Fun, festive food just seems to taste better and can easily create a fabulous celebration for any holiday. Time to get extra festive this 4^th of July with these Red White and Blue Pretzel Rods. The salty-sweet combination is a winner and crowd pleaser with the pretzel and chocolate mix.

Extra bonus – there are only 4 ingredients!

Double Extra Bonus – it’s fun to get the family involved when making these and kids can help. Notice my little one’s hands in the video.

Triple Extra Bonus – these fun 4^th of July pretzel sticks take less than 20 minutes to make.

Where to get the red and blue candy melts:

You can buy the red candy melts and blue candy melts on Amazon or at a craft store like Michaels.

Watch a video on how to easily make Red White and Blue Pretzel Rods:

Red White and Blue Pretzel Rods

 

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Prep time

12 mins

Cook time

6 mins

Total time

18 mins

 

Fun, festive food just seems to taste better and can easily create a fabulous celebration for any holiday. Time to get extra festive this 4th of July with these Red White and Blue Pretzel Rods. The salty-sweet combination is a winner and crowd pleaser with the pretzel and chocolate mix. Extra bonus – there are only 4 ingredients! Double Extra Bonus – it’s fun to get the family involved when making these and kids can help. Notice my little one’s hands in the video. Triple Extra Bonus – these fun 4th of July pretzel sticks take less than 20 minutes to make. Where to get the red and blue candy melts: You can buy the red candy melts and blue candy melts on Amazon or at a craft store like Michaels.

Author: Sarah Koszyk, MA, RDN

Recipe type: Snack

Cuisine: American

Serves: 21

Ingredients

• 21 pretzel rods
• 1 11-ounce bag of white chocolate chips
• ½ cup blue candy melts
• ½ cup red candy melts

Instructions

1. In a glass bowl, melt the white chocolate in the microwave using the defrost mode for about 2 minutes. Remove from the microwave and stir the white chocolate until it is smooth. If needed to completely melt the chocolate, microwave for a little more time.
2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or wax paper.
3. 
   Dip each pretzel rod into the white chocolate coating about halfway. Gently remove any excess chocolate and place the pretzel rod on the baking sheet. Repeat with all the pretzel rods.
4. Place the baking sheet in the fridge for about 5 minutes to harden the chocolate.
5. In 2 separate small glass bowls, place the blue candy melt in 1 bowl and the red candy melts in the other bowl. Microwave using the defrost mode for about 4 minutes (just like the white chocolate). Remove from the microwave and stir until smooth. If needed to completely melt the candy, microwave for a little more time.
6. Get 2 sandwich bags. Using a spatula, put each color into a separate sandwich bag.
7. Once the 2 colors are in their own sandwich bag, cut a tiny tip off of the corner of each sandwich bag using scissors to make a little hole for squeezing out the melted candy.
8. 
9. Take out the pretzel rods from the fridge and squeeze out the blue and red melted chocolate to make stripes across the pretzel rods.
10. Once complete, put the pretzel rods back in the fridge for 5 minutes to harden. Remove and Celebrate!

Nutrition Information

Serving size: 1 pretzel rod Calories: 141 Fat: 5 Saturated fat: 4 Carbohydrates: 25 Sugar: 17 Sodium: 128 Fiber: 0 Protein: 1 Cholesterol: 0

3.5.3251

By: Sarah Koszyk, MA, RDN

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