Chocolate Cherry-Dipped Pretzels

We got a chance to use our Santa plate this year for many a dish and appetizer or snack.

Here is a fun snack to try out with those cute new Christmas dishes. :)

These cherry chocolate pretzels are sooooo delicious and will be a big hit with your kiddos, guaranteed!

(If you like cherry cordials, we are on the same wavelength)

Ingredients:

Honey Wheat Pretzel Sticks

Recipe for Mint Chocolate Sauce {Here}, 

substituting cherry andes confections for andes mints.

red colored sugar

apples 

Directions:

Make your sauce

Using a spoon, dip pretzels and roll all the way around in the chocolate until the tip *or however much you want* is covered

Chill in the refrigerator for 20 min.

Add Christmas sprinkles or colored sugar

Who knew that the sugar-sprinkled apples would be the big hit?!

#kids #canneverpredict

yum, yum, yum!

Enjoy!

two easy-peasy chocolate sauces (with agave nectar!)

These sauces are very versatile. I have given you examples for serving, but feel free to be creative! These are so easy-- I hope you try them! They may just give nutella a run for its money! :0)

Chocolate Peanut Butter Sauce (for serving with graham crackers)

• 1/4 stick of butter
• 1 tbsp. cocoa powder
• 1 tsp. agave nectar
• 1 heaping tbsp. peanut butter

-Melt about 1/4 a stick of butter
-Add 1 tbsp. cocoa powder
-Add the agave nectar and peanut butter
-Stir, and Melt again 15 seconds

Mint Chocolate Sauce (for serving with ice cream)

• 1/4 stick of butter
• 1 tsp. agave nectar
• 1/2 cocoa powder
• 4 Andes Mints

-Melt 1/4 stick of butter
-Stir
-Add agave nectar
-Add cocoa powder
-add the mints and melt for up to 30 seconds, stopping to stir
-if it isn't pepperminty enough, add 2-3 drops of peppermint extract or oil.

Ideas for use:

Dip for pretzels, graham crackers, ritz crackers, etc.
Sauce for pancakes, ice-cream, bread, cake
Eat it plain, on a spoon
Any kind of seasonal dessert
Cool it and use like "chocolate chips" on desserts *like brownies, etc*
Have it with coffee or hot cocoa


That's it! So easy and so ridiculously delicious.  Share this snack with your husband and kids! :0)