Caramel Pretzel Sticks
Homemade caramel, smooth almond bark and chopped nuts make these pretzel rods sinfully delicious. This treat is always a huge hit at holiday parties. People think you spent all day in the kitchen! —Mary Bown, Evanston, Wyoming
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 1 cup butter, cubed
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 1 package (12 ounces) pretzel rods
- 6 to 12 ounces white candy coating
- 6 to 12 ounces milk chocolate candy coating
- 3/4 cup finely chopped walnuts, optional
Reviews
This recipe is not hard although I used Peter's Caramel in the loaf and put it into my crock pot turned it on low let the caramel melt then took a spoon and scooped the caramel onto the sticks then put them on parchment paper and refrigerated them for several minutes then took them out of the refrigerator and covered them with melted chocolate then sprinkled them with nuts or candies or whatever you wanted then drizzled them with melted white chocolate and put them back in refrigerator to finish. You only need one person to do this it is very simple and no need to cover them with chocolate right after covering them with caramel. One person can do this very easily no need for two people. Hint: The caramel loaf is so easy no need to unwrap all those caramel pieces, it's too time consuming. This recipe takes less then 30 minutes to do three packages of pretzels.
How many pretzel rods does this recipe make?
Used this recipe to make favors for my wedding and they were a big hit! I did find that parchment paper worked (instead of buttering all those trays) and could then be reused once you decorated the pretzels with chocolate. I also found that using a pint glass for the dipping the pretzels into caramel was easier than a measuring cup.
Love this recipe. The caramel is well worth making. It does make a lot. I use the left over for pecan turtles. I find the caramel cools and thickens quickly. This year I put the caramel in a tall 2 cup measuring cup. I put that cup into a 4 cup pyrex measuring cup and filled the pyrex about 3/4 full with boiling water. This kept the caramel at a workable temperature. When the caramel dipped pretzel cools, it will have a flat side from laying on the pan. I put gloves on and rounded the caramel around the pretzel before dipping it into the chocolate. You don't have to have gloves, but it keeps the fingerprints off the caramel.If you wrap them individually, they make great fillers for gift baskets or coffee mugs.
While this is a favorite every year. The carmel has never set up. I followed the recipe and the carmel is always to soft, I have to freeze them before dipping them. Any advice would be appreciated.
very good, make every christmas.
This recipe is requested every year at Christmas. And I agree that it makes a lot of caramel, but it is the best homemade caramel I have found!! I pour the leftover caramel into a greased jelly-roll pan and sprinkle with some coarse sea salt and let cool. Then cut unto squares and wrap them - great for gifts!
Made this recipe for a fund raiser, everyone loved them! I bought the pretzel rod container from Aldis and used all the caramel (probably 100 rods in that container).
I have made this recipe now the last 3 out of 4 yrs and now it's expected almost every year. This year I am taking the left over caramel and making turtles out of it. I was upset cause there would be so much left but hopefully this will help complete the leftover. Plus I use small rods so i can give more out since I work with nearly 35-40 other employees and everyone wants one!! These are worth the time!!
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM was what my husband said when he took a bite of one of these! The homemade caramel makes this! It took me about 3 hours start to finish but the end result was fantastic. As other reviewers said this makes A LOT of caramel but I also did what the recipe writer suggested and make about 30-35 caramels out of the leftovers. It was like a bonus treat! Delicious and will definitely make again. Thanks for this recipe!