Almond Bark - Vanilla and Chocolate Candy CoatingYou want to make candy coated pretzels, dipped chocolates, homemade truffles, etc. but are lost when you read a recipe that calls for almond bark.
What is almond bark?
No, almond bark has no almonds.
No, it has no nuts at all.
No, it's not the finished confection you buy in a candy shop with bits of nuts or candy in it.
No, it is not bakers chocolate, unsweetened chocolate or anything similar to those.
Yes it is in your grocery store.
Yes it is near the chocolate chips - usually on a bottom rack.
Yes it comes in chocolate flavor or vanilla
Yes it comes in large blocks that you either cut apart with a large knife or bang on the counter top to break apart. (Much much larger than tiny baker's chocolate blocks.)
Ingredients List straight from the package;
Sugar
Partially hydrogenated vegetable oil
Whey (milk)
Soy Lecithin
Artificial color
Artificial flavor
Sugar
Partially hydrogenated vegetable oil
Whey (milk)
Soy Lecithin
Artificial color
Artificial flavor
For Anonymous asking about vanilla bark: YES it is! The white one is vanilla bark and of course the brown is chocolate. Enjoy your holiday recipe! :)
Anonymous.... Hello again! I feel so bad for you - trying so hard to find this! I am not sure where you live, but I've seen this everywhere in the United States - from California to Tennessee to Minnesota and even in tiny little towns in Alabama. It's carried in almost every grocery store, but sometimes if they just have it around the holidays it will be on an end cap or a special baking session. Super Walmart and most medium to large groceries carry it year round. Amazon has it too (although they may be sold out this time of year.
Look for Log House brand or Gurley's as the two 'main' suppliers.
If you cannot find it YES you can use other substitutions.
- White Chocolate
- Vanilla Chips - right by the chocolate chips in the baking asile
- Wilton vanilla (white) melting disks in the candy aisle of Michaels, JoAnn Fabrics, etc.
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