Caramel Pretzel Bark

The same day I found the Earthquake Cake, I found this little beauty.  You know how I like anything resembling bark.  How can you go wrong with only 4 ingredients?  As usual, I did not have the original cast of characters.  I still don’t know what caramel bits are, but we did find Brach’s caramels.  As usual, it took longer to unwrap the candies than anything else I did.

We put a piece of parchment paper down on a 10 x 15 inch rimmed cookie sheet.  Next I measured out 8 ounces of the pretzel twists and layered them out evenly.  I melted the chocolate chips and poured it over the pretzels.  As you can probably tell, I had no instructions, only the ingredients.  I simply saw a picture of the bark and thought how tough can that be.  My famous last words.

Next I put the caramels in the microwave with a tablespoon or so of cream to facilitate melting.  I had a major time getting them smooth.  They never did pour evenly.  I would change my method next time.  After I finally got it spread, I sprinkled my salt.  It needed a half an hour or so in the refrigerator.

  • 1 11 ounce bag Kraft caramel bits
  • 1 teaspoon Sea salt
  • 1 12 ounce package Semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 8 oz Pretzel, mini twists

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Next time, I would try melting the chips and spreading them over the parchment paper.  While the chocolate was still warm, I would press the pretzels into the chocolate.  This would give me a nice sturdy base for my caramels.  I would melt the caramels in the microwave again, but think of how much easier it would be to spread if the pretzels didn’t move.
These were good, but not great.  I don’t like fussy recipes that I have to putz around with.  I’ll keep you posted if I try it again.
and remember:    Go easy on yourself.  You’re doing great.  This is just really hard.  Big kiss, Lynn

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