Ingredients
- One Bag of Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips (Each bag yielded enough for 15 pretzel rods.
- Tablespoon of Shortening (I think this really helps make the chocolate silky and easier to dip. I used the organic stuff again.
- Chopped Candy Toppings (Have these prepped and ready to go before-hand.
- Pretzel Rods
- White Chocolate Melts
Preparation
Step 1
Prepare a cookie sheet or two with covered wax paper.
In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate and shortening for 60 seconds. Remove and stir, and then warm in microwave for 15 second increments until it is smooth.
Start dipping the pretzels right away. I used a spoon to bring the chocolate up to where I wanted and it dripped down smoothly. Set rods on the cookie sheet.
Dip about 5-10 pretzels and then start placing the toppings on. You will have to do this by hand because if you try to roll or sprinkle them on it really won't work and will end up with a sticky candy-glob mess.
So with a helper if possible- arrange the candy bits on each pretzel rod. (You have a good 5-7 minute window where the chocolate will still be soft enough to press the toppings in.)
If the melted chocolate in the bowl has started to harden, just give it 15 more seconds to get it back to it's nice melty-state.
Repeat with the rest of the toppings.
Place tray in the freezer for about 5-10 minutes until chocolate has hardened.
Melt white chocolate (the same way you melted the chips) and drizzle over the pretzels with a spoon.
Place them back into the freezer to harden and then wrap, eat, enjoy!