Sweet ‘n Salty-Neighbor Presents

Pretzel rods will please even the pickiest pallet-or the neighbor you don’t know very well-but would like to. I know this idea isn’t new and you’ve probably either made, consumed or purchased pretzels rod sometime in your life.

They look so pretty all lined up and ready to be eaten.
For this decadent looking but simple to make treat is:
white and chocolate almond bark
a hammer
wax paper
peppermint candies
pretzel rods.

 

I wanted each household/neighbor to have 8 pretzel rods each. That meant that I needed 88 rods total. I picked out all the full rods from my bag, setting aside the broken nubs to be consumed by yours truly.

 

Next, I hammered all of the peppermints while they were inside of a thick waxed bag (cereal bag or something similar works great).

 

By microwaving the almond bark in a tall glass, the pretzel rods were easy to cover in chocolate, leaving about 2 inches at the bottom for a finger hold.

 

While the chocolate was still warm, I rolled half of my rods in the crushed peppermint.

 


The other half I drizzled with alternating types of chocolate.
Yum.

 

The leftover chocolate was used on my reject pretzel nubs, or eaten with a spoon by a certain Biceps and the mother of a certain Biceps.
So simple, so pretty and oh, so good.
Merry Christmas neighbor’s!

 

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27 Responses to "Sweet ‘n Salty-Neighbor Presents"

  1. connie says:

    tall glass…great idea!!

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  2. Amy@One Artsy Mama says:

    Oh, yum! Those look and sound deLICious! I love anything with peppermint! I’d be thrilled if you’d share these at my party:
    http://oneartmama.blogspot.com/2011/12/shine-on-fridays-8.html

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  3. Katherines Corner says:

    I know your neighbors ( and family) must have been thrilled with thee wonderful treats. Hugs! P.S. I hope you’ll stop by Katherines Corner and add your lovely blog to my blog list page 🙂

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  4. kim@too much time says:

    Um…YES! These look delicious and so pretty!If you have a chance, I would love for you to link this up at my party today!

    http://kim-toomuchtimeonmyhands.blogspot.com/2011/12/get-schooled-saturday-4.html

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  5. Julie says:

    These look really good, I would love it if you shared your recipe here:

    http://juliejewels1.blogspot.com/2011/12/show-your-stuff-4.html

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  6. simona - artsy ants says:

    Now this looks delicious! I sure wouldn’t mind being your neighbor… 😉

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  7. Kim says:

    Hmmm… I just saw something VERY similar to this at starbucks yesterday. These look fantastic. BTW, your sidebar cracked me up. Very cute. Hey, I am happy to announce I am your 100th follower! Congratulations!

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    • Rebekah says:

      FINALLY! I have cracked 100 followers again! It’s been an uphill battle getting my site back up and running since the crash. So glad that you stopped by. You made my day!

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  8. Miss Kitty says:

    These are so pretty! I have always had trouble figuring out how to get melted bark up on the pretzel so I LOVE your tip of using a tall glass. Thanks for sharing. I saw your post over at “Hope Studios” tutorial party.

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  9. maria says:

    just seeing your blog header always makes me smile! These look yummy.

    I’m having a link party on my blog today if you want to come over and share this I’d be just tickled pink! Here’s the link if you’re interested! http://caribbeanmissionarywife.blogspot.com/2012/01/t-time-51-and-link-party.html Happy New Year, Maria

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  10. Brenda says:

    A friend and I have made/ate these for years. We always called them “PMS” sticks — chocolate + salty!

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  11. Janel @ Hating Martha says:

    The pictures are great! These look yummy and fun!

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  12. Steph says:

    yummy! we made these for my children’s class treats before the holiday break. it was a huge hit so we made them again for our new year’s eve holiday potluck party.. however, we kept them simple and just dipped in chocolate. maybe next year when they are more motivated and focused, we can add smashed up peppermint or even nuts!!!! 🙂 happy to meet you, rebekah, via my world-made by hand’s link party. i have nothing to share… but lots to learn! 🙂 thanks for sharing!
    -Steph
    http://www.pendantsbysteph.blogspot.com

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  13. Daniel Schmatlach says:

    Hey… I didn’t see any pretzel rods in my stocking this year? What happened?

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  14. Melissa says:

    I LOVE chocolate covered pretzels…. this looks so much easier than the way I do them- the small pretzels take FOREVER! 🙂

    I’m building my own blog and would love your tips and suggestions!
    http://www.SerendipityandSpice.blogspot.com

    I also added you to my twitter feed! Can’t wait to see what’s up next!!

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  15. Becky says:

    Thanks for linking up–I am not sure why it is not recognizing you as a google friend?? I recently learned that the explorer you use makes a big difference and have found google chrome is the best at allowing things, but then firefox remembers me better, Computer savvy I am not. These look delicious!

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    • Rebekah says:

      Hey thanks for the response! I suppose I’ll just keep connecting each time-it could have been me-I may not have been signed into my google account or something. No worries! Just wanted to let you know if my little head shot kept popping up, that’s why!

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  16. carolyn - homework says:

    Mmmm. These look so good. If you have a moment, I would be thrilled if you shared this on my Inspiration Board {link party}. I know my readers would love it.
    http://carolynshomework.blogspot.com/2012/01/inspiration-board-link-party-31.html
    carolyn – homework

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  17. Barb says:

    Those look scrumptious!

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