Delicious Chanukah dark chocolate bark with crispy rice and dried cranberries, decorated with chocolate coins and dreidels – what a fabulous festive treat!

I love the latkes and doughnuts and delicious fried foods that Chanukah has to offer but it does seem that people who celebrate Christmas get all the chocolate. They’ve got chocolate advent calendars and the chocolate tree decorations, not to mention the selection packs and chocolate santas… It just isn’t fair!

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Um, what about Chanukah gelt…?

Oh, OK. We do have gelt.

Back in the olden days our grandparents would get an actual coin as a present on Chanukah. These days, we get presents, and the coins have been turned into chocolates to preserve the tradition.

Gifts AND chocolate – win win!

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Making it special – homemade Chanukah chocolate

Nothing makes you feel special like being presented with a homemade gift, thoughtfully made and wrapped up beautifully just for you.

With this in mind, I created a fabulously crispy, sweet, fruity and festive Chanukah chocolate bark, lovingly topped with Chanukah-themed decorations.

Yes, OK, it’s decorated with Chanukah gelt! But I also added some white chocolate dreidels, which may look tricky but are surprisingly simple to make.

How to make chocolate dreidels

To make chocolate dreidels, simply spread melted white chocolate into a long rectangle on a parchment lined tray. When the chocolate is hardening but not quite fully set, use a sharp knife to cut into dreidel shapes.

To make the dreidel handles, position pieces of pretzel stick and glue them on with a bit more melted chocolate.

I used a toothpick and some melted dark chocolate to add letters to the dreidels, but you could pipe them on, or use an edible-ink pen. Ta-da! Chocolate dreidels!

Partially made white chocolate dreidels.

These chocolate dreidels made the perfect decorations for my Chanukah chocolate bark, and can also be used to top other things too, like cupcakes, biscuits, or maybe even a doughnut.

What is a dreidel?

Dreidels are traditional four-sided spinning tops which we play with on Chanukah. Each of the four sides bears a hebrew letter, the first letters of the hebrew words “Nes Gadol Haya Sham” – meaning “a great miracle happened there”. (In Israel, the final letter is Pey as the sentence reads “a great miracle happened HERE.”)

Players take turns spinning the dreidel and win or lose some of their tokens – usually gelt, sweets, nuts or other small items – depending on which side lands uppermost.

Chanukah chocolate bark with chocolate dreidels in the background.

You can find out more about dreidels, get instructions how to play, and discover more tasty edible dreidels here.

Sweet and tangy Chanukah chocolate bark

With dark, milk and white varieties, the Chanukah chocolate bark was shaping up to be pretty sweet. I added some dried cranberries with the crispy rice – their slightly tart flavour cuts the sweetness perfectly.

Ingredients for Chanukah chocolate bark

This delicious chocolate bark consists of two main parts. The ‘slab’ and the toppings and decorations, including the white chocolate dreidels. However the list of ingredients is still delightfully short!

To make Chanukah chocolate bark, you will need:

White chocolate – for the dreidels
Pretzel or biscuit sticks – for the dreidel handles
Dark chocolate – for the bark
Dried cranberries – add a fruity, tangy flavour that goes wonderfully with the rich chocolate
Crispy rice cereal (puffed rice) – to add crunch and texture
Milk chocolate coins (Chanukah gelt) – for decoration

Ingredients for making Chanukah chocolate bark - puffed rice cereal, dried cranberries, dark chocolate, white chocolate, pretzel sticks, chocolate coins.

Chanukah chocolate FTW!

Enjoy this Chanukah chocolate bark when the latkes get too much! And may your dreidel always come up gimmel!

Delicious dark chocolate bark with crispy rice & dried cranberries, decorated with chocolate coins & dreidels - a fab festive treat & an easy homemade gift!

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