Craftibilities: pretzels

I went to the dollar store and found these cups and straws....hmmmm what to make???

Btw, 24 straws for $1 is a great deal!!!

Pretzels are always an easy favorite but I think I was being a little lazy. After dipping these nutter butter cookies I decided to only dip the pretzel half way too.

Chocolate
White chocolate
Candy Melts (Red & Blue)
Sprinkles
Cups
Bags
Ribbon
Parchment paper

Heat chocolate and dip, add sprinkles or drizzle with candy melts.

Bagged and added a ribbon.

Super cute! I ended up making these for the retirement residents for Memorial Day and when we called Bingo. They loved them.

Now what to do with the straws?? I originally thought of doing dipped marshmallows which is another favorite but then I found patriotic peeps!!!

So excited and they looked cute in the package. I love PEEPS and putting them on a stick would be awesome, right!? NOPE! They looked super creepy. Maybe dipping them in chocolate would make them cute. NOPE! Didn't help and now they looked like a cross between Hunchback of Notre Dame and the Penguin from Batman.

SEE!!!

Some things work out and some don't. Lol. MOVING ON....

THEN I saw GIANT marshmallows!!! I've made these for a few events lately and people love them!

It's hard to tell from this photo but they are about 2" tall!

I'll try to post a picture of one next to a regular marshmallow for a size reference.

Giant or regular marshmallows
Candy Melts
Straws
Bags
Ribbon

I usually like to dip the stick in chocolate first and insert BUT these are going stay upside down and bagged. I figured it didn't need the extra support.

Candy Melts

Heat candy melts and dip. I held the edges of the marshmallows instead of the stick when dipping.

Added sprinkles

Set on parchment paper to dry.

Did you notice I alternated the color of candy melts opposite the straw!? :)

I used the same size bags above for the pretzels but I trimmed off about 1 1/2 inches from the top before bagging.

So cute!!

I'll add these little tags and done!

Thank you for stopping by!

HUG M&M PRETZEL BITES

I've seen these for Christmas but with round pretzels so I bought the supplies and gave it a try.

I couldn't find round pretzels ANYWHERE! Well, online one company that wanted to charge double for shipping for already over priced pretzels. No thank you!

I'm not sure why we can't find them in Texas but I looked at Wal-mart, HEB, Target, Randalls, Whole Foods, and World Market. Then confirmed online when I searched it said they weren't sold in this area. I THINK they might be sold during Christmas but not sure. Will update if I find them.

No round pretzels so I used waffle pretzels instead and it worked out perfect.

They are sooooo easy! The hardest part (not that hard really, especially when you have a helper do it) is unwrapping the hugs.

Supplies:

Hugs

M&M's

Pretzels (round or waffle)

Parchment paper

Why fun size bag? Because I bought the bag after Halloween on clearance for $.22 cents!!! Woooohooo!!!

Then I had this little guy separate them. He was all to happy since he could eat the blue M&M's.

I made him keep the green so we could make these for Christmas too. Heck, I'm thinking green for St. Patricks Day, red and pink for Valentine's Day, pastels for Easter, red and blue for 4th of July, and orange for Halloween. Possibilities are endless!

They are THAT good!