Tomorrow is December 1st! (such a knack I have, for stating the obvious!) We started decking the halls a little early this year, and everything is up except our tree. All the Christmas music and decorations put me in the mood to make these...
Quite a few years ago my sister gave me the recipe for these, and every year we make large quantities of them! There are quite a few variations, but these are the ones we seem to like the best! Just in case you don't have the recipe...
Start with a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper
Arrange rows of mini pretzel twists
Top each pretzel with a chocolate disc (I used Merkins melting chocolate discs)
Yum, I love the sweet/salty combo!
Put the tray in a preheated 250 degree oven just until the chocolate disc is soft. I actually left this in longer than I like, they went a bit too sloppy looking. (I blame it on the Carpenter's Christmas Album, I got totally carried away in "Home for the Holidays")
Next you need these: Here in Canada they are Smarties. For those of you in Great Britain, finding Smarties will be no problem, if you are in the US you can use plain M&M's!
Press one Smartie into the center of each pretzel, and wait for them to firm up completely.
Yesterday was my last day of Tuesday daycare work until the new year. I packaged the pretzels in bags of six, and added a mini candy cane, to give to the sweet ladies I work with.
Later on this month, we will make larger batches for the Fab four to give to friends, and the best husband to give out to his class.
While I was waiting for the pretzels to cool, I was rummaging through Christmas bins and found these little ceramic sleighs that I had purchased a couple of years ago! I tucked the bag inside, and it made an even nicer gift!
This is a very reasonable gift to make (We priced everything out to about .40 cents for a bag of 6 pretzels, including the clear treat bags, Candy canes, and ribbon. I purchased all my supplies from a bulk food store, so it may be more/less depending on where you are able to shop. If you're working on a tight budget, this could help!) and it is a great recipe for kids to do!
Note: Packaging them as soon as they cool is recommended... if not, they disappear fast...They are that good!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
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14 comments:
Those are darling and Canada Smarties are way better than US Smarties (http://www.smarties.com/) And, Canada Smarties are bigger and better than M&M's. I've had them once because I was a pen pal with someone in Canada.
I am doing this. Thanks so much for the fabulous treat idea! I'm always looking to change up my 'treat trays' for the neighbors. It will also make a great "Happy Friday!" treat for LittleGirl's bus driver. Happy Wednesday! ☺
Yum!! My girlfriend brought some of these down to my show as a little snack. Delicious! Hope you are well Katherine!
I'm so thankful for this wonderful idea, and for you linking it with us. Thank you! I will do this for gifts!
Happy Wednesday!
Beautiful! What a happy gift to give AND to receive. I love how colorful they are.
Hello Katharine,
Stopping by for the first time. I have had these tasty treats but never made them. Thanks for posting the how-to! Going to give them a try this year :)
Nice visiting with you!
Kindly, Lorraine
Ohhhhhhhhhh.. Thank you for sharing this recipe. I am totally making these after work tomorrow. I was just sitting here thinking about making sally's teacher some of those mini tree cupcakes for Friday... your pretzels are way easier and tastier. She'll love them. : ) Infact, my mil will love some too.
Have a great Thursday
We make chocolate covered pretzels every year, but I think we'll give these a go! They look so yummy and a little less messy:) Thanks for this tutorial!
I love these, too.
I didn't realize that they were so easy.
I've made something similar with Rollos and a pecan pressed into the middle of it. Yummy, but not as pretty as yours! :)
Kids we are having some pretzel today. Nooooo. But kids, they are with chocolate and candy. Yeahhhh! :)
Hope they'll like them :)
I made some like these , except I used `Rolo`s and then put a whole pecan on top ....love them
I make these with a the Hersheys Kisses that have caramel in them, and then push a peanut butter chip in to replace the M&M. SOOO good!
Trying these tomorrow. I can't get big chocolate drops like this in France, do you think squares of cooking chocolate will work?
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