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Salted Honey and Chocolate Bark

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Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott

This holiday confection is both sweet and salty.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    12 Servings

Ingredients

12 oz. saltine or crackers of your choice
1 cup sugar
½ cup honey
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1 teaspoon baking soda
6 oz. bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, melted
½ cup dried tart cherries or sweetened dried cranberries
2 tablespoons coffee beans, crushed
¼ cup roasted hazelnuts, chopped
2 tablespoons roasted cacao nibs
2 teaspoons flaky sea salt (such as Maldon)

Preparation

  1. special equipment:

    Step 1

    A candy thermometer

  2. Instructions

    Step 2

    Preheat oven to 350°. Using your hands, coarsely crumble crackers onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Toast in oven until golden brown, 8–10 minutes. Transfer baking sheet to a wire rack and let crackers cool.

    Step 3

    Meanwhile, heat sugar, honey, and butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until butter is melted. Fit saucepan with thermometer and cook, whisking frequently, until thermometer registers 300°, 8–10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in baking soda (mixture will bubble vigorously). Quickly pour mixture over crackers, spreading to coat evenly. Let cool completely.

    Step 4

    Drizzle chocolate over cooled crackers; immediately top with cherries, coffee beans, hazelnuts, and cacao nibs and sprinkle with salt. Chill until chocolate is hardened, at least 10 minutes. Break bark into pieces.

    Step 5

    DO AHEAD: Bark can be made 3 days ahead. Wrap tightly and keep chilled.

Nutrition Per Serving

Calories (kcal) 460 Fat (g) 21 Saturated Fat (g) 9 Cholesterol (mg) 25 Carbohydrates (g) 68 Dietary Fiber (g) 3 Total Sugars (g) 40 Protein (g) 6 Sodium (mg) 590
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