of melting
going.
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And because this is a metal bowl,
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I am going to hang on to it with a kitchen
towel.
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Heating it gently is what's going to give
you consistent results.
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You don't want your chocolate to seize up
on you.
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Some people will do this in the microwave
in a glass bowl, but
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I find that this is just more consistent.
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Okay.
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Looking good.
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Heat goes off.
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Bowl comes off of the heat.
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Okay.
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Now we have pistachios, cherries, coconut
chips.
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All right.
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And.
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Get it really nice and consistent.
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We've prepared a baking sheet and we've,
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you can either use a silpat mat or
parchment paper.
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Okay.
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So, here we go.
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We're gonna spread it evenly onto our
baking sheet.
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This is going to go in the, in the freezer
for an hour.
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You can leave it in longer, but at least
an hour until it totally firms up.
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And, we're gonna spread it out to the
edges of the pan.
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Get it as even as you can.
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Okay, now that we have this nicely spread
out,
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we're gonna add our toppings.
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Okay, so not only are you getting that,
that deliciousness inside, but
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you're also getting the visual of the
beautiful pistachios, and
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the cranberries, and the coconut on top.
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If you can't find the toasted coconut
chips.
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You can definitely use shredded coconut,
just don't get the pre-sweetened kind.
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Okay, and then we're just gonna add a
little pinch of salt because everybody
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loves that salty sweet balance.
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Okay, ready to go into the freezer.
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[SOUND] We've taken our holiday bark out
of the freezer.
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It was in there for an hour.
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Firmed up beautifully.
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And we're just going to break it up with
clean hands.
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This is the fun part.
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Well the eating part is fun too but this
is fun.
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Okay and now the super fun part.
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Mm, that's really good.
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Give this to all of your chocolate lovers,
you cannot go wrong.
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I'm Frances Largeman-Roth, and
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from all of us at HealthiNation, have a
very happy holiday season.
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