Gourmet chocolate covered pretzels are a fun way to liven up the snack food table at your next party. Not only that,
but gourmet chocolate covered pretzels are simple enough to make that even small children can help out which also
makes it a fun family project. This article covers the most basic way of making gourmet chocolate covered pretzels.
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For this recipe, you will need about twelve ounces of gourmet chocolate (milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white
chocolate, sweet chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate or even bitter sweet chocolate). It doesn’t really matter which
type of gourmet chocolate you choose. However, gourmet white chocolate seems to be a popular choice for pretzel
lovers.
If you want to make your gourmet chocolate covered pretzels a little bit extra special, you can pick something
to sprinkle on them. Crushed nuts (like cashews or almonds) or a different flavor of chocolate (which will need
to be shaved or grated) make excellent toppings for gourmet chocolate covered pretzels.
The number of foods you can sprinkle on top of gourmet chocolate covered pretzels is almost endless but just to
give you a few ideas; coconut, caramel, dried cherries, crushed rice krispies, chopped raisins or just about any type of
crushed candy. If you want to take the easy route, the baking section of local grocery store should carry a large
numbers of candy sprinkles which are just perfect for making gourmet chocolate covered pretzels. Of course, you
don’t need to top your gourmet chocolate covered pretzels with anything at all.
To make gourmet chocolate covered pretzels you will also need eight ounces of salted pretzels. These can be the
traditional twisted style pretzels, ring-shaped pretzels or pretzels sticks. Pretzel sticks are probably the easy
type of pretzel to use when making gourmet chocolate covered pretzels but it really does not matter. You will also
need two tablespoons of cocoa butter. This can be substituted with vegetable oil but cocoa butter produces the best
gourmet chocolate covered pretzels.
The first step in making gourmet chocolate covered pretzels is to line a baking sheet with wax paper or aluminum
foil (shiny side up).
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