These snowflake pretzels would make great party nibbles for Christmas parties or lovely party favours if you put them them in little boxes or cellophane bags.
They make a lovely edible gift idea for family and friends this Christmas too, just pop them in a cellophane bag and add a pretty ribbon and label!
This post is another in this month’s Nutcracker themed food series. I’m collaborating with Meghan from Playground Park Bench, who is sharing some adorable Nutcracker themed crafts and activities (you can see a round-up of all of our posts so far over on Meghan’s blog here: Plan the Perfect Nutcracker Party.
Today our theme is snowflakes. Meghan will be sharing some lovely light up snowflake wands, and I’m sharing this lovely snowflake pretzels recipe.
I found these fun star shaped pretzels in my local supermarket (Sainsburys) which were perfect for this project, but if you can’t find this specific shape there are lots of other festive pretzels shapes available in the shops at this time of year and ordinary pretzels would work too.
I found the snowflake sprinkles in our local pound shop, but most supermarkets stock something similar or you can find them on Amazon UK. You could also use simple hundreds and thousands if you prefer.
Snowflake Pretzels
Ingredients:
- Star shaped pretzels
- 100g white chocolate
- snowflake sprinkles
Method:
Lay a sheet of baking paper or tinfoil over a flat baking tray, platter or plate.
Break up the chocolate and place in a small microwavable bowl (I used white chocolate buttons to speed up the process a little!).
Microwave at 20 second intervals, stirring between each interval until the chocolate has melted. White chocolate melts quicker than other chocolate, so take care not to burn it! You could also melt it in a bowl over boiling water if prefered, but I find microwaving to be a bit quicker.
Give the chocolate a good stir, then dip a pretzel half way into the chocolate to coat. Place the pretzel on the baking tray, then pop a few snowflake sprinkles gently on top of the chocolate to decorate.
Repeat until you run out of chocolate or have as many pretzels as you need.
Place the tray in the fridge for around 15 minutes to set hard. Once set, carefully peel the pretzels from the baking paper, then store in an airtight container or package up in cellophane bags to give as gifts.
If you enjoyed this post, do come back to follow the rest of our Nutcracker series – we’ll be posting a new idea every few days for the next week or so. You can find all of our posts to date over on Meghans Plan the Perfect Nutcracker Party page, and I’ll be putting together a nice round-up of our nutcracker ideas when the series is complete too.
Looking for more Christmas gift ideas to make with kids? Check out this collection of 30 easy edible gift ideas that kids can make for Christmas!
For more delicious and fun food ideas for the festive season, check out the Christmas Food section here on the Eats Amazing blog or pop over and follow my Christmas Pinterest boards for lots more fun ideas from around the web; Christmas, Cute Christmas Food Ideas and Healthy Christmas Food.
Grace
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Easy chocolate dipped snowflake pretzels, a gorgeous nutcracker themed party food idea and perfect for edible gifts that kids can make!
- 1/2 bag Star shaped pretzels
- 100 g white chocolate
- snowflake sprinkles
- Lay a sheet of baking paper or tinfoil over a flat baking tray, platter or plate.
- Break up the chocolate and place in a small microwavable bowl (I used white chocolate buttons to speed up the process a little!).
- Microwave at 20 second intervals, stirring between each interval until the chocolate has melted. White chocolate melts quicker than other chocolate, so take care not to burn it! You could also melt it in a bowl over boiling water if prefered, but I find microwaving to be a bit quicker.
- Give the chocolate a good stir, then dip a pretzel half way into the chocolate to coat. Place the pretzel on the baking tray, then pop a few snowflake sprinkles gently on top of the chocolate to decorate.
- Repeat until you run out of chocolate or have as many pretzels as you need.
Place the tray in the fridge for around 15 minutes to set hard.
Once set, carefully peel the pretzels from the baking paper, then store in an airtight container or package up in cellophane bags to give as gifts.
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Kerry at Kerry Cooks says
December 16, 2015 at 1:40 pmI love these – I have those same sprinkles! Thank you so much for entering festive food friday!
Grace says
December 21, 2015 at 1:34 amThank you! I love those sprinkles, I used them a lot at this time of year!