BUNNY BARK

I've dabbled with bark before, not very successfully, but it never matters when things go wrong, as long as you can think through how to improve. This is a lesson in life that I emphasise with my students....reviewing your work and seeing how to improve is so valuable.

So this Easter, I saw this cute Bunny Bark made by Kerry Cooks. I knew I had all of the ingredients already in the house, so I had a go. It was as simple as melting the chocolate and sprinkling on the extras - the Cadbury Hoppy Bunny Chocolate bars out at this time of year, the Smarties Mini eggs, and bunny/carrot sprinkles that I bought last week. I didn't add Cadbury Mini Eggs as well, as even I am overloaded with chocolate already, and Easter weekend hasn't even arrived!

In the future I think I would definitely make the effort to temper the chocolate to get that extra crunch when breaking it up, but I didn't this time.

I'm not going to add a specific recipe here as it really is common sense. But so you know, I used 300g Sainsbury's Taste the Difference White Chocolate - a mix of Swiss and Belgium - inadvertentl. Any good quality chocolate will do. If you want it thinner, use less. I poured it into a square tray lined with aluminium foil and then placed the chocolate squares on first, then the mini eggs and then sprinkled the rest. In hindsight, I would leave the chocolate to set a little before adding any of it, as the tiny bunny and carrot sprinkles sunk in a little bit. 

Regardless, it still tastes delicious! The broken pieces packaged into clear cellophane bags makes a lovey Easter gift.

Happy Bunny Barking!

Kris x

UPDATE: Kerry has put this on her blog now - view it here.