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    Home » Recipes » Christmas

    Peppermint Bark Layered Dessert- Mini Mason Jar Recipe

    Published: Dec 20, '13 · Modified: Jan 4, '20 · By: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    This Christmas, serve your guests a treat they will remember. This decadent Peppermint Bark Layered Dessert is served in adorable Mini Mason Jars filled with White Chocolate Mousse and Flourless Chocolate Cake and is topped with Peppermint Bark Chips.

    This Christmas, serve your guests a treat they will remember. This decadent Peppermint Bark Layered Dessert is served in adorable Mini Mason Jars filled with White Chocolate Mousse and Flourless Chocolate Cake and is topped with Peppermint Bark Chips.

    Holiday Dessert made using Eggland's Best Eggs

    Peppermint Bark is a holiday favorite and I knew I'd be making some this Christmas, but thought I'd change things up a bit and create a dessert instead of the traditional candy.

    I wanted my dessert to have layers like chocolate bark. The chocolate layer had to be amazing, so I chose to use my favorite flourless chocolate cake recipe.

    It's really rich and creamy and it pairs so nicely with white chocolate mousse which made the perfect second layer. Of course, the dessert had to have peppermint pieces so I sprinkled crushed candy canes on top.

    Peppermint Bark Dessert | HungryHappenings.com

    Being we are having an open house for Christmas eve, I thought little individual desserts would be nicer than one big dessert.

    I like the guests who arrive later in the evening to still see pretty desserts on the table, not half-eaten cakes.

    So, I made my Peppermint Bark Desserts in mini mason jars and I started by baking the chocolate layer.

    Christmas dessert recipe

    Flourless chocolate cakes have three simple ingredients: chocolate, butter, and eggs, so it's important to use really good quality ingredients, like Eggland's Best eggs.

    They are my favorite brand of eggs and are always in my fridge, so when Eggland's Best asked me to create a dessert recipe for them, I was more than happy to do so. When I bake with their eggs, I know my desserts will taste better than if I used ordinary eggs.

    Peppermint dessert recipe

    Peppermint Bark Dessert

    Flourless Chocolate Cake, White Chocolate Mousse, and Candy Cane Bits

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    Peppermint Bark Dessert - Mini Mason Jars with Flourless Chocolate Cake, White Chocolate Mousse, Peppermint Bits
    Prep Time
    40 mins
    Cook Time
    22 mins
    Total Time
    1 hr 2 mins
     
    Fill mini mason jars with Peppermint Bark Layered Dessert - flourless chocolate cake, white chocolate mousse, and candy cane bits.
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: christmas desserts, mini cakes, peppermint bark
    Servings: 18 Jars
    Author: Beth Jackson Klosterboer
    Ingredients
    Flourless Chocolate Cake Layer:
    • 6 Eggland's Best large eggs
    • 13 ounces good quality semi-sweet chocolate finely chopped
    • 1 ½ sticks butter 6 ounces, cut into small pieces
    White Chocolate Mousse Layer:
    • 1 teaspoon gelatin powder
    • 1 tablespoon water
    • 2 cups heavy whipping cream divided
    • 8 ounces white chocolate finely chopped
    Candy Cane Layer:
    • 8 candy canes or 4 ounces starlight mints
    Special Supplies Needed:
    • 18 small mason jars or ramekins
    • double boiler
    Instructions
    1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
    2. Crack 6 Eggland's Best eggs into a mixing bowl.
    3. Beat 3-5 minutes, until doubled in volume, using a whisk, hand held mixer, or a stand mixer.
    4. Fill the bottom pot of a double boiler with 1 inch of water.
    5. Add top bowl and place chopped chocolate and butter inside.
    6. Turn heat onto low, stirring the chocolate often, until melted.
    7. Slowly drizzle melted chocolate into the eggs, stirring to incorporate it all. I poured it in with my mixer on low. If you add too much warm chocolate all at once, you can cook the eggs, so go slowly, at least at first.
    8. Bring a pot of water to a boil.
    9. Set 18 small mason jars or ramekins on a rimmed baking sheet or in a roasting pan. Equally divide the flourless chocolate cake batter among the jars.
    10. Tap down the cake batter, and wipe the edges of the jar clean.
    11. Place baking sheet in oven and carefully pour the boiling water into the pan, allowing the water to go half way up around the cake batter.
    12. Bake for 18-22 minutes until an instant read thermometer inserted into one of the cakes registers 140 degrees Fahrenheit. If you don't have a thermometer just bake until the cakes no longer look really wet. Do not overbake.
    13. After the cakes are completely cooled, make the white chocolate mousse.
    14. Pour a tablespoon of water into a small bowl and sprinkle on the 1 teaspoon of gelatin.
    15. Allow it to bloom for 5 minutes.
    16. Meanwhile, clean out your double boiler bowl.
    17. Pour ¾ cup heavy whipping cream into bowl and set over pot filled with 1 inch of water.
    18. Heat on low until warm.
    19. Add gelatin, and stir until dissolved.
    20. Add white chocolate and stir. When half of the chocolate is melted, remove from the heat. Let it sit for about 2 minutes, then stir until melted. If it doesn't all melt, heat for a minute or so longer.
    21. Pour melted white chocolate into a large mixing bowl, preferably one with a spout. Allow it to cool for 10 minutes.
    22. Meanwhile, whisk the remaining 1 ¼ cups of heavy whipping cream to soft peaks. Fold ⅓ of the whipped cream at a time into the melted white chocolate until light and fluffy.
    23. Crush the candy canes into small pieces.
    24. Pour white chocolate mousse over the cooled chocolate cakes.
    25. Sprinkle on crushed candy canes.
    26. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
    27. Allow to sit at room temperature for about 20 minutes before serving.

    Special Supplies Needed:

    18 small mason jars or ramekins
    double boiler

    Instructions:
    Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.

    flourless cake recipe

    • Crack 6 eggs into a mixing bowl.

    Flourless chocolate cake

    • Beat until doubled in volume.
    • This will take between 3-5 minutes depending on whether you do it by hand using a whisk, or by using a hand held mixer or a stand mixer.

    Chocolate cake recipe

    • Fill the bottom pot of a double boiler with 1 inch of water.
    • Add top bowl and place chopped chocolate and butter inside.
    • Turn heat onto low, stirring the chocolate often, until melted.

    Flourless cake recipe

    • Slowly drizzle melted chocolate into the eggs, stirring to incorporate it all.
    • I poured it in with my mixer on low.
    • If you add too much warm chocolate all at once, you can cook the eggs, so go slowly, at least at first.

    Christmas cake dessert

    • Bring a pot of water to a boil.
    • Set 18 small mason jars or ramekins on a rimmed baking sheet or in a roasting pan.
    • Equally divide the flourless chocolate cake batter among the jars. I used a #16 scoop, but needed about 2 teaspoons more in each jar.
    • Tap down the cake batter, and wipe the edges of the jar clean.

    Christmas dessert ideas

    • Place baking sheet in oven and carefully pour the boiling water into the pan, allowing the water to go half way up around the cake batter.

    Cute Christmas dessert ideas

    • Bake for 18-22 minutes until an instant-read thermometer inserted into one of the cakes registers 140 degrees Fahrenheit.
      • Don't have a thermometer (you should really get one,) just bake until the cakes no longer look really wet.
      • You don't want to over bake these cakes.
      • They should have the texture of cheesecake once cooled.
      • They will sink slightly in the middle as they cool.

    White chocolate mousse

    • After the flourless chocolate cakes are completely cooled, make the white chocolate mousse.
    • Pour a tablespoon of water into a small bowl and sprinkle on the 1 teaspoon of gelatin.
    • Allow it to bloom for 5 minutes.
    • Meanwhile, clean out your double boiler bowl.
    • Pour ¾ cup heavy whipping cream into a bowl and set over a pot filled with 1 inch of water.
    • Heat on low until warm. Add gelatin, and stir until dissolved.

    White chocolate mousse recipe

    • Add white chocolate and stir.
    • When half of the chocolate is melted, remove from the heat.
    • Let it sit for about 2 minutes, then stir until melted.
      • If it doesn't all melt, heat for a minute or so longer.

    How to make white chocolate mousse

    • Pour melted white chocolate into a large mixing bowl, preferable one with a spout.
    • Allow it to cool for 10 minutes.
    • Meanwhile, whisk the remaining 1 ¼ cups of heavy whipping cream to soft peaks.
    • Fold ⅓ of the whipped cream at a time into the melted white chocolate until light and fluffy.

    Peppermint dessert

    • Crush the candy canes into small pieces.
    • I put my canes in a gallon-sized zip-top bag and smashed them with my meat mallet.
    • A rolling pin or the back of a pan will work just as well.

    Cute Christmas desserts

    • Pour white chocolate mousse over the cooled chocolate cakes.
    • Sprinkle on crushed candy canes.

    Christmas recipes

    • Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
    • Allow to sit at room temperature for about 20 minutes before serving.

    I plan to cover my jars with the lids and place them in the freezer until December 23rd.

    Then I'll refrigerate them until just before our open house on Christmas eve.

    Before the guests arrive, I'll remove the lids and place them on the table.

    My mom, who is a huge peppermint bark fan, just stopped by and I gave her a dessert to try. She gave it two thumbs up and is looking forward to enjoying another one on Christmas eve. Me too.

    This Christmas, serve your guests a treat they will remember. This decadent Peppermint Bark Layered Dessert is served in adorable Mini Mason Jars filled with White Chocolate Mousse and Flourless Chocolate Cake and is topped with Peppermint Bark Chips.

     

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    1. Melissa

      December 18, 2019 at 9:12 pm

      What is the size of the jars you used for this? Are they 4oz jars? Thanks!

      Reply
      • Beth

        December 18, 2019 at 9:19 pm

        Hi Melissa, yes, I used 4-ounce mason jars. I was thinking of making this dessert for the holiday again this year. Everyone loved it! I hope you enjoy it too.

        Reply
    2. Amy

      December 01, 2015 at 2:20 pm

      Hi,
      I am hosting a Christmas Brunch and wanted to try these for one of the desserts. You mentioned that you had plans to make ahead and freeze. Did that work out ok? I am hoping to be able to do that!

      Reply
      • Beth

        December 01, 2015 at 5:22 pm

        Yes, it worked great. I made these ahead, froze them, and served them at our Christmas eve party. They were perfect.

        Reply
    3. ColleenB.

      October 24, 2015 at 8:37 am

      Was wondering if a person could use a regular cake mix or brownie mix in place of the flourless mix.

      Reply
      • Beth

        October 25, 2015 at 4:20 pm

        Sure, the flavor would be different, but it would work out fine to use regular cake or brownie. I think brownie would taste amazing!

        Reply
    4. Becca Lynn

      December 30, 2013 at 4:30 pm

      Oh wow, those look insanely good! Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
      • beth

        December 30, 2013 at 5:29 pm

        My family would agree with you. Out of all the desserts I made for Christmas this year, these layered desserts were everyone's favorite. I didn't add peppermint bits to all of them, so many who don't like peppermint just enjoyed the dark and white chocolate layers. Either way, they are great.

        Reply
    5. Jeni IGOTTHISMARTHA

      December 27, 2013 at 2:14 pm

      This looks amazing! I love peppermint bark!

      Reply
    6. Chicha

      December 27, 2013 at 3:25 am

      I love peppermint.

      Reply
    7. Carmen N

      December 27, 2013 at 1:33 am

      Chocolate and peppermint are my favorite combination - I have to make this!

      Reply
    8. The Partiologist

      December 22, 2013 at 1:31 pm

      These are beautiful - I love chocolate and peppermint and putting them in the little jars, makes a great presentation! I'm so glad you demonstrated pouring the boiling water in the pan - doing that always makes me a little nervous!

      Reply
      • beth

        December 22, 2013 at 2:13 pm

        Me too. I just make sure I wear a glove (I've come close to burning my hand on the heating element in the top of my oven) and pour carefully.

        Reply
    9. Natasha

      December 21, 2013 at 10:47 pm

      This looks like a great dessert - my family would love this!

      Reply
    10. Barbara Bradford

      December 21, 2013 at 2:46 pm

      It looks like such a great dessert to make for a buffet. Gluten free is just a plus..

      Reply
    11. sandy

      December 21, 2013 at 1:39 pm

      the flourless cake is the best i just love it

      Reply
    12. dosing unit

      December 21, 2013 at 7:48 am

      Wow looking so yummy and delicious cakes collection. I can't wait to make flourless cake for my lovely husband !!

      Reply
    13. terriavidreader (IN-USA)

      December 21, 2013 at 5:43 am

      YUM!

      Reply
    14. Anonymous

      December 21, 2013 at 2:13 am

      Hey Beth, I was over at Google looking at Christmas Desktop pictures and there was a picture of
      your present cookies. I was so happy to see you there. Love this idea. Thanks, Trish Butler

      Reply
      • beth

        December 22, 2013 at 2:15 pm

        I don't know what Christmas Desktop is, but I'm happy to know my pictures are there.

        Reply
    15. JC

      December 20, 2013 at 11:07 pm

      Chocolate and candy cane, can't ask for better, I love it.

      Reply
    16. Anonymous

      December 20, 2013 at 9:46 pm

      Sounds good.
      garynonnemacher @comcast.net

      Reply
    17. R&Tclayson

      December 20, 2013 at 9:20 pm

      It looks great! My sister just went gluten free so this will make it easier to treat her to something yummy!

      Reply
      • beth

        December 22, 2013 at 2:15 pm

        My father went gluten free for a while and the flourless chocolate cake was one of his favorite desserts.

        Reply
    18. Amy a

      December 20, 2013 at 8:31 pm

      These look great! My daughter loves anything with peppermint.

      Reply
    19. Amy a

      December 20, 2013 at 8:30 pm

      Looks great! My daughter loves anything with peppermint.

      Reply
      • beth

        December 22, 2013 at 2:14 pm

        I hope she enjoys them:)

        Reply
    20. Anonymous

      December 20, 2013 at 5:26 pm

      Those look so good! I'm going to try this with the flourless cake and white chocolate pudding!

      Reply
      • beth

        December 22, 2013 at 2:14 pm

        Ooh, that sounds good too!

        Reply

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