FOOD GIFT: Chocolate Dipped Pretzels for Gift Giving...you get to eat your mistakes

Delight family and friends with homemade treats that are fast, frugal, and festive...and so easy kids can do it with you... if you can stand it (don't expect any Norman  Rockwell moments..lol)

This is such a cool idea...for the person giving the gift and the person receiving it..nothing is better than getting a home made gift...and nothing is more gratifying than making someone special happy with a hand made gift...especially if you can eat it!!!


 Chocolate-Dipped Pretzels

These pretzels are easy to make to give as a gift. Dip them a day ahead, and pack them in a box lined with waxed paper. Don't forget to add a note, that pretzels are best eaten within a week!

 

  

8 ounce(s) milk chocolate, broken into pieces

27 (8-inch long) pretzel rods

Flaked coconut and/or green, red, and white sprinkles (for topping)

 

Place chocolate in microwave-safe measuring cup or mug. Heat, covered with waxed paper, in microwave on High 1 to 2 minutes or until chocolate is almost melted, stirring occasionally until smooth.

Meanwhile, place each topping choice on separate sheet of waxed paper or on individual plates.

Holding 1 pretzel rod at a time, dip in melted chocolate, tipping cup to cover about half of rod with chocolate. Allow excess chocolate to drip off pretzel back into cup. Immediately sprinkle coated pretzel with choice of topping. Carefully place coated pretzel rod in pie plate or shallow bowl, leaning uncoated portion on edge.

Repeat with remaining pretzels (try to keep pretzels from touching one another in pie plate), and refrigerate about 20 minutes to set coating. Store pretzels in tightly sealed container, with waxed paper between layers, at room temperature up to 1 week.