Chocolate Pretzel Bark for the Holidays

on December 1, 2009 at 12:00 PM

Chocolate pretzel bark is one of my favorite homemade gifts to give during the holidays. I package the candy in little treat bags tied with a festive ribbon!

Chocolate Pretzel Bark

3 bars (about 8 ounces) of your favorite melting chocolate

1.5 cups of pretzels, broken into pieces

Melt chocolate, either in the microwave or on the stove in a double boiler. Stir in half of the pretzel pieces. Spread melted chocolate-pretzel mixture onto a baking sheet lined with waxed paper. Sprinkle remaining pretzel pieces over top. Refrigerate for 1 hour, or until chocolate has hardened. Bread chocolate into candy-sized pieces.

Do you make chocolate bark? What homemade gifts do you give during the holidays?

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Comments (5)

dragonflylovr19

on Dec 1, 2009 at 12:47 PM

I love to use the holiday shaped pretzels instead of breaking them up! And my favorite recipe to make is Oreo Truffles :) Yum

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toola

on Dec 1, 2009 at 9:07 PM

I usually make peppermint bark w. white choc, but this year I want to try choc almond buttercrunch toffee

MadamPepper

on Dec 5, 2009 at 4:56 PM

Oh wow, my husband would love this (he's a salt fiend!). I usually make my chocolate bark the traditional way with bashed peppermint candies with white chocolate and then a layer of dark chocolate on the bottom. I'm the chocolate lover in the family, so that probably explains why I'm supporting The Year of Godiva Giveaway. There are lots of great promotions going on at www.Godiva.com/give, and I can't help but salivate a little every time I visit!