I really did have the best intentions this Sunday. ย I had a whole list of tasks I wanted to accomplish from unpacking my travel luggage to, you know… organizing my belt drawer and other such Sunday tasks. ย The best of intentions, really.ย Truth is I spent much of the day melting white chocolate, dipping pretzels in white chocolate, and standing in the kitchen eating melted white chocolate with a spoon… I was staring at the wall eating melted chocolate with a spoon(!!!!).
If I could hide these dipped pretzels from myself, I would.ย Be warned/send help.
Even a simple recipe deserves some pretty pictures.
Pretzel assembly is allowed to be haphazard. ย You’re also allowed to munch… added bonus.
White chocolate chunks are placed in a heatproof bowl to ready them for double-boiler melting.
Pretzels are in the mix.
Sprinkles are totally necessary. ย I chose a black nonpariel sprinkle. ย Black and white is the theme we’re going for. ย Instead of sprinkles you might consider dipping your pretzels into a crumbled chocolate cookie. ย Yea… cookie dipped pretzels. ย Go there.
This is the melted white chocolate I ate with a spoon. ย Admitting this fact helps my mind (not my thighs).
Pretty in the process.ย I really enjoy this part.
After dipping I like to shock the chocolate into hardening by placing them in the freezer.ย Once they’re hardened, I wrap the pretzels then place them back in the freezer.ย I then sit at my desk, answer emails, and try to forget the amazing chocolate goodness in the next room.ย These things are a gateway drug, for real.
These mostly sweet and slightly salty treats are totally classy.ย Arrange them in bags with a pretty ribbon to tie, or serve them off a cookie sheet, straight from the freezer at your Oscar Party next weekend.ย Whatever you do, try not to be left home alone with these pretzels.ย Will power is such a punk.
Black and White Chocolate Dipped Pretzels
makes 3 dozen pretzels
12 ounces white chocolate chips
1 heaping cup black nonpariel sprinkles
36-45 small hard pretzels (I used about half of a 16 ounce bag)
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. Place sprinkles in a medium bowl and set aside.
Place white chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl. ย Simmer 2 inches of water in a medium saucepan over medium heat. ย Place bowl of chocolate over the simmering water making sure that the bottom of the bowl does not touch the simmering water. ย Gently stir until chocolate is melted and perfectly smooth. ย Leave the bowl of melted chocolate over the pan of hot water, but take the pot off the flame.
Dip pretzels into the warm melted chocolate. ย I left one corner of the pretzels undipped. ย Shake off a bit of the excess melted chocolate from the pretzel and use a knife or fork to wipe some of the chocolate off the back side of the pretzel. ย You’ll want the pretzels to have their holes free of chocolate for sprinkle dipping. ย Place dipped pretzel in sprinkle bowl and coat to taste. ย Place dipped and sprinkled pretzel on a piece of parchment paper and allow to harden while you dip the other pretzels.
Place pretzels in the freezer to shock into hardening. ย Pretzels should be stored, sealed in an airtight container at a cool room temperature. ย
99 Responses
Dangerous indeed!!! Who did you give yours to?
Love the black and white photos. And who could resist a chocolate dipped pretzel :)?
I love chocolate covered pretzels and I love that these are black and white. These would be great for different events.
I am a HUGE FAN of your website and I always tell my friends they can’t go wrong with any of your recipes!
I had a little trouble melting the white chocolate for this one….. had to add a little shortening I had on hand to make it nice and melted and gooey. Do you have any comments about that? Was it the type of chocolate I used?
Anyway, they turned out DELICIOUS. I ran out of sprinkles after about 10 pretzels lol so I did 1/2 white chocolate and 1/2 semisweet chocolate and it was amazing as well!
Oh but why in monochrome? Would be lovely to drool upon the sight of colored pretzel. @.@ This is lovely!
Joy, these did not work. What went wrong!? The nonpareils were clumpy and the chocolate did not dip evenly. This was just a bad situation. We are so disappointed. But we still love you and your awesome recipes. At least we had a great time making them!
Maybe there was a problem with the temperature of your chocolate? It’s so hard to tell without seeing exactly what you did unfortunately. Give it another try!
Those look so yummy! And I love the simplicity. They’d make great party food (not to mention individual late night snack food). :D