Forget the plate of cookies. This Christmas, win Santa over with a batch of festive chocolate and candy bark.

Use a bowl that's big enough to entirely dunk a Christmas Tree Cake into, and plan to add any sprinkles or other doodads right when the cakes come out of the white goo, before the almond bark hardens.

From peanut butter Santas to cherries soaked in liquor, Oprah's favorite peppermint bark and beer caramels, these shops have your sweet tooth covered.

We are trying out Peppermint Bark in this week's Taste Test. It's an old-fashioned chocolate treat that has peppermint candy crushed on top.

Food & Wine's best Christmas desserts include peppermint bark, holiday trifles, a bûche de noël, a pavlova wreath, and gingerbread, plus more holiday treats recipes we love.