Last week I was invited to a wine tasting. We were asked to bring a dish, as all the wine was being provided free of charge. At the last minute, I remembered a friend's chocolate bacon bark from a party last year and decided to make it for the party, as what pairs better with wine than chocolate? Ok, maybe cheese, but I didn't have time for all that. The recipe called for 16oz of semi-sweet chocolate chips, 1 cup of unsalted peanuts, and 8 strips of fried and minced bacon (fry first, mince later). I added the semi-sweet chocolate chips to a "double broiler" (in this case, I placed a glass bowl over a pot of boiling water and once the water began to boil, I added the chips to the bowl) and stirred until the chips melted and the consistency was soft and smooth. I added the peanuts and the bacon and stirred them in until the peanuts were covered in chocolate. I then lined a cookie sheet with wax paper and poured the chocolate, bacon and peanut mixture over the wax paper. I used a plastic spatula to smooth the mixture evenly over the wax paper and then I refrigerated the ingredients for one hour. After one hour (you can go longer), I removed the cookie sheet from the refrigerator and proceeded to break the bark into small pieces. And voila! See below for the final outcome.
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