Hey everybody, it's Sam here from Sugar Spun Run and today I'm showing you how to make candied pretzels.
Candied pretzels are a super fun a sweet and salty snack that
are so simple to make at home. All we're doing is we're adding a little bit of
seasoning to some pretzels, and we're baking them and drizzling them with
chocolate. I think you guys are going to love these, so let's get right to it. The
first thing that you need to do to make candy pretzels is pre-heat your oven to
350 degrees Fahrenheit. Next, you are going to need a large bowl, and you're
going to want to add four tablespoons of melted unsalted butter to this bowl.
To the melted butter we're going to add 1/2 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract,
And we'll stir together the butter and the vanilla until they're pretty well combined.
And the butter and the vanilla are going to try to separate a little
but we're still going to give them a little stir just to kind of get them combined.
Now you're going to need three heaping cups
of mini pretzels. These little mini twisty pretzels are perfect for candying.
We're going to add these in with the butter and the vanilla and use your
spatula to toss the pretzels in the butter until they're all completely coated.
It's really important that all of your pretzels be covered in this butter,
otherwise the sugar and cinnamon and other spices that we're going to be
adding in a bit are not going to stick. These are looking pretty good so we're
gonna set these aside and you're going to need a separate bowl to make our
sugar topping. You'll add 1/2 cup of granulated sugar, 2 teaspoons of cocoa powder,
Just 1/8 teaspoon of cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon of finely ground flaky sea
salt. Now whisk these ingredients together until they're well combined.
And before we go any further, we're going to actually reserve two tablespoons of this
mixture for a little bit later on.
Alright now let's bring back our pretzels. We're going to pour this sugar
mixture evenly over the pretzels. we're going to toss until they're completely coated.
And just as when we were stirring the pretzels in the butter, it's really
important that we get them completely coated in this sugar mixture. that way they all have a really nice flavor
So our pretzels are nicely coated, and they
are ready to bake now. So the next thing that you're going to need is a cookie
sheet, and you're going to want to line it with parchment paper. This is just
going to make cleanup a lot easier for you. What we're going to do is we're just
going to evenly spread the pretzels onto the baking sheet.
Make sure your pretzels are evenly spread out over the baking sheet.
Now grab those two tablespoons of sugar mixture that we reserved from earlier.
We're just going to evenly sprinkle this over our pretzels.
Alright, these are ready to bake so they are going to go to our 350 degrees fahrenheit oven where
they're going to start by making for just five minutes. Once they bake for
five minutes, remove the pretzels from the oven, and turn them with a spatula.
You want to flip them so they get cooked evenly and don't burn.
Drop your oven temperature down to 300 degrees Fahrenheit and return them to the oven
where they'll cook for another five minutes. Once five minutes has passed, remove
them from the oven, flip them all once more and bake them for another 5 minutes on 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
Once your candied pretzels are baking you're going to want to let them cool for at least 15 minutes before we go any further.
Once your pretzels have had time to cool you're going to want to go ahead and melt some chocolate. Now you'll
need either a cup of melting wafers, or a cup of chocolate chips. You're going to just
melt these in about 15 to 20 second intervals, stirring really well in
between, until you have a nice melted chocolate. I'm just going to drizzle this
evenly, sporadically over the pretzels.
Make sure every pretzel get some chocolate on it. Now you need just a
little bit more patience because this chocolate is going to need to harden
before you can dig into your pretzels. I love using melting wafers because the
chocolate hardens in a matter of minutes. It's only gonna take about five minutes
for this chocolate to be finished and for these pretzels to be ready to eat.
Once the chocolate has hardened, you are going to want to use a spatula just to
break up the pretzels a little bit, because the chocolate is gonna act like a
glue, and kind of glue some of them together. It should be really easy to break them apart though.
And that is how easy it is to make candied pretzels at
home. I really hope you guys enjoy today's super simple recipe. If you try
this one out, please let me know what you think. I always love hearing from you
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