In addition to my Christmas gift granola I have been attempting to make chocolate-dipped pretzels. I bought fancy chocolate chips and melted them over a double boil, but the whole process was much more of a pain in the ass than I remember. I made these back in my sophomore year of college; this was when Stephanie and I were roommates together. I remember actually burning the bottom of her plastic cereal bowl in the microwave as I tried to melt the chocolate bits by nuking the shit out of them. But after I realized that I just needed to gently warm the chocolate, it was smooth sailing from there on. I'm thinking now that the chocolate may have been easier to melt because I was using craft-store grade candy-chocolate bits, which are full of scary hydrogenated oils and plastics that do a great job fluxing the chocolate to melt.
So my friend Sonia, who is a very talented and creative chica, told me to lay all the pretzels out of a cookie sheet and place a Hershey kiss or a Rollo on each one. Then you gently melt them in the oven(170F 4-6min), and when they come out you press an M&M or something of the sort into each melty kiss. Cool in fridge and bag.
I made it even easier on myself, I just got 'em good and melty, then banged the tray gently on the counter top to settle down the chocolate and dashed on some Christmas sprinkles. They look great, no M&Ms needed!
I even did these with gluten-free pretzels and chocolate!
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