Trail Mix Chocolate Bark
Easiest way to introduce dried fruits to your kids 👇🏼
🤚 Before anything, bookmark this post to come back to later!
🍊 I’m all about food exposure and introducing new foods to my kids’ palettes that they normally wouldn’t try on their own.
🫚 Did you know it takes kids about 10-20 times of repeated food exposure before they’re even interested in trying the new food?
🍌 We explored new fruits in honor of the holiday Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish celebration of the trees (think of it like Earth Day), and the kids made it clear they weren’t fans of banana chips, apricots, figs, or dates. So guess what?? We made chocolate bark with these exact fruits so they can learn to like them. And guess what? I’ll keep exposing them to these fruits over, and over again.
🍫 This trail mix chocolate bark tastes like my favorite fruit and nut bar of my childhood (Cadbury’s used to be my fave!) but with much cleaner ingredients and nothing artificial.
Ingredients
- 12 oz12 oz12 oz White Chocolate Chips, Melt with 1 tsp coconut oil
- 0.5 cup0.5 cup0.5 cup Gluten-Free Pretzel Sticks
- 6 oz6 oz6 oz Baking Chocolate Chips, Melt with 1/2 tsp coconut oil
- 1 cup1 cup1 cup Graham Cracker Crumbs
- 0.25 cup0.25 cup0.25 cup Figs, Dried, Cut in half
- 0.25 cup0.25 cup0.25 cup Pumpkin Seeds
- 0.25 cup0.25 cup0.25 cup Freeze-Dried Strawberries
- 0.25 cup0.25 cup0.25 cup Raisins
- 0.25 cup0.25 cup0.25 cup Apricots, Dried
- 0.25 cup0.25 cup0.25 cup Dried Banana, (Banana chips)
- 0.25 cup0.25 cup0.25 cup Figs, Dried
- 0.25 cup0.25 cup0.25 cup Sunflower Seeds
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Process
Note, these instructions are written assuming the standard serving size, since you have modified the number of servings, these steps may need to be modified for best results
- Line a small baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Melt your white chocolate chips and coconut oil together and stir until smooth (you can either do this on the stovetop or in the microwave).
- Pour the melted chocolate onto the parchment paper and spread around so it lays flat and even.
- Line pretzel sticks up to resemble a tree. We did 4 in a bunch on the bottom, 4 on top, and a bunch spread out for branches.
- Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs on the bottom for your soil.
- Using a spoon, add melted milk chocolate on top of your pretzels to resemble a tree.
- Add dried fruits/seeds to hang on your tree.
- Freeze for 30+minutes. Once the chocolate has solidified, break it apart, and enjoy!
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Coconut Free Dairy Free Desserts Egg Free Nut Free Other Pescetarian Plant Based Shellfish Free Sugar Alcohol Free Vegan VegetarianThis is our estimate based on online research. | |
Calories: | 254 |
Fat: | 14 g |
Carbohydrates: | 33 g |
Protein: | 7 g |
Cholesterol: | 0 g |
Sodium: | 188 mg |
Fiber: | 4 g |
Sugars: | 9 g |
Sugar Alcohol: | 0 g |
Calculated per serving. |
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