{"id":5590,"date":"2014-12-07T18:25:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T01:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/momofftrack.com\/?p=5590"},"modified":"2015-09-13T12:10:32","modified_gmt":"2015-09-13T19:10:32","slug":"peppermint-bark-snowflakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/2014\/12\/peppermint-bark-snowflakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Peppermint Bark Snowflakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year I made some <a title=\"Ghirardelli Chocolate Peppermint Bark Snowflakes\" href=\"http:\/\/momofftrack.com\/2013\/12\/ghirardelli-chocolate-peppermint-bark-snowflakes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chocolate Peppermint Bark Snowflakes<\/a> for our Christmas Cookie Exchange. They were a big hit and I decided to re-make the recipe this year to replace the peppermint extract with peppermint essential oils.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5591\" src=\"http:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/peppermint-bark-snowflakes.jpg\" alt=\"peppermint bark snowflakes\" width=\"600\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/peppermint-bark-snowflakes.jpg 600w, https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/peppermint-bark-snowflakes-276x300.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5073\" src=\"http:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/peppermint-bark-snowflake-mold--186x300.png\" alt=\"peppermint bark snowflake mold\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/peppermint-bark-snowflake-mold--186x300.png 186w, https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/peppermint-bark-snowflake-mold-.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/>Peppermint Bark Snowflakes Recipe (makes 6 snowflakes):<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup white melting wafers<\/li>\n<li>1 cup dark melting wafers<\/li>\n<li>4-8 drops Peppermint Essential Oil. Click here if you just want to buy a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngliving.com\/vo\/#\/signup\/start?isoCountryCode=US&amp;sponsorid=1926067&amp;enrollerid=1926067&amp;isoLanguageCode=en\" target=\"_blank\">bottle of Peppermint Essential oil<\/a>. Click here to <a href=\"http:\/\/momofftrack.com\/young-living-premium-starter-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\">buy a Young Living Premium Starter Kit<\/a> for a great price that includes Peppermint and a 24% discount on all your future YL Oil Orders.<\/li>\n<li>2 candy canes or about 8 peppermints smashed (put it in a ziplock bag to control mess)<\/li>\n<li>1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B008A5M2LC?tag=httpchaoticco-20&amp;camp=0&amp;creative=0&amp;linkCode=as1&amp;creativeASIN=B008A5M2LC&amp;adid=0D4JDER79R3DTRAKGBF3&amp;\" target=\"_blank\">silicone snowflake mold<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate link)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 1:\u00a0<\/strong>Microwave the dark chocolate chips. I did mine in batches of 18 snowflakes. I microwaved 3 cups of Ghirardelli wafer chips on 50% power for 3 minutes, stirring each minute. You can melt these over a double boiler as well if you prefer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Stir in 2-4 drops Young Living Peppermint essential oil into the dark chocolate. Pour into the mold about 1\/4 inch thick. Be careful not to spill any of the chocolate onto the sides while pouring. Place in refrigerator to set approximately 30-60 minutes. Remove from refrigerator for next steps.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5077\" src=\"http:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/peppermint-bark-ghirardelli-chocolate-in-snowflake-208x300.png\" alt=\"peppermint bark ghirardelli chocolate in snowflake\" width=\"186\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/peppermint-bark-ghirardelli-chocolate-in-snowflake-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/peppermint-bark-ghirardelli-chocolate-in-snowflake.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/>Step 3:\u00a0<\/strong>Microwave the white chocolate chips. I did mine in batches of 18 snowflakes. I microwaved 3 cups of Ghirardelli wafer chips on 50% power for 3 minutes, stirring each minute.\u00a0You can melt these over a double boiler as well if you prefer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong>\u00a0Stir in 2-4 drops Young Living Peppermint essential oil into the white chocolate. Pour into the mold over the set, dark chocolate about 1\/4 inch thick.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong> Sprinkle smashed candy cane pieces on top.\u00a0Place in refrigerator to set approximately 30-60 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6:<\/strong> Remove from molds. They should just pop right out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5597\" src=\"http:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/peppermint-bark-snowflake-ingredients1.jpg\" alt=\"peppermint bark snowflake ingredients\" width=\"600\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/peppermint-bark-snowflake-ingredients1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/peppermint-bark-snowflake-ingredients1-92x92.jpg 92w, https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/peppermint-bark-snowflake-ingredients1-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year I made some Chocolate Peppermint Bark Snowflakes for our Christmas Cookie Exchange. They were a big hit and I decided to re-make the recipe this year to replace the peppermint extract with peppermint essential oils. Peppermint Bark Snowflakes Recipe (makes 6 snowflakes): &nbsp; &nbsp; 1 cup white melting wafers 1 cup dark melting&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/2014\/12\/peppermint-bark-snowflakes\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[353,357],"tags":[351,350,341],"yst_prominent_words":[4078,4067,4075,4069,4077,4074,4079,4068,4073,4080,4076,3877,4070,4082,4083,4084,4071,4072,4081,4066],"class_list":{"0":"post-5590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-diy-2","8":"category-essential-oils","9":"tag-diy","10":"tag-essential-oils","11":"tag-recipe","12":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5590"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momofftrack.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=5590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}