Place pretzel rod on waxed paper or cooling rack.
Candy dipped pretzel rods recipe.
Sprinkle with morsels or sprinkles.
If using sprinkles you must sprinkle them before the chocolate starts to set or they won t adhere to the pretzel.
Dip pretzel rods about 3 inches into melted morsels tilting bowl to easily dip.
In a large glass measuring cup microwave caramels and water on high until caramels are melted stirring every minute.
Sprinkle immediately with desired sprinkles.
Pretzel rods use one 12 ounce bag for this recipe.
Melt milk chocolate chips in double boiler or in microwave be careful not to burn in the micro.
Larger sprinkles work best if placed individually.
Use side of bowl to remove excess.
Dip pretzel rod ends in melted chocolate then roll in.
Put crushed candy canes and festive sprinkles in two separate shallow bowls.
If you are using the white chocolate wait until later before melting unless you can keep it over warm water.
Reheat caramel in microwave if mixture becomes too thick for dipping.
Dip each pretzel rod about 2 3 of the way up in chocolate.
Dip three fourths of each pretzel into caramel allowing excess to drip off.
Place on waxed paper and let stand for white chocolate coating to set up.
If applying sprinkles do so immediately rotating the pretzel rods to coat all sides.
Let excess drip back into the glass and use the rim to remove any extra remaining.
Place almonds in a shallow dish.
Pour candy coating over two thirds of the pretzel rod and shake gently to remove excess.
Place on the prepared pan to set up.
Dip the pretzel rods in the glass and tilt the glass as needed to cover as much of the pretzel as desired.
Stir 1 tablespoon oil each into each bowl of melted chocolate.
White chocolate vanilla candy melts or almond bark coating you ll need just about 12 ounces of white chocolate for 24 pretzels i usually use make n mold vanilla flavored candy wafers available at most craft stores or plymouth pantry brand vanilla flavored almond bark coating available in the baking aisle of most grocery stores.