This recipe is largely adapted from Cathie Fillian’s peppermint bark recipe but I made a few changes to make sure it would taste like lavender. When it comes to baking and cooking, I have little to no skills so this is a really big deal! I am obsessed with this stuff. Is it Christmasy? I don’t know. But it is definitely delicious and giftable. :)

Lavender Bark Ingredients
12 oz semisweet chocolate chips
12 oz white chocolate chips
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1-2 teaspoons lavender buds

First, line a cookie sheet with foil or parchment paper. Then pour the 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream into a pan with 1 teaspoon of lavender. Let it steep for 5-10 minutes or so, stirring occasionally.

Next, fill a glass or metal bowl with the semisweet chocolate chips. Place the bowl on top of a pot of boiling water. This is a homemade double boiler (you can see a good picture of one here), but if you have a real double boiler, definitely use that! If you’re using the “homemade” version, make sure you keep a utensil like a knife between the bowl and the pot of boiling water. This will let the steam out.

Strain the lavender buds from the heavy whipping cream and pour the whipping cream into the bowl of semisweet chocolate chips. Stir them until they are melted. Then pour the chocolate onto the lined cookie sheet, using a spatulate to make it into a smooth layer. Sprinkle some lavender buds on top and refrigerate for 20 minutes or so.

Then melt the white chocolate chips in a similar way to how you melted the semisweet chips. It is not a good idea to add lavender-flavored heavy whipping cream to the white chocolate chips. I learned the hard way and had to run to the store for more white chocolate chips to start all over. White chocolate is difficult to melt if it has contact with any sort of moisture. It’ll just harden and crumble or become translucent looking. I ended up melting the white chocolate in the microwave which worked like a charm. Microwave for 20 seconds, stir, and repeat. Anyway, you choose your method: double boiler or microwave. It will still turn out delicious.

When the white chocolate chips are melted, pour the mixture onto the semisweet chocolate and use a spatula to make it even. Sprinkle some lavender buds on top and refrigerate for a half an hour or so. Then break the lavender apart and you’re good to go! I think it would be cute to make shapes out of the bark with cookie cutters or to cut them into perfect squares. Next time I’ll try that.