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I am sad.
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:30 pm
by aliantha
Every year, I make this fabulous peppermint bark for the holidays. (I think I've posted the recipe here. Somewhere.) The key ingredients are blocks of white and dark chocolate made by Ghiradelli. I always get the stuff at Trader Joe's.
Last night I stopped at TJ's to buy the chocolate, only to be told that Ghiradelli no longer makes their really big chocolate bars.
I guess I can use Ghiradelli chocolate chips instead. But dammit, they're messing with my holiday traditions!
When I told the TJ's clerk that I was making peppermint bark, he chirped, "Well, we sell peppermint bark!" Like buying an inferior mass-produced product would solve my problem.
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:32 pm
by Prebe
Some stupid git wrote:"Well, we sell peppermint bark!"
Have him quartered!
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:37 pm
by stonemaybe
what's peppermint bark?
Re: I am sad.
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:14 pm
by Menolly
Stonemaybe wrote:aliantha wrote:Every year, I make this fabulous peppermint bark for the holidays. (I think I've posted the recipe here. Somewhere.)
what's peppermint bark?
aliantha's Peppermint Bark
It's on the
Index of Recipes
...handy little post, ain't it...
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:54 pm
by aliantha
It is! Thanks for the link, Menolly!
Stonemaybe wrote:what's peppermint bark?
Mostly it's an excuse to eat a bunch of chocolate. Like we need another one at the holidays....
Prebe wrote:Have him quartered!
Well, but he was young. I'm willing to let it go. This time.
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:07 pm
by Prebe
Don't forget the freezer trick this year ali!
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:36 pm
by aliantha
Okay, I'll bite. What's the freezer trick?
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:46 pm
by Prebe
Look further down in the thread that Menolly links to. You complained about problems with the white and the dark chocolate mixing.
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:04 pm
by aliantha
D'oh! Clearly I already forgot...
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:38 pm
by stonemaybe
any good?
www.ghirardelli.com/shops/shop_locator.aspx
edit - argh don't click on that link I've just looked up where Manassas is!
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 10:03 pm
by aliantha
Alas, my budget for peppermint bark is too low. Tho it would be cool to work in a visit to some San Francisco Watchers....
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:49 pm
by Sorus
There's a Ghiradelli store about two blocks from where I work...
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:37 pm
by aliantha
Oh sure. Go ahead and tempt me, Sorus.
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:39 pm
by Menolly
dlb is coming to Orlando.
If he hits Universal Studios, I'm pretty sure there's a Gheradelli's store within the park as well...
Probably cheaper in San Francisco though...
How big is their "really big" chocolate bars? I'm almost positive my Publix carries standard baking bar sized bars of various kinds of Gheradelli chocolates...
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:55 am
by Sorus
aliantha wrote:Oh sure. Go ahead and tempt me, Sorus.
That was the general idea.
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 4:43 am
by aliantha
No fair tempting me to travel when I'm broke!
Menolly -- I'm not sure how big the whole bar is. Trader Joe's was selling them broken into chunks of about 2/3 lb. each. I suspect the whole bar was probably about 5 lbs. or so.
If you do see them, tho, pm me....
EDIT: Well! Apparently they are still making the 5 lb. bar in milk chocolate -- I just saw it on their website. For $60.
But hey, since it's over $50, I'd get free shipping!
And unfortunately what I need is the dark and white chocolate, not the milk chocolate. Ah well, back to using chips...
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:05 pm
by Fist and Faith
ali, have you ever tried wintergreen or spearmint? Just curious. I like both better than peppermint, but they're not much done. I've had Wintergreen Patties sometimes, though. Right there on the shelf in a convenience store from time to time.
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:15 pm
by Menolly
Are they done with chocolate, Fist?
I prefer both myself over peppermint, but I've only had them alone as mints or gum...
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:13 pm
by Fist and Faith
Just like the Peppermint Patty.
And, being a Robin Hood fan, it's easy to remember the brand.
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:40 pm
by Menolly
Ooo...
I'll have to keep an eye peeled for them.
Thanks!