Submitted by: Stephanie.Gisseman@robins.af.mil (11/30/06)

These are so easy, cute, and yummy! We did some last year with the different filled Hershey's Kisses...peanut butter and caramel are really fabulous!

A really easy way to do this is to melt some chocolate chips or chocolate bark (the blocks of chocolate you can get for making chocolate candies) in a double boiler or even the microwave (but do it slowly and stir often). Just dip the pretzels (the long pretzel rods work great) and lay them out on waxed paper. My DD tried putting them on a cooling rack to drip off but they stuck really bad. You can drizzle them with melted colored candy melts (red, green and white look neat) or caramel, sprinkle them with sprinkles, or even double dip them in more than one color of chocolate. They're so fun and easy.

I like the idea of doing the pretzels and combining it with a Personal Progress activity. Or maybe making bunches of them, putting them in a cute Christmas mug (love the Dollar Store!) and delivering them to some of your inactives as part of the activity....

Submitted by: Desiree Crosby zoo_bie@yahoo.com (11/30/06)

You might also try a variation on the chocolate dipped pretzel. Something we love to make are "pretzel turtles." Spray a cookie sheet or line it with parchment. Spread some mini pretzels out on a cookie sheet. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees. Unwrap enough chocolate candies for each pretzel (Rolos or Hershey Kisses). Place a chocolate candy in the center of each pretzel & bake for 5 to 6 minutes. You just want the candy nice & soft, not melted all the way. I have used white chocolate kisses & milk chocolate--the white chocolate melts much faster. Take the cookie sheet out of the oven & gently press one M&M into the center of the chocolate to squish the chocolate down a bit. Refrigerate for about 15 minutes--they are easier to pick up when cooled. These look really nice & they are yummy. They also freeze well. A good treat to make w/even the little ones! Desiree


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