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Making your own chocolate dipped goodies is easy and
extremely gratifying. You can whip up chocolate covered
pretzels in a jiffy and delight your friends, coworkers,
neighbors...or you can hoard them all for yourself,
you naught little thing!
48 small pretzels
8 oz. white or dark candy
dipping chocolate (aka "bark coating")
3 - 4 oz. of contrasting candy
dipping chocolate, royal
icing, or sprinkles,
if desired
 Line
2 cookie sheets with wax paper. Place dipping chocolate
in a glass measuring cup. Microwave on high for 1 minute.
Stir. Microwave 1 more minute, or until smooth, stirring
every 20 seconds.
 Dip
the pretzels in the chocolate to coat.
NOTE: It's perfectly
acceptable, and considerably easier, to dip the pretzels
by hand, thereby leaving part of the pretzel undipped.
We used Christmas tree shaped pretzels, so the "trunk"
was left bare, to attractive effect.
 Place
dipped pretzels on wax paper. Refrigerate until chocolate
hardens, at least 15 minutes, or until the chocolate
hardens. Store in an airtight container.
If you like, you can decorate pretzels by drizzling
them with contrtasting chocolate (above) or royal
icing (below). Let royal icing harden for several
hours before storing pretzels (it smudges easily).
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