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Sweet and Salty Chocolate Walnut Bark

Whether topped with sweet and salty ingredients or marbled with sweet dark and white chocolate, Chocolate Walnut Bark is a delightful treat any time of year. Featuring California Walnuts.

Ingredients

180 g	California walnuts
80 g	Pomegranate arils (seeds), fresh
1/2 tsp	course or flaked sea salt
340 g	dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips or dark or semi-sweet chocolate bar, broken loosely into pieces
340 g	white chocolate chips or white chocolate bar, broken loosely into pieces
2 tsp	vegetable oil, divided

Step 1
Coarsely break or rough chop walnuts and place in a small bowl, leaving aside any skins that have broken off.
Step 2
Set pomegranate arils out beside the walnuts.
Step 3
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Step 4
Melt chocolate.
Step 5
Microwave technique: Place about 2/3 of the dark or milk chocolate chips in a medium glass bowl with 1 teaspoon vegetable oil. Microwave on 50% power for 30 seconds and stir. Repeat until the chips are mostly melted. Add the remaining chips into the bowl and stir vigorously. You will have a thick, melted bowl of chocolate.
Step 6
Repeat the melting steps with the white chocolate and remaining vegetable oil.
Step 7
Stovetop technique: Using a double boiler on medium heat with 3-5 cm of water to the bottom pan, careful to make sure that the water does not touch the bottom of the upper pan (or other heat-safe mixing bowl). Add the chocolate and stir frequently as you see the chocolate begin to melt. Once melted, remove from heat and add the remaining chocolate chips into the bowl and stir vigorously. Repeat for the white chocolate and remaining vegetable oil.
Step 8
Using a spatula, spoon out the melted chocolate onto the parchment paper to make a 0.5cm layer. You can create an optional marbled look by reserving and dropping spoonfuls of the dark chocolate onto the white layer and white chocolate onto the dark layer and using a knife to create an unstructured pattern.
Step 9
Sprinkle with walnuts and pomegranate arils and lightly press them into the surface of the chocolate. Sprinkle a few flakes of sea salt across the bark.
Step 10
Refrigerate on the baking sheet until firm, then remove from the refrigerator and carefully break it into pieces.
Step 11
Store in the refrigerator on layers of parchment paper in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

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Sweet and Salty Chocolate Walnut Bark

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