It’s easy to rush into a store and buy a holiday gift but it’s much more meaningful to make it yourself especially when its this easy!
If you’re wondering what to gift this year besides our sweet and spicy nuts, which are also DIY easy, then let me give you a suggestion…
DIY chocolate covered pretzels are a gift for anyone: teachers, friends, hosts, family!
Three ingredient and 3 steps.
You melt, you dip, and you sprinkle.
Is this simple enough?
Then wrap and tie with a bow and voila!
You have a special and pretty gift to bring to anyone.
Happy Holidays from Flirting with Flavors!!
Print Recipe
Chocolate Covered Pretzels
Servings: 12 bags
Ingredients
Chocolate Covered Pretzels
- 1 bag organic seven whole grain pretzel sticks
- 1 bag sourdough pretzels
- 2 cups 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate
- 2 each candy canes
- ¼ cup holiday sprinkles
Packaging
- 12 transparent plastic mini gift bags
- Ribbons
Instructions
Chocolate Covered Pretzels
- In a food processor, crush the candy canes until fine coarse.
- To make a double boiler, add 2 cups of water to a medium sized pot. Boil the water on low heat.
- Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl and melt by setting the bowl over the pot of simmering water.
- The steam rising from boiling water will melt the chocolate. Melt for 5-6 minutes or until smooth.
- Start dipping each pretzel in the chocolate, and layering on a sheet tray covered with wax or non-stick silpat.
- Sprinkle with holiday sprinkles.
- Repeat these three steps until all the pretzels are covered in chocolate and sprinkles.
- Cool pretzels in the fridge until chocolate is firm (15-20 minutes).Yield: 120 pretzels.
Packaging
- Bag 8-10 pretzels per bag.
- Tie the bags with colored ribbons of your choice!
- Happy Holidays from Flirting with Flavors / Pamela Morgan Lifestyle!
