Voila! You've got a tempered, deliciously velvety base perfect for making recipes like homemade chocolate bars. Almond bark and white chocolate work best for their own specific applications.

Anyone who made it onto my nice list will be gifted with any slew of homemade treat ... direction Santa's cravings swing: from Almond and Cranberry Bark, Peppermint Snowflake Bark, Reindeer ...