Entries Tagged as 'pretzels'

White Chocolate Covered Pretzels

December 20th, 2011 · No Comments

White chocolate covered pretzels are almost as easy to make as chocolate covered peanuts and I’ve probably been making them almost as long. For sure, since I was very young. I didn’t like them as much as the chocolate and peanuts, though, so I never got as excited about them. I do remember my mom making them every year for my uncle because they were his favorites.

All you do for this is melt some white chocolate (I used almond bark) and dip pretzels into it. I usually put a few pretzels in the bowl at a time and then fish each out with a fork. I don’t like a thick coating of chocolate, so I usually hang the pretzel off the for for a few seconds to let most of the chocolate shake off. Lay the wet pretzels on wax paper to dry. That’s it. A perfect sweet/savory candy.

Now, this year I decided to try something new. I saw some mint chips at the supermarket and bought them. I melted down a small amount of chips, put them in a ziploc and cut the tip. Then I drizzled the mint over the white pretzels when they were dried. I did the same with some milk chocolate, too. And then some of the pretzels I left plain. I think they look pretty when they’re all mixed together.

Other variations you could try are using pretzel rods, using milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate, or only dipping half of a pretzel in the chocolate. Also while the pretzels are still wet, you can sprinkle them with nuts, smashed candy canes, toffee bits or some kind of jimmie. I imagine you can make these for any season, depending what colors of sprinkles you use.

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First Annual Cookie and Tree Trimming Party

December 10th, 2007 · 13 Comments


Erin & Hixx (photo by Erin)

Erin’s Peanut Butter Kisses
Erin’s Peanut Butter Kisses

Rachelle’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzels
Rachelle’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzels

On Saturday I hosted a cookie party. My mom, sister-in-law, cousin, nieces, Dallas’ aunts, and some of my girlfriends all came over. Each brought several dozen cookies, which we laid out and sampled over the course of a few hours.


Hixx, Laura, Olivia (Photo by Erin)


Olivia, Stephanie (Photo by Erin)

Stephanie & Jessica
Stephanie & Jessica

I served some baba ganoush (Dallas and I love the Whole Foods brand of it and surprisingly, so did my niece Stephanie who’d never had baba ganoush before), sun-dried tomato hummus, veggies, crackers, pretzels and cheeses to try to counter-balance the sweets. We all, especially my niece Jess, enjoyed spiced cider (spiked or not) that my mom helped make from a Chicagoist recipe.

Mary’s Bacon ~n~ Eggs
Mary’s Bacon ~n~ Eggs


Hixx (Photo by Erin)


Frosty! (Photo by Erin)

We passed the time talking and eating and listening to holiday music and trimming the tree and watching Frosty the Snowman/Frosty Returns on TV. After a couple hours of sampling all the cookies and candies, we each voted on the one we liked best.


Margaret (Photo by Erin)

Margaret’s Cookies
Margaret’s Cookies

These are all the tasty treats we sampled:

  • Rachelle’s Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Pretzels (pictured above)
  • Rachelle’s Seven Layer Bars
  • Rachelle’s Lemon Spritz Cookies
  • Hixx‘s Cookie Bars
  • Mary’s White Cranberries
  • Mary’s Christmas Rings
  • Mary’s Bacon ~n~ Eggs (pictured above)
  • Mary’s Special K Bars
  • Erin‘s Peanut Butter Kisses (pictured above)
  • Naoko’s Half-Dipped Cookies
  • Naoko’s Japanese Cookies
  • Laura H.’s Peanut Butter Blossoms
  • Gail’s Oatmeal Cookies
  • Kelly’s Almond Spritz
  • Kelly’s Jelly Rolls
  • Kelly’s Peanut Butters
  • Olivia‘s Jammy Pecan Thumbprints
  • Olivia‘s Coco-Nutella Nuggets
  • Laura O.‘s Cranberry Bars with Struesel Topping
  • Amanda’s Peanut Butter Balls
  • Amanda, Stephanie, & Jessica’s Frosted Cut Out Cookies
  • Margaret‘s Oatmeal-Chocolate-Dried Cherry-Pecan Awesomes (pictured above)


Rachelle (Photo by Erin)

Cookie Votes
Cookie Votes

Tied for second place were Kelly’s Jelly Rolls, Olivia’s Jammy Pecan Thumbprints and Mary’s White Chocolate Cranberries. Laura O. won the top prize (a holiday spatula and Betty Crocker’s Cooky Book) with her Cranberry Bars with Struesel Topping.


Laura (Photo by Erin)


Hixx, Laura, Olivia, Kelly (Photo by Erin)

Laura, the winner
Laura, the winner!

I didn’t take too many photos, and the ones I did weren’t of the people at the party.. I need to get better at that sometimes.. but Erin has some photos of friends who attended.

Cookies
Cookies!

Cookies
More Cookies!

Between this party and my company holiday party, I’m getting into the spirit now. I think my cookie party was a success. Everyone said they had a great time, so I’ll probably try to do it again next year, with a few modifications. Namely, you MUST take home as many cookies as you bring. I have about 500 cookies in my kitchen right now because everyone was being all polite about not taking too much home. Also, I think each person should just make one thing. There were several of us who made more than one candy or cookie and it did turn out to be a bit overwhelming to try to sample everything.

Christmas Tree
Christmas Tree 2007

Note: In 2010 I finally got around to updating this post with some of Erin’s photos from the party. She had more photos of the people who attended.

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Pretzels: A Real Meal

January 4th, 2007 · 6 Comments

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Steph Rolling Out Dough :: Oak Creek, WI

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The Dough is Ready :: Oak Creek, WI

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Putting the Dough in the Oven :: Oak Creek, WI

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Finished Pretzels :: Oak Creek, WI

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Steph With the Finished Pretzel :: Oak Creek, WI

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Jess & Mom Enjoying the Pretzel :: Oak Creek, WI

Stephanie got this Easy Bake Real Meal oven from her cousin Courtney for Christmas. She already has the regular Easy Bake oven, but I guess this one is supposed to do tons more than just the cookies and cakes that Easy Bake makes. On Christmas Eve night she made pretzels in the oven and we all got to try them.

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Quote of the Week

January 16th, 2002 · Comments Off

“My mother always said, ‘When you’re eating pretzels, chew before you swallow.’ Always listen to your mother.”
~George W. Bush, in reference to his losing consciousness, falling, and hitting his head after choking on a pretzel

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