Hot Tip #5: Holiday Edition

Hot Tip: When sprinkling holiday (or non-holiday) goodies...sprinkle while on a cookie sheet for sprinkle roll protection.

My MO for entertaining is easy, crowd pleasers. I frequently serve pigs in a blanket when we have large sports related gatherings and make a mean chicken fajita. Fancy? Nope. Do people love these things? Heck yes!

Anyhoo. One of my go to favorites is chocolate dipped pretzels. I do these all year long and vary the sprinkles with the season to add a Martha Stewart touch. My usual go to is pretzel rods which I pack up in a plastic container and take to various social events. Pretzel minis work too. One time, I got tropical and dipped banana chips.

The process is easy. Place waxed paper on cookie sheet or other baking sheet w/ edges.
Melt chocolate chips in microwave safe bowl.
Stir. Repeat as needed. (Don't do this in a bowl that's way bigger than the chocolate pile because then you lose a lot to the bowl wall.)
Dip desired snack as far as you'd like into melted chocolate.
Place on waxed paper to cool/harden.
After about 8 rod dips or 15 mini dips (depending on your speed), sprinkle chocolate with sprinkles. If you wait too long to sprinkle, they won't stick.

Personal holiday touch: varying chocolate types and putting chocolate pretzel mini twists in a chinese take out container to give people around the office.

Wishing I had a picture of one of my chocolate dipping sprees taking over my kitchen right now :(

Happy Holidays!