Pretzel Yummies
Source of Recipe
Recipe Circus: Wiccadwoman
List of Ingredients
-2 cups walnuts
-1 cup peanut butter chips
-1 cup milk chocolate chips
-1 cup packed brown sugar
-1/2 cup corn syrup -- light
-1/4 cup butter
-2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
-1/2 tsp vanilla
-25 pretzel rods -- or one 14-oz package whole Bavarian pretzels
Recipe
-In a food processor, combine walnuts, peanut butter chips, and milk chocolate chips.
-Cover and process until mixture is coarsely chopped (or coarsely chop nuts, peanut butter, and chocolate pieces with a knife and combine).
-Transfer to a larger bowl; set aside.
-In a small, heavy saucepan, combine brown sugar, corn syrup, and butter.
-Bring to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly.
-Stir in sweetened condensed milk.
-Return to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly.
-Reduce heat to medium low
-Clip a candy thermometer to side of pan.
-Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until mixture reaches 236 degrees F, softball stage, should take about 10 minutes.
-Adjust heat as necessary to maintain a steady boil.
-Remove saucepan from heat; stir in vanilla.
-Cool 15-20 minutes or until slightly thickened.
-Dip each pretzel into caramel mixture, covering about two-thirds of the pretzel.
-Let caramel drip off slightly.
-Spoon or roll some of the chopped mixture onto the caramel on the pretzel, pressing crumbs lightly with back of a spoon.
-Let stand on nonstick foil until caramel is set.
-Store in an airtight container between layers of wax paper in a refrigerator up to 4 days or freeze up to 1 month.
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