Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Christmas Cookie #2: Chocolate Dipped Pretzels


Two bowls of melted chocolate, a bag of pretzel rods, and some Christmas sprinkles made for a great time at our house today - and a pretty fantastic looking bunch of cookies.

The boys had a BLAST dipping the pretzels into the "choc-wit" and picking out which kind of sprinkles they wanted to use on each one.




Our lesson: The shepherds (whose staffs resemble our pretzels) were so excited to tell everyone about the new baby Jesus. We want to tell everyone about Jesus, too.



Chocolate Dipped Pretzels
our own "recipe"...

1 bag pretzel rods
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup white chocolate chips
Assorted Christmas sprinkles

Melt chocolate chips in microwave in two separate bowls at 70% power for 1 minute. Remove and stir. Continue microwaving in 20 second intervals and stirring until chocolate is melted and smooth.

Dip pretzel rods into melted chocolate. Decorate with desired sprinkles. Place on foil covered cookie sheets until chocolate has hardened. Serve in small glass hurricane.

Posted by Sarah on Tuesday, December 02, 2008
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16 comments:

  1. Rachel SlagleDecember 3, 2008 at 1:28 AM

    i love chocolate dipped pretzels and what a great lesson to go with them :)

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  2. Just MomDecember 3, 2008 at 4:03 AM

    EXCELLENT IDEA!

    I need to bake 5-10 dozen cookies for a fund-raiser. These are perfect, and can be bagged decoratively for sale. AWESOME, SS!

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  3. Just MomDecember 3, 2008 at 4:04 AM

    I'm also baking oatmeal-raspberry bar cookies, and may do one more.

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  4. Emily DykstraDecember 3, 2008 at 5:29 AM

    Yummers. I wike "choc-wit". Good job, guys!

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  5. MariDecember 3, 2008 at 6:13 AM

    Great lesson and the pretzels look good!

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  6. Jessica BrownDecember 3, 2008 at 8:01 AM

    so fun. i'm loving this series so far. you're so creative!

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  7. Momma RoarDecember 3, 2008 at 8:08 AM

    I love how you relate it to Christmas!!

    My mom was here yesterday and made these with the kids...well, with those that weren't sacked out on the couch!

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  8. AnonymousDecember 3, 2008 at 9:47 AM

    This could be the perfect thing for the kids to make for their SS and BSF teachers. Thanks!

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  9. AnonymousDecember 3, 2008 at 10:03 AM

    Now you're talking, CHOCOLATE! Love the boys faces. I was just telling a friend about the joy of kissing Lincoln's little head. Nothing quite like it!

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  10. KristyDecember 3, 2008 at 10:03 AM

    Love the idea and lesson! For us adults, I've made these, sprinkled with heath bar bits or crushed nuts. Yummy!

    This cookie idea is very fun!

    I feel like Aimee, though, wishing Jules was home to do more fun things with, instead of at school. She has off 2 weeks for Christmas though, so I may tuck a few of these ideas away for then!

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  11. Jenni S.December 3, 2008 at 11:09 AM

    These look so easy! Great idea, Sarah!

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  12. T with HoneyDecember 3, 2008 at 12:10 PM

    I tried making these with Princess last year and ours didn't come out anywhere near as good looking. Maybe we'll try again.

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  13. AlanaDecember 3, 2008 at 10:02 PM

    Girl, you are going to single handedly bring me and the Big D down with these posts! ;-)

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  14. Just MomDecember 5, 2008 at 12:21 PM

    I made these for the bake sale, using almond bark. Well, I tried to. My son keeps grabbing them and eating them.

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  15. KristenDecember 5, 2008 at 5:36 PM

    love these - so yummy! i love the christmas lesson tied to the cookies. you are so creative....

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  16. DeniseDecember 9, 2008 at 4:42 PM

    this i have made. it is a recipe even i can handle.

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