Pretzel Rods Recipe

5 from 16 votes

Pretzel Rods Recipe

Dipped pretzel rods are one of our family's favorite treats during the holidays. These treats are so delicious and addicting!

Prep Time5

Cook Time10

Total Time15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: rods roughly

Author: Lil' Luna

Ingredients

Pretzels

1 (12-ounce) bag pretzel rods about 30 rods
1 (16-ounce) package chocolate candy quick
desired toppings and sprinkles

Homemade Caramel Sauce

2 cups brown sugar
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup light corn syrup
½ cup unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Make caramel sauce by melting your butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add brown sugar, milk, and corn syrup. Boil over medium-high heat for 5 to 6 minutes, stirring constantly. Around 240°F (mixture will get thicker, a little shiny, and a tad darker). Remove from heat, add vanilla, and stir.
Dip each pretzel in caramel and set on wax paper. You can choose to repeat this step for extra gooey pretzels.
While caramel is setting, melt entire tray of chocolate candy quick according to package directions.
When caramel is just a tad sticky to the touch, carefully lift rod and dip in chocolate. Place on a clean sheet of wax paper to harden.
Be sure to sprinkle your preferred toppings immediately, before chocolate has set so that it sticks to the pretzels.
For a beautiful white drizzle, wait for chocolate to harden, then melt a few squares of the white candy quick and drizzle over the top.

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Notes

If you wish to dip two colors of pretzel rods you will only need to melt ½ of the package of chocolate candy quick and ½ a package of vanilla candy quick.

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