Need a last minute snack or hostess gift to bring to a holiday party in the next couple of weeks? Well I’ve got your answer right here. As we know I’m not much for cooking and a lot of times baking is just out of the question. My answer: Chocolate dipped pretzels.
Bonus: If you’re not a douche-canoe like me then you will really only need a measuring cup and spoon to create this dish. Low Cleanup!
Let’s start with some pretties:
Here’s the recipe (Makes around 24 rods):
1 cup chocolate Chips
1 tbsp butter or crisco
1 bag of pretzel rods
1 candy cane
1 glass of wine
Step one:
Get all the pent up family-Christmas frustrations out on the candy cane or 4 small candy canes by beating it into small pieces with a mallet or the back of a spoon. I put mine in a sandwich bag to keep the pieces from flying. At this point if you still feel stressed drink the wine and beat more candy canes with mallets.
Step two:
Open the pretzels and eat any broken ones.
Step three:
Give your baby kitchen tools (non-sharp) and/or a candy cane to entertain them while your being domestic in the kitchen.
Step four:
Don’t be a douche-canoe when melting your chocolate chips. I was too lazy to read the directions and hadn’t melted chocolate in a awhile so I burned it not once, not twice, but three times both in a double boiler and microwave. Just don’t do that. Burnt chocolate is no fun. Put 1 cup of chocolate chips in a microwave proof cup or bowl with the tbsp of butter or crisco. Put it in the microwave for one, 1, ONE minute. Even if you have a crappy microwave start with one. Take it out and stir the hell out of it. Then if it still needs more try 10 seconds at a time.
Step five:
Dip pretzels in chocolate and lay out on a piece of parchment paper/wax paper/ cookie sheet. I always make half mint by sprinkling on crushed candy cane while the chocolate is still melted. I leave the other half plain in case someone doesn’t like mint. Finally, just let them harden. If you need them completed in a hurry just put them on a cookie sheet and stick in the freezer for 5 minutes.
Just a few notes:
I always bring mine to a party the same or next day so I don’t bother tempering the chocolate. Also, they look really pretty wrapped in a small cellophane bag as a small hostess gift.
Anyone else got a quick and easy holiday recipe/gift they would like to share?
Yeah, I see how it is…no mention of the cleanup. I think every craft involving food from now on needs a photo of the cleanup. This morning I found a rather large spot of sticky invisible goo on the counter. Not really sure where it came from. Brianna’s finger was stuck to the counter for a few minutes. Fortunately, she was able to pull it off and clean it.