Showing posts with label Pretzel Rod Treats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pretzel Rod Treats. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Pretzels:Dipped, Smothered & Covered in Chocolate, Caramel and M&Ms!

It is my candy coated opinion, that, while in WDW, you can never spend too much time gazing at the amazing Disney treats being made right before your very eyes!

Actually, "being made" is not the right term. Pampered, coddled, gently coaxed into being..yes, that's much more accurate. I just have to watch in wonder, and yes, even dream of working in a Disney candy kitchen!

Last week, I got to celebrate my birthday in the Magic Kingdom (52 and still lovin' it)! I was standing in the sweet Main Street Confectionery and staring all "sugar eyed" as I watched the candy makers creating and decorating Mickey Mouse rice krispie treats, caramel apples, pretzels and more. 

They had these huge bowls and tubs filled with melted chocolate and sprinkles and M&Ms and jimmies and colored sugars! Then, after they dipped the treats in chocolate, they would place each one into a candy filled tub and cover the entire thing, gently patting and pressing, making sure it was completly smothered. The treats were left to rest as they would move on to the next one. This resting time allowed for the maximum amount of candies to "stick" to the chocolate coating. Wow! 

I'm am hooked! I must make my own. Here I go.
Go with me won't you?!
 Disney also dips lots of their sweets in caramel. I do too. Today, I am dipping my pretzels in peanut butter caramelClick here for my recipe. I also have a yummy vanilla caramel recipe. Of course you can always just skip the caramel, but why would you want to?!
Pretzel rods are the salty base for our treats.
Perfect for all the yummy sweetness we'll be adding to them.
 Five simple ingredients are needed for the peanut butter caramel. Brown sugar, corn syrup, sweetened condensed milk, peanut butter and vanilla.
I poured my caramel into a quart size mason jar to make for easier dipping. 
 Let cool just a bit and then dip, dip, dip away.
Gently scrape excess caramel against the mouth of the jar. 
This will help prevent "caramel spread".
 Lay dipped pretzels on parchment paper sprayed lightly with non-stick cooking spray.

I only dipped 21 pretzels and used about half the caramel. So I poured the remaining caramel into a parchment lined loaf pan lightly sprayed with non-stick spray. Voila, peanut butter caramels for snacking!  :)
As the caramel sets, melt the chocolate.
I used about 34 ounces to cover 21 pretzels including drizzling for several of them.
Again, I poured the chocolate into a mason jar for dipping.
Here's the part I've been waiting for!

Lay the chocolate covered pretzel in your candy filled tub/pan/dish.
Now cover the entire thing with candies.
Following the candy makers steps, I gently patted the candies making sure my pretzels were cacooned and smothered in M&Ms!

Now we let them rest a few minutes till completely set.
Ahhhhh..perfect!

Completely covered in candies!

But, ya know.. sometimes you feel like an M&M..
..sometimes you don't!
 My family is REALLY gonna LOVE me now!
 Candy is just so dang purty!!
Just in case you weren't convinced you wanted one..

I'll just leave this right here..
Thanks for dropping by Sugartown Sweets..
See Ya Real Soon!

Have a sweet day, Karen   :o)

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Pumpkin Pretzels!



Do you need an easy pumpkin treat?
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I love all the cute pretzel treats I've been seeing around the web..and since we're right smack in the middle of pumpkin season, I wanted to combine the two for an easy and fun edible craft.
~Sweet~
 Roll out green fondant and cut with the leaf fondant cutter. Let air dry.
 Dip pretzel sticks in orange candy melts and let dry. Next, dip pretzel tip into melted chocolate chips. With the pretzel laying on a sheet of parchment paper, place the leaves against the top of pretzel and let dry.
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Rainbow Chips Sprinkles..love :o)
 When pretzels are completely dry..decorate. Use a foodwriter pen to draw eyes and mouth. Using a small paintbrush, dip it in corn syrup and dab the back of a rainbow chip "nose". Now just place it the on the pumpkin face.
Sweet little purty pumpkins!
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Friday, July 13, 2012

Fish Sticks...Sweet!

Fish Sticks..Sugartown Sweets style!
A few weeks ago I made Gummy Worms On A Stick..
that's when I thought how cute these would be. 
There are so many churches having VBS this month, including mine..and I thought these would make a great craft/snack. 
Hope you're all having a fantastic summer!
I didn't even know there were gummy octopus out there! I thought they were so cute, I used a couple of them too!
Items you will need:
1 tub vanilla frosting
pretzel rods
gummy fish
food color
pearl sprinkles
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I colored my tub of vanilla frosting with Wilton sky blue color.
Gummy fish lined up...I bought a bag of Targets store brand.
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Frost a pretzel rod to resemble ocean waves..
place the gummy fish on the frosting and add a few white pearl sprinkles.
That's it! You're done..with plenty of time left to go fishin'. :o)
Happy & Sweet Creating 
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

(Gummy) Worms On A Stick!


Gummy Worms On A Stick!
When my hubby and I were on Mackinac Island
last week, I saw the sweetest little treat in Sanders candy shop! 
Pretzel rods, dipped in chocolate, covered with cookie crumbs and a smiling gummy worm perched on top! 
Adorable..yes, I think worms are cute..the candy ones anyway. ;o)
I looked everywhere to find the worms they used. 
I could not find them, so I went with these. Still cute.
The candy store sold the sticks for $2.49 each...
but you can make them "dirt cheap". (wink,wink)
I also made some tiny ones using pretzel sticks and the smaller gummy worms.
You will need: Pretzel rods~Melted Chocolate~
Chocolate Cookies(crushed for the dirt)~
Gummy Worms

I used these Oreo type cookies.
I just scraped off the filling, and then crushed them. 
If you can find the chocolate wafer cookies, that would be a little easier!
 "Mount Crumbmore"
 Pretzel Rods ready for dipping...
 Mmmm....
 Sprinkle cookies crumbs onto the chocolate, place on wax paper. Let sit till chocolate sets!

 Eeww & yum-o! Gummies!
Gently tap the pretzel, shaking off the extra crumbs to make sure the gummy worm will stick!
Spread a little of the melted chocolate to the underside of the worm and place on the pretzel.
I thought it would be cute to make little dirt piles for the smaller worms to rest on.
Spoon a little puddle of the melted chocolate on wax paper. Place a few pretzel sticks in the chocolate and sprinkle with the cookie crumbs. Let sit, then add the gummy worms.
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Don't get all "wormy" on me! Just make up a quick little batch of these and you'll feel better!
Happy and Fun Creating 
from
Sugartown Sweets!
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