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Chocolate caramel pretzels in a jar
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5 from 14 votes

Salted Caramel Chocolate Pretzels

Learn how to make THE BEST salted caramel chocolate pretzel treats. Great for gifts or parties!
Prep Time30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Candy
Keyword: Caramel
Servings: 70

Ingredients

  • 1 bag Kraft Caramels 11 oz, about 35 caramels
  • 1 bag Snaps Pretzels 16 oz, square shape
  • 16 oz White Almond bark see note
  • 12 oz Dark Chocolate Chips
  • Coarse Salt

Instructions

  • Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Lay out 70 square pretzels.
  • Open and unwrap all the caramels in the bag (there should be about 35). Cut them in half lengthwise. Place one caramel half on top of each pretzel.
  • Place in a 250 degree (F) oven for 8 minutes until caramel is soft.
  • Press another pretzel on top of each piece of caramel, gently pressing down to sandwich the caramel in between the pretzels.
  • Melt the almond bark and chocolate together in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds at a time, stirring thoroughly in between each time, until chocolate is melted.
  • Pick up each pretzel by a corner and dip into the chocolate, leaving just the corner uncovered. Place pretzel back down on the parchment paper to cool.
  • Sprinkle with coarse salt or sprinkles if desired. (You'll probably want to stop after every 10 pretzels to sprinkle them.)
  • Allow to set up until hard. You can place tray in the fridge to set up. Store covered.

Notes

You can use any type of chocolate that you would like to dip these in, and for a batch of 72 you'll probably only need about 22 ounces total. If you use the full amount called for in the recipe (28 ounces), you'll be able to make about 30 more pretzels - that will require another half bag of caramels.
I like to use a mixture of almond bark and good quality chocolate. Almond bark sets up really nicely, but doesn't taste as good as real chocolate. Real chocolate tastes best, but unless you're willing to temper it you may end up with gray streaks when it cools. So a combination of almond bark and chocolate offers the easiest way to it to taste AND look great.
I used white almond bark and Hershey's Dark chocolate chips.