How to make your own dairy free and vegan peppermint bark recipe at home for a quick and easy holiday treat, with just 3 ingredients!
Peppermint bark is one of those hugely popular holiday recipes each year.
Maybe because it’s so ridiculously simple to make. Just stir the ingredients together, chill for a few minutes until it hardens, and that’s literally all you have to do!
When it’s difficult to keep from eating the whole thing before I can even take a photo, I know a recipe is a success. Staying away from this bark was hard!
Vegan Peppermint Bark
How to make your own dairy free and vegan peppermint bark recipe at home for a quick and easy holiday treat.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Yield 1 recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut butter or cacao butter, or vegan white chocolate chips
- 12 drops pure peppermint extract (just under 1/4 tsp)
- 1 1/2 tbsp pure maple syrup OR stevia drops to taste (omit if using chips)
- optional handful sprinkles, crushed candy canes, etc.
Instructions
- Gently melt coconut butter, cacao butter, or white chocolate. Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Spread the mixture onto wax paper, then put it in the fridge or freezer to harden. After just a few minutes in the freezer, it will turn into delicious bark!
Notes
Chocolate Peppermint Bark: Add pure peppermint extract and crushed peppermint candies to these Homemade Chocolate Bars.
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elizabeth says
anyone else experiencing any issues making this? i tried to mix thoroughly but it seemed like my agave and coconut butter were separating when i poured it in the pan… there was a light spot in the middle and i’m not quite sure why. i am going to try attempt #2 in a smaller pan as well so it won’t be quite so thin!
also, i loved candyland sooo much! still do 🙂
Unofficial CCK Helper says
I’ve not had that problem, but maybe try melting the coconut butter a bit more?
Hannah says
Hey! I was wondering about how much bark this recipe makes? Thanks!
Elyse @ Lizzie Fit says
I’ve been wanting to make a vegan version of peppermint or almond bark but can’t find vegan white chocolate chips ANYWHERE! This is perfect 😀
cleanliving808 says
Love this recipe! put it on top of dark choclotare ( 100% sweetened with stevia and xylitol)
mmmmm so good 🙂 who needs ghirradelli!
Bekah says
I love this, thank you. I am a super sensitive Celiac who is also dairy, soy, mostly grain, and processed sugar free (besides my enjoy life chocolate:-) they now make a dark chocolate one!). The holidays are not fun for me especially since I loved so many things about the holidays, especially peppermint bark! I have not found a soy free white chocolate. So, I decided to tweak this one. I took a little over a 1/4c coconut butter and almost 1/4c cacao butter (both melted), 15 drops of peppermint extract, 1 1/2tlb maple syrup, and 2 drops vanilla stevia(for a small hint of vanilla). Refridgerated that, then melted chocolate put on top with crushed candy canes. Thank you so much for this! My husband loved it too, and he’s not really into “healthy or healthier desserts”
Charity says
My son and I made this last night. I appreciated how easy the recipe was to make and enjoyed making my own coconut butter (Thanks for the idea!). My son declared these “the tastiest things ever!”
Ashlie says
Where can you find coconut butter? Which store? Is it with the nut butters or oils? Does it taste like coconut? (probably a weird question).
Phoebe says
I loved this, but i dont know if it’s how i made it or something else but i found the texture kind of… i dont know slimy? Has anyone else found this and figured out a way to change it?
Crystal June says
How much bark does this recipe make?
Julie Dove says
Depends on how big your candy molds are or how big of pieces you break it into 🙂
Suzanne says
Thanks Katie! I was looking for a vegan white chocolate recipe to make double peppermint bark, dark with white on top. This even worked for my non vegan kids! I was a bit concerned when I added the maple syrup, as the colour went an unfortunate muddy white, but it turned out perfectly after freezing – it looked exactly like traditional white chocolate, but tasted so much better!(I never liked white chocolate either)
If anyone else is looking to do the double ‘chocolate’ recipe, the lower layer was 1/2 cup semi sweet vegan chocolate chips, melted, then mixed with 3-4 drops peppermint oil and around 3 tbsp. of maple syrup, then spread out and frozen around 10 minutes. Add the ‘white chocolate’ on top, followed by vegan candy cane bits.
So good! 5 stars if I could get the rating system to work!
Jim says
Would it work with coconut oil? I don’t have a way to make or obtain coconut butter
Julie Dove says
Taste won’t be as buttery or rich. But you can always experiment.
Dee says
My husband and I became no oil, low-fat vegans (Forks Over Knives), in August to become healthy. We are seeing great results. However, my husband is diabetic. Do you have a recipe to replace those starlight mint hard candies. They are always in his office and is such a temptation. I would like to make a healthy alternative that he can take with him and leave those for others to eat.
Thanks for your help!
Jason Sanford says
Hmmm that is such a fun idea for a recipe! She doesn’t have one yet but we’ll definitely put it on her list to try!
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