The Secret Ingredient (Coffee) Part III: Dark Chocolate Espresso Bean Bark

RECIPE: Dark Chocolate Espresso Bean Bark

Dark Chocolate Espresso Bean Bark

Dark Chocolate Espresso Bean Bark

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When we were in our senior year in college, my friends and I were given a small room in the basement of the library. Five of us kept our books and computers there and subsisted on nothing but chocolate-covered espresso beans, to sustain us through the long nights in the bowels of the earth. I’ve never forgotten to be thankful for them!

Here, I add a touch of coffee to the chocolate itself, and stud the chocolate with chocolate-covered espresso beans. There’s no sleeping after this! Consider yourself warned. You may be more productive than you ever thought possible.

Dark Chocolate Espresso Bean Bark
serves 6

Dark Chocolate Espresso Bean BarkIngredients

  • 10 ounces plus 2 ounces dark chocolate (semi-sweet chocolate chips)
  • 1/4 teaspoon instant espresso powder
  • 3/4 cup (1 4.3-ounce package) dark chocolate-covered espresso beans, roughly chopped

Procedure

Melt 10 ounces of chocolate in a double boiler over simmering water, stirring often, until smooth.  Whisk in instant espresso powder.  Pour onto a baking sheet with a rim lined with parchment paper to form a 7-inch by 10-inch rectangle of chocolate.

Place the bowl back on the double boiler, and add the remaining 2 ounces chocolate.

Press the chopped espresso beans gently into the rectangle of chocolate on the parchment.  Pour the remaining 2 ounces melted chocolate over the top, spreading evenly with silicone spatula.  Allow to sit in the fridge to harden for 2 hours.  Break into shards with hands.

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