Chocolate Peppermint Bark

Peppermint bark is my favorite Christmas candy!  This year I decided to make a batch to give as gifts.

It was SO easy!  I followed this recipe that I found online.

I used one 12-oz bag of Ghirardelli dark melting wafers, one 12-oz bag of Ghirardelli white melting wafers, and crushed up candy canes (with red and green stripes) for the peppermint.

They made great gifts on their own and on treat platters.  I always stock up on Christmas gift tins at Joann's on Black Friday when they're 80% off.

St. Patrick's Day Treats

We love to make treats for our friends for the holidays.  This year we made sugar cookies and chocolate-mint suckers and packaged them for giving.  I hope they bring our friends good luck!

Valentine Pops

I made a big batch of chocolate suckers to give to my colleagues, my son's preschool classmates and teachers, and our favorite babysitter.  I like using a thinner chocolate for suckers so it settles nicely into the mold.  I used 2/3 Ghirardelli melts and 1/3 Wilton melts.

I found valentine buckets and shred at the One Spot at Target.  I found the milk bottle and ribbon at Joann's.  I think they turned out cute!