Brain Boosting Chocolate Bark
Servings 6
Ingredients
- Extra dark chocolate bar 70% or higher
- 1/3 cup Cashews or some other form of tree nut- See note
- 2 Tbs Pumpkin seeds
- 4 pieces Dried Ginger
- 1 Tbs Flax seeds
- 2 Tbs Dried Cherries
- 2 Tbs Golden Raisins
Instructions
- Prepare baking sheet with small piece of parchment paper.
- Gather all topping ingredients to make them easy to pull out a few pieces at a time to layer the bark. For example, spread out onto a cutting board or large plate.
- Chop ginger up into small pieces.
- Chop the chocolate bar up into small pieces. Melt in a double boiler, or in 30 second increments in the microwave.
- Spread chocolate out with a small spatula in a 6x6 in square.
- Starting with the largest toppings, scatter out nuts across the bark.
- Move to the next bigger ingredient (like chopped ginger)
- Continue in this pattern using up all of your ingredients, saving the smallest bits for last.
- Allow to rest at room temperature for about 2 hours.
- Remove from parchment paper and plate on a cutting board.
- Cut into 2" squares.
- Store in a glass airtight container.
Notes
If your nuts or seed are raw and unsalted, you will want to toast these at 300* for 5 minutes to bring out the natural flavor, then sprinkle some sea salt on the finished bark, before it cools