Fruit and Nut Chocolate Bark

Hello and Happy Holidays!!

Homemade treats are always the best especially around the Holidays! And what is also amazing is when a 3 year old can handle all the work! 

I love getting my daughter involved in baking and having fun in the kitchen. But little kids can’t do many projects all on their own – which is why I love these Fruit and Nut Chocolate Bark treats – they are made with love by a sweet little kiddo. Too sweet!

I am so excited to dig up these photos of my daughter being 3 and making these with me, these will be such sweet memories for when she’s older.

 

We used a variation of milk and dark chocolate. Some were one type of chocolate and some had both layers of chocolate in one. There are no rules – so make them as you wish. We started by breaking the chocolate bars into a bowl, I then put that on my ‘double boiler’ (which is a small pot with boiling water set on low heat – I stir the chocolate until all the parts are completely melted.) Remove the bowl from the pot and place on a tea towel so it’s not hot to the touch. Keep it away from the kids at this point while it’s still hot. They can have a go at scooping the chocolate a few minutes later. When I worked with my 3 year old, I scooped the chocolate for her and she layered her ingredients of choice.

Do lay out all the fillings right in front of the littles. It makes for easy grabbing (and snacking, of course!) ;)

Fruit and Nut Chocolate Bark : (can be made gluten-free and dairy-free, vegan and nut-free)

Ingredients :

– dark and milk chocolate
– organic popcorn
– dried fruit : chopped apricots, dried figs, dried cranberries, banana chips are just a few ideas
– nuts : toasted and chopped almonds, walnut and pecan chunks.

Use what you wish. This is great to customize for people with allergies too. For example both my daughter and I don’t eat dairy – so we used the dark chocolate for our treats.
These can also be easily gluten-free and even nut-free if you use sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds instead of nuts.

I used a silicone cupcake pan to do these in. If you have one – that is great because it’s easy to take them out and handle with kids. But any pan or deep dish lined with parchment paper will work too. 

These make great little gifts when wrapped nicely with a little cello and string. We made a few sets to give away. But this is definitely a repeat project I will do with my girl and a few of her friends when we have another play date over the holidays. I can just imagine how the kids will go nuts and bananas over the chocolatey fun ;)

Happy Holidays!!