Break off a Piece! Barks and Brittles for Sharing

Treats in bark and brittle form are always among our favorites. They're easy to make, usually keep well and are perfect as gifts. Whether you're looking for a Thanksgiving day treat or planning ahead for holiday parties, check out these 10 fun recipes.

Bark and Brittle Recipes
• 1 Salty Chocolate Peanut Butter Brittle from Rachael Ray
• 2 Mocha Meringue Bark from Claire Robinson of 5 Ingredient Fix
• 3 White Chocolate Bark with Fresh Mint, Almonds, and Dried Berries from Serious Eats
• 4 Toasted Cashew and Bacon Brittle from Chow
• 5 Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies from Bon Appétit

And a Few More
• 6 Pumpkin Seed Brittle from The Kitchn archives
• 7 Tipsy Turtle Bark from Epicurious
• 8 Dark Chocolate Bark with Walnuts & Dried Cherries at The Kitchen Sink
• 9 Two-Chocolate-Pistachio and Cherry Bark from Ingredients Inc.
• 10 Chocolate-Orange Hazelnut Bark from Martha Stewart

(Images: David A. Land/Every Day with Rachael Ray, Food Network, Kerry Saretsky/Serious Eats, Aida Mollenkamp/Chow, Isabelle Bonjean/Bon Appétit)

Comments (4)

Wow - that bark with mint and berries looks divine. I don't like white chocolate, but it seems like it would work just fine with milk or dark. Thanks! Yum.

Last Christmas I made peppermint bark as a present for the dry cleaner, the neighbours, and about ten colleagues. It was so easy and cheap--I was thrilled with the results and my colleagues were also impressed. The recipes above look tasty and I'm planning more edible gifts this year.

I've been making a chocolate bark loaded with salty pretzels and broken pieces of heath bar. It takes about 10 minutes to make (in the microwave!), and it's the hit of every party I bring it to.

That Rachael Ray recipe is a lot like Paula Deen's Pine Bark-- an insanely easy recipe involving Saltines, butter, and chocolate. And it's also simple to modify-- for example, adding chopped nuts on top, or using a darker chocolate (she calls for milk chocolate and I prefer dark.)

Here is the link-- http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/pine-bark-recipe/index.html