This quick and easy coffee bean bark recipe makes a lovely gift for the coffee lover!
My family was skeptical when I brought home chocolate coated coffee beans. They were pretty sure they would taste bitter, but after trying the chocolate coated coffee beans they all thought they tasted great. My husband said, “Coffee beans taste as good as coffee smells”. My husband and daughter pondered why the coffee beans tasted better than they expected and decided it was probably the fact that they were coated in chocolate. I told them to hold on because those coffee beans were about to get even better!
My daughter said my Coffee Bean Bark looked like a Jackson Pollock painting:
I made my coffee bean bark by melting chocolate and topping it with the chocolate coated coffee beans. Then I used my Cupcake Injector Decorating Set
to pipe melted chocolate over the top of the bark. I used the wider injector tip to apply the white chocolate and then the smallest tip to add dark chocolate. I am not very proficient at using the frosting decorator yet, so it doesn’t look very elegant. Fortunately, the bark is broken into pieces and nobody needs to know what it looked like prior to being broken unless you decide to publish the picture on the internet.
Coffee Bean Bark Recipe
Ingredients:
- 10 ounces dark chocolate
- ⅓ pound chocolate covered coffee beans
- 4 ounces white chocolate
- 2 ounces dark chocolate
Directions:
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- Melt 10 oz. dark chocolate pieces in the microwave according to the directions on the package.
- Spread melted chocolate out on the parchment paper to your desired thickness.
- Sprinkle chocolate covered coffee beans on the melted chocolate.
- Place baking sheet in the freezer for 30 minutes.
- Melt white chocolate pieces in the microwave according to the directions on the package.
- Drizzle white chocolate over the bark.
- Melt 2 oz. dark chocolate pieces in the microwave according to the directions on the package.
- Drizzle dark chocolate over the bark.
- Place baking sheet in the freezer for 20 minutes.
- Break bark into pieces and store in a lidded container.
Printable Recipe for Coffee Bean Bark
Coffee Bean Bark
Ingredients
- 10 ounces dark chocolate
- 1/3 pound chocolate covered coffee beans
- 4 ounces white chocolate
- 2 ounces dark chocolate
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- Melt 10 oz. dark chocolate pieces in the microwave according to the directions on the package.
- Spread melted chocolate out on the parchment paper to your desired thickness.
- Sprinkle chocolate covered coffee beans on the melted chocolate.
- Place baking sheet in the freezer for 30 minutes.
- Melt white chocolate pieces in the microwave according to the directions on the package.
- Drizzle white chocolate over the bark.
- Melt 2 oz. dark chocolate pieces in the microwave according to the directions on the package.
- Drizzle dark chocolate over the bark.
- Place baking sheet in the freezer for 20 minutes.
- Break bark into pieces.
- Store in a lidded container.
Vickie says
Not a coffee drinker myself but I know a few “addicts” who would love this! This would be great to add to a cookie/candy plate for them. I’ve got a few questions though. First, can I just buy coffee beans at the store and cover them in chocolate myself? That would probably be cheaper. Would I have to do anything to the beans first like roast them or boil them or,…something? i know coffee beans must be really hard because they make special grinders for them so I’m guessing they must need something to soften them up a bit first. Like I said, not a coffee drinker so I just don’t know. Thanks for any info on this.
Erika B says
OMGGGG! This should be illegal, but I’m so glad it’s not! lol Chocolate and Coffee <3
Caroline @ Shrinking Single says
This looks absolutely divine. But I am not sure the chocolate covered coffee beans would last long enough to make the bark. I have stopped buying them as I find them to addictive! The combination of the caffeine and sugar hit I get is diabolical.
Beth @ Aunt B's Kitchen says
Oh my goodness Alea! I think I’ve found a new favourite breakfast! 😉
Lisa @ Zoup to Nuts! says
Oh my gosh, this looks amazing! Those little chocolate covered espresso beans are my weakness (and Gummi Bears). 🙂 Will definitely be trying these. Thanks for sharing.
Lisa
April @ The 21st Century Housewife says
Your coffee bean bark looks beautiful! I have always wondered what to do with chocolate coated coffee beans and now I know 🙂 What a delicious treat!
big mama says
That looks really yummy!
Laura @ Stealthy Mom says
So, so naughty! I love the idea!
Judy@Savoring Today says
Great Christmas gift idea. 🙂
Stephanie says
Yum! This looks amazing…too bad I have to go to bed, not the best time to make coffee treats!
Michelle says
Oh, no you did not just put chocolate covered coffee beans on top of chocolate and then top it off with more chocolate!
You are my hero.
Alea says
Thanks for the laugh!