I love Christmas time. And it’s not because of gifts, as I explained to you on Monday, that stuff is secondary for me. I love Christmas time because it gets cold and wet, the smells are amazing, the food is incredible, and most importantly? Everything looks beautiful.
My Decorations:
Candy cane bells – vase filled with lights, bulbs, and pinecones – Mr. Snow
Big tree (Ninja decorated it) – Mini trees with garland
homemade bulb wreath – homemade garland wreath with pinecones and snow
pinecones on ribbon – Santa!
We don’t own a house, so as far as outdoor decor we are pretty limited. The neighborhoods around us however, are in the Christmas spirit full swing! Each year Ninja and I grab some friends and head into the neighborhoods to check out the lights that are up. It’s a nice way to celebrate Christmas, plus it gives us ideas for whenever we get our own place!
And of course Christmas just isn’t the same without some peppermint candy canes right? For some reason when December rolls around, I start craving peppermint flavored everything. I’ve been inhaling my peppermint green tea and peppermint hot cocoa, and this recipe pairs with those two perfectly!
Peppermint Bark
The traditional holiday bark that goes along perfectly with a mug of hot cocoa!
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. dark chocolate
- 1 lb. white chocolate
- crushed up candy canes
Melt dark chocolate and pour into lined baking pan. Let cool. Melt white chocolate and pour on top of the dark chocolate. Cover with crushed up candy canes. Let cool, then break into pieces.
Simple yet delicious.
The great thing about this recipe is the utter simplicity of it. It looks great, tastes great, and takes less than 20 minutes to make. Plus it can be made with almost anything you want. Expect to see some more bark recipes in the near future!
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What’s your favorite Christmas decoration? I love trees!
Are you a candy cane fan?
I adore peppermint bark and never thought about making it. Thanks for sharing!
Ummm…can you come decorate my house?! Especially with the homemade bell wreath! You’re so creative!
wow Kat, you truly go allllll out! I just love your homemade bulb wreath–so creative yet inexpensive~
Eeee!! I so absolutely love your Christmas decorations! Too darned cute
And I’m definitely with you on trees being the best part of Christmas, but I couldn’t live without the lights and garlands either… I’m not the BIGGEST fan of candy canes, but they always remind me of Christmas so I have to enjoy a least a few during the holidays every year.
wow look at all those lights! nothing like that I have seen around here yet. I made peppermint bark one year for family, they loved it!
Peppermint bark is so good and super easy to make
I <3 candycanes!
I’ve made “granola bark” before with some Love Grown granola and it was soo good! I’ve never tried peppermint though!
I absolutely LOVE peppermint bark, but I’ve never made it before. Your recipe looks so easy! I’ll have to try it!
I thought I knew my favorite Christmas decorations…until I saw those lawn pigs. Those are amazing. I want to meet whoever lives in that house
I do love candy canes–both to eat and to decorate with! My tree is decorated with lights and candy canes–bulbs were too expensive (or I’m too cheap, haha.)
I love your pictures! And peppermint bark is on of my absolute favorite Christmas treats!
I love your decorations and think they are perfect!! YUM to the peppermint bark!! I loveee this time of year!
I am loving your decorations and the pictures, so so pretty! And yeahhh I adore peppermint bark! We always get the kind from Williams Sonoma, a delicacy but I would like to try my hand at making my own this year
Love your decorations! Our house isn’t really decorated this year, because I want to wait until after the holidays to buy a tree and decorations while they’re on sale. So it’s been a little harder to get into the “Christmas spirit.” But I’m looking forward to next Christmas, because we’ll have a little one next year!