For those of you who procrastinate…like me…a super quick treat for your 4th of July festivities! These are so adorable, no? And the hands on time is maybe 15 minutes, tops!!
Red, White & Blue Pretzels
12 pretzel rods
20 ozs white chocolate for melting
blue food coloring
red food coloring
white candy sprinkles
1. Prepare a baking sheet, lined with parchment paper and topped with a cooling rack as a place for the pretzels to dry in between each coating of chocolate.
2. Place 10 ounces of white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl (I used a small mason jar for this part because you want to be able to dip the majority of the pretzel in the chocolate) and warm on defrost or low setting, for 15 seconds at a time, stirring the chocolate during each interval, until chocolate is completely melted. Once melted, dip each pretzel in the chocolate until about 2/3 is covered. Remove and place on the cooling rack until chocolate is dry to the touch.
3. Place 5 ounces of white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and warm the same way as the last. Once melted, add blue food coloring until you reach the shade of blue you want, I added about 20 drops. I also added a few drops of red to get the blue a little darker. When ready, dip the pretzels into the blue chocolate to cover about half of the white chocolate. Before setting the pretzel back on the cooling rack, shake some white sprinkles on the end while the chocolate is still wet.
4. Once the blue chocolate has dried, melt the remaining 5 ounces of chocolate and add red food coloring, I used 25 drops. When ready, spoon the red chocolate into the bottom corner of a plastic sandwich bag, cut a TINY piece of the corner off and slowly drizzle the red chocolate across the white chocolate portion of the pretzels in a back and forth motion to form stripes. Allow the chocolate to dry.
Enjoy!