Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Bites

I just love this basic caramel recipe.

Caramel

1c. Karo syrup
1c. Brown sugar
1c. White sugar
1 stick of butter
1 can sweetened condensed milk


Put ingredients in a large sauce pan over medium heat and stir until melted and combined. Bring to a boil and stir for five minutes. Be careful to keep stirring so that it doesn't start to burn on the bottom of the pan.

Here is a variation on these chocolate caramel pretzel rods. Instead of rods, I sandwiched the caramel between two of the "snap" pretzels that look like rectangles.


I put the caramel in a squirt bottle for condiments to make it less messy.

After loading the pretzels with caramel, put on a top pretzel and place the cookie sheets in the fridge to set up for at least 30 minutes.

Melt chocolate and dip the pretzel sandwiches and place on wax paper and set.

This batch of caramel will make A TON of pretzel bites! You can also use it to make gooey popcorn balls.

And see those other candies with the red, white and green candy discs on top? I'll show you those in a day or so. They are worth the wait!

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17 comments:

  1. Oh yummy! Chocolate, pretzel and caramel ~ what a delicious combination!!

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  2. Oh my..what a delicious sight that is!

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  3. Those look delish! I'll have to bookmark this page.

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  4. Thanks for the great caramel recipe!

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  5. Your caramel recipe saved the day. A friend and I set out to make caramel dipped chocolate dipped pretzel today, lets just say the first batch we had to toss, the caramel set up way to hard. In searching for a new recipe we came across your blog, tired it and loved it. Thank you!!!

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  6. what a fantastic treat! so perfect for christmas!

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  7. Oh how yummy! Perfect for whip up any time company is coming over!

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  8. These look scrumptious! Such a yummy treat for my Christmas cookie tray!

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  9. Sweet and salty always make for a great treat...Fabulous!!

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  10. This looks like a fun, delicious treat for Christmas!

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  11. The caramel sounds like a great recipe. I am a huge fan of anything containing sweetened condensed milk.

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  12. Oh my gosh....my mouth is watering like crazy!!! Those look so yummy!!!

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  13. Mmmmmm! This is the caramel recipe from the pretzel rods- so, so good! Thanks again!

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  14. Those look great to make for the kids holiday school parties!
    ~ingrid

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  15. I like the use of "ton" its a measurement I use often - I will make these for my son who will more than likely eat a ton! Plus I am a rhymer.

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  16. This made my day! Salted caramel is all the rage right now, and what a simple way to be trendy and delicious at the same time... fool proof! Great blog.

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