Dark Chocolate Quinoa Bark

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 2 20

Servings servings

Calories 94

Author Alyssia Sheikh

Ingredients

⅓ cup uncooked quinoa
8 oz chocolate of choice milk, dark, dairy-free, etc.

Instructions

How to make puffed quinoa:

Heat a wide nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Test a pinch of quinoa—if it pops within a few seconds, the skillet is ready! If not, let it heat up a bit more.
Once skillet is hot enough, toss out any test quinoa. Sprinkle fresh quinoa onto skillet—just enough to cover the skillet in a single layer, but not too crowded.
When quinoa begins to pop, lift and shake the skillet off the heat, and pour into a bowl.
Repeat until you have ⅓ cup puffed quinoa or more, if desired. I like to puff a bit of extra quinoa to sprinkle on top!
(You may burn some quinoa at first, but I recommend NOT using the burned quinoa in your chocolate bark! Properly puffed quinoa will taste best.)

To make dark chocolate quinoa bark:

Melt chocolate in a bowl over a double boiler or in the microwave.
Fold in puffed quinoa and spread over a sheet of parchment paper on a baking sheet until you have a layer about ¼-⅛ inch thick.
Allow to firm up in the fridge, about 2-4 hours.
Once set, break chocolate sheet into pieces with your hands!

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Notes

*Use dairy-free chocolate for vegan chocolate bark.

**Nutrition provided for dark chocolate quinoa bark made with 60% dark chocolate, divided into 16 pieces. Exact values will vary slightly, depending on size of bark pieces.

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