Chocolate Pretzel Snowman Craft

posted in All on 11/8/2015

Chocolate Pretzel Snowman Craft Ingredients: (makes 24) -2 ounces melted orange Candy Melts -1 bag Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Dipping Sticks -16 ounces melted and tempered pure white chocolate or melted white confectionery coating/Candy Melts -8 ounces melted and tempered pure semi-sweet chocolate or melted dark cocoa confectionery coating/Candy Melts -24 snowflake sprinkles

Pour melted orange candy melts into a small zip top bag, and snip off one tip. Pipe small triangle shaped orange carrot noses onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Each nose should be about 3/4 inch long.
Pop tray in freezer for about 2 minutes, until the candy noses are set.

When you open your bag of Dipping Sticks. you will find various pretzel lengths. I found it best to put 6 pretzels of similar size together for the snowman head, then find one that was longer for the brim of the hat.

Dip each of the 6 pretzel sticks into the white chocolate. Set them next to each other on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
Pop in the refrigerator if using pure white chocolate and the freezer if using confectionery coating for 3-5 minutes until the chocolate sets.

dip the un-coated ends into chocolate

Dip one pretzel completely in the chocolate, let it sit a minute to begin hardening. Place it at a slight angle just at the bottom edge of the chocolate dipped pretzels forming the brim of the snowman’s hat.

Use a food use only paint brush, to paint chocolate eyes and a mouth onto each snowman.

Attach one orange carrot nose to each snowman using a dab of white chocolate.

Chill for 2-3 minutes until hardened.

Use a dab of white chocolate to attach a candy snowflake sprinkle to each hat. I used Wilton’s large white snowflake sprinkles to adorn my hats. You can use any decoration you like. Stars or flowers would be great too. If you want to get fancy, add a band just above the hat brim.