Mocha Cookie Pretzels

Name: Mocha Cookie Pretzels
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 4 dozen.
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 Eggland's Best egg; 2 ounces white baking chocolate, melted and cooled; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 cups cake flour; 1/4 teaspoon salt; GLAZE:; 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips; 1 teaspoon shortening; 1 teaspoon light corn syrup; 1 cup confectioners' sugar; 3 to 5 tablespoons hot brewed coffee; 2 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped; Green colored sugar, optional

Looking for something special to bake up for the holidays? Try these elegant mocha-frosted pretzels. They're great with coffee and make an eye-catching addition to any cookie platter. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 Eggland's Best egg
2 ounces white baking chocolate, melted and cooled
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups cake flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
GLAZE:
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon shortening
1 teaspoon light corn syrup
1 cup confectioners' sugar
3 to 5 tablespoons hot brewed coffee
2 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped
Green colored sugar, optional

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Beat in melted chocolate and vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until dough is easy to handle.
Divide dough into fourths; divide each portion into 12 pieces. Shape each piece into a 6 in. rope; twist into a pretzel shape. Place 1 in. apart onto lightly greased baking sheets.
Bake at 400° for 7-9 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool.
For glaze, in a microwave, melt the semisweet chips, shortening and corn syrup; stir until smooth. Stir in confectioners' sugar and enough coffee to achieve a glaze consistency. Dip cookies in glaze; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper until set.
In a microwave, melt white chocolate over 30% power; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Decorate with green sprinkles if desired; let stand until set.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 81 calories, 4g fat (2g saturated fat), 10mg cholesterol, 34mg sodium, 12g carbohydrate (7g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

Originally published as Triple Chocolate Pretzels in Country Woman Christmas 2005

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puffybloomers

Nov 20, 2013

hard to dip the chocolate and twist the pretzel. taste wasn't that great. would give them a C+. will not make again
lindipally

Nov 27, 2010

Loved this tasty treat!
shentges

Dec 19, 2009

Had to leave the corn syrup out of the icing/glaze, it would become one big ball when mixed in.