This is one of those weird "recipe revamping ago 3 years "positions. I first shared these few days after Andy and I enlisted in fact, just after my return from Foodbuzz Festival in San Francisco. (I won Best New Blog ago which explains some of the older reviews.) I did this several times since and I thought the recipe / Photo could use an update :)
I'm officially in the Christmas confection area. I must say October to late December is the most fun time to be a (mostly) dessert blogger. I brimming with ideas to fill that space to the rest of the month, so stay tuned! I decided to kick off with a great holiday treat easy and super impressive.
I like this for so many reasons 1- They are ridiculously easy 2 - they can be adapted to many different types of candy 3- not only are they party for Christmas, but could easily be sprinkled with candy for a given season. In short it is just too great.
I each wrapped in a cellophane bag and a plan to give in the coming weeks with friends / our factor, etc. They can last in an airtight container the refrigerator for a few weeks! I can not get enough of sweet crunchy salty combo / / / creamy that they bring to the table.
Let the cooking vacation / deal making begin!
- 28 Pretzel Rods
- 16 oz dark or milk chocolate *
- Candy Bars Chopped, Sprinkles, Mini M & Ms etc.
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- Prepare a cookie or two sheet with parchment paper or a sil-pat.
- In a bowl in the microwave, melt chocolate 60 seconds. Remove and stir, then heat in the microwave for 15 seconds increments until it is smooth.
- Start dipping pretzels immediately. I used a spoon to put the chocolate to where I wanted and it tasted smooth. Set pins on the cookie sheet.
- Allow the chocolate to become slightly solid before placing candy / toppings on. Otherwise, I find all slid to the side. I dipped pretzels 4-5, waited a few minutes, then started filling. (You have a good 5-7 minute window where the chocolate is still soft enough to press the trim.)
- Place each piece of candy in hand because if you try to roll or sprinkle on she really won 't work and will end up with a candy-glob sticky mess.
- If the melted chocolate into the bowl began to harden, just give him 15 seconds more to get it back to its state of melty-nice.
- Repeat with remaining stalks / trim pretzels.
- Melt white chocolate (in the same way that you melted chips) and sprinkle the pretzels with a spoon.
- place the tray in the freezer to quickly harden the chocolate, then wrap or store!