Parties for the Fourth of July can be so festive. And it is so easy to keep them fuss free. There are so many options for decorating and enjoying the day. Visit the Dollar Store for a treasue trove of inexpensive flags, red tablecloths, patriotic serving ware and lots of other chintz.
And these pretzel sticks dipped in CandiQuik Coating and sprinkled with red, white and blue are a great choice for an inexpensive and yummy addition to your dessert menu. I have been using CandiQuik for as long as I can remember. I have dipped so many things in it, and it works great. It melts easily and drys quickly so that it adheres easily to the pretzels. Feel free to use whatever kind of dipping chocolate you have on hand, CandiQuik just works great for me.
I fill all kinds of interesting glasses with the pretzels and tie ribbons around them. They look beautiful and really help bring on the festiveness. And everybody loves munching on them.
You can even dip marshmallows as well. Strawberries would also be cute!! The kids will love these! Both the pretzels and the marshmallows are the perfect dessert additions to your holiday buffet. They will go well with homemade ice cream, strawberry shortcake or this awesome Fourth of July cake.
There is hardly a recipe but I’ll write it down anyway…
Place these anywhere and everywhere you want it to look like a celebration!
Patriotic Pretzels
Ingredients
- One bag large sized pretzels
- 1 tray Vanilla CandiQuik Coating
- red, white and blue sprinkles
Directions
- Melt CandiQuik according to package directions. Quickly dip pretzels or marshmallows in CandiQuik and place on parchment paper. Let CandiQuik set for one minute then sprinkle with sprinkles.
Barbie with a T says
The salty sweet combination of the pretzels really do appeal to me. I could probably munch on them and finish off one of the glassfuls in no time. The cones are pretty, the marshmallows are also pretty…..and strawberries would be interesting. They are all awesome! Thanks for sharing this July 4th treat. I have passed it on to ones who have children and recommended it to them. (not on my diet, 🙁 unfortunately).
Cathy says
Thanks Barbie!
Darlene says
Pretzels look terrific…I’m inspired to make for 4th of July BBQ/Bday celebration. CandiQuik Coating not sold in NY area…any idea for a good substitution? Thanks!
Cathy says
Just use candy melts. You can also order candiquik online.
Arlene says
I have looked everywhere for patriotic sprinkles and cant find in city of Chicago. Weird. Any ideas. Love your recipes
Cathy says
Funny…I have spent the day looking for patriotic M&M’s…couldn’t find them (I’m not surprised). I got my sprinkles at my regular grocery store. These type of items sell out fast which is likely the case.
Darlene says
Arlene…I ran into same problem. Bakery dept. in my local supermarket mixed together a container of their stock and sold it to me…Good luck!
Cathy says
That was nice of them…lucky you!
arlene lach says
thanks for the help. tried bakery in grocery store too but they were out, Will stock up early next time around!
Janis Van Keuren says
Cathy, the pretzel sticks were yummy but my frosting came out thinner on the stick than what it looks like in your photos. Any tips you could give me? Thank you.
Janis
Cathy says
Did you use Candiquick Coating?
Janis Van Keuren says
Yes, I used Candiquik Coating. I think I may have given it that extra 15 seconds when I didn’t need to. The next day I melted the coating for a shorter time and it was thicker in the tray. Went on thicker and worked better. Of course, I would have had to give it a little more time in the microwave again to do more than 12 pretzel rods.
Thank you for this fun and tasty recipe.
Janis