Making chocolate bark is relatively easy; and nothing shows how much you care more than something you’ve personally made.

While some people melt down chocolate morsels, your bark will be far better served by purchasing top-quality chocolate discs/wafers at a specialty food store. (We use Guittard chocolate wafers.)

• Take a look at this chocolate bark recipe from San Francisco chocolatier Michael Recchiuti.
• Choose from a variety of potential toppers to create your own signature bark.
• The French word for chocolate bark is “mendiant,” or beggar. Find out why.

Make bark for Valentine gifts. Photo
courtesy Recchiuti Confections.