Christmas Pretzel Rods
Festive and delicious, these Christmas Pretzel Rods are the perfect holiday treat to share with friends and family. Easy to make and delightfully customizable!
Ingredients
- Pretzel sticks
- Brown candy melts or milk chocolate chips or chocolate almond bark
- White candy melts or white chocolate chips or vanilla almond bark
- Green candy melts
- Red candy melts
- Variety of sprinkles such as confetti holly mix, Wilton holiday nonpareils, Wilton Christmas snowflake sprinkles, or crushed peppermint
- 2 teaspoons Vegetable shortening optional, to thin melted candy
Instructions
- Melt the brown candy melts following the package instructions, taking care not to overheat. Add 2 teaspoons of vegetable shortening if the candy is too thick. Avoid adding water.
- Dip about two-thirds of each pretzel stick into the melted candy and gently shake off the excess coating. Add sprinkles immediately, rotating the pretzel to cover all sides.
- Place the coated pretzel on wax paper or a cooling rack. Allow the coating to set completely if adding additional drizzle colors.
- Use a spoon or fork to drizzle other melted candy colors over the pretzels. Before the drizzle sets, move the pretzels to fresh wax paper.
- Allow the pretzel rods to dry completely. Store in an airtight container at room temperature, avoiding refrigeration.