dried berries

Did you even know that superfood dark chocolate bark was a thing?  Well, we are here to share it with you and if you are someone who gets a sweet tooth like us, you are really going to thank us for this one.  Besides the fact that it’s unbelievably delicious, it’s actually loaded with all kinds of healthy stuff!  Does it get any better thank that? We think not!  First of all, in case you didn’t know, there are health benefits to dark chocolate alone.  Just to name a few, dark chocolate is a source of antioxidants, it can reduce inflammation in the body, it can lower blood pressure and if it’s 75-80 percent coco, it is a good source of magnesium, zinc and iron.  This is worth celebrating in our book!

Now we take this healthy chocolate recipe and make it even better by adding the rest of the delicious stuff.  You can have lots of fun when making any kind of bark by adding a variety of ingredients.  We decided to use goji berries, dried blueberries, walnuts, pepitas, shredded coconut and chia seeds. Yum!

You are going to be excited to see just how easy this bark is to make.  You literally just melt the dark chocolate and coconut oil until it’s nice and smooth.  Spread it out on a parchment lined baking sheet.

Sprinkle all of the remaining ingredients on top and gently press them into the chocolate.  Using the back of a spatula makes this part easy.  Once you’ve got the chocolate covered with the berries, nuts and seeds, you just pop the pan into the freezer to allow it to set up.

Remove from the freezer and break into pieces.  Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer.  This will not last long because you are going to gobble it up!