How to make old-fashioned caramel-wrapped, chocolate-dipped pretzels.
One of my very favorite things to do is make these lovely chocolate-dipped pretzels for my friends and family. Here are the directions for making them for your friends and family and some photos of some of the pretzels I’ve made.
Thank you to everyone who has inquired about buying my chocolate dipped pretzels. Unfortunately, I don’t currently offer them for sale. Fortunately though, you can easily make them for yourself!
Ingredients:
- a note on ingredients: buy your ingredients from a candy/cake decorating supply store or website. The pretzels for candy making are thicker than those sold in a grocery store. The candy wafers and caramel are especially made for melting, wrapping and dipping. The cello wraps are available in two sizes and you can find the wider ones than in a craft store. These specialty stores and websites also offer jimmies and sprinkles in a variety of shapes and colors!
- 36 Old fashioned pretzel rods.
- 3 1/2 cups of candy melting wafers of each: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and white chocolate
- 3 oz of caramel
- Candy jimmies/sprinkles of your choice
- Pretzel cello wraps
- Twist ties
Utensils:
- Microwave – *begin with a clean and odor free microwave
- Large Pyrex measuring cups
- Wax or parchment paper
- Cookie sheets lined with the wax or parchment
- Spoons to stir – * note on keep utensils bone dry before use. The slightest drop of water can change the integrity of the chocolate and it will molt.
Directions:
- Pinch caramel between fingers and roll between your palms. Keep rolling until it resembles a “play-dough snake!” Wrap caramel around pretzel beginning at one end and down 3/4 of the way down each pretzel.
- Melt chocolate in microwave at full power for 40 seconds, stir, 30 seconds, stir, 20 and so on until chocolate is completely melted.
- Hold chocolate by end without the caramel and dip into the chocolate, drip off excess chocolate and lay on lined cookie sheet. Drizzle on another color of chocolate. If you first dipped in the white, drizzle with the dark or milk chocolate. Sprinkle on jimmies and let set for one hour.
- Place each pretzel into a cello warp and twist tie the bottom.
- Store in a cool dry place. These treats do not do well in the freezer or fridge.