Salted Caramel Pretzel Bark

I love making bark.  It's super easy to make, and super yummy too!

I make it for all sorts of holidays and I usually use whatever I can find in the pantry - sprinkles, peanut butter, cookie butter, candies, etc.

A recent last-minute get-together resulted in Salted Caramel Pretzel Bark.

I used Sea Salted Caramels I bought in Wyoming and mini bags of pretzels we had on hand.

Simply place a layer of graham crackers on a parchment-lined cookie sheet, spread melted chocolate all over the graham crackers (I used 1 cup chocolate chips melted on high in the microwave for 1 minute), swirl the caramel into the chocolate (I melted 2 large caramel pieces - about 1/4 c worth; 30 seconds on high in the microwave), and sprinkled on pretzel pieces.

Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before breaking the bark into pieces

I absolutely loved the sweet / salty combo!

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Cookie Dough Pretzel Bites

I love chocolate-covered pretzels, so when I saw a photo online of cookie dough sandwiched in between two pretzels and then dipped in chocolate, I knew I had to make some myself.

I used the eggless cookie dough recipe from Sally's Baking Addiction, and used Butter Snaps instead of Pretzel Twists. The end result was bite-size bits of bliss!

And the best part - no baking required!

Cookie Dough Pretzel Bites (recipe credit Sally's Baking Addiction):

Ingredients

• 1/2 c softened butter
• 1/2 c packed brown sugar
• 1/4 c sugar
• 2 T milk
• 1 t vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 c flour
• 1/8 t salt
• 1/2 c mini chocolate chips
• 1 12 oz bag of Butter Snaps
• Melting chocolate (I used 1 c chocolate chips + 1 T shortening microwaved on high for 1 minute)

Directions

• In a large bowl combine the butter and sugars until creamy.  
• Mix in the milk and vanilla extract.
• Add the flour and salt. 
• Stir in the mini chocolate chips.
• Roll the dough into balls (about 2 teaspoons worth of dough).  
• Sandwich balls between two pretzels and place on parchment-lined baking sheet. 
• Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.
• Dip pretzel sandwiches halfway in melted chocolate.
• Refrigerate for another 15 minutes.

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Graham Cracker Energy Bites Recipe

Energy Bites are super easy to make, and you can really use all sorts of ingredients in them.

I've made ones with peanut butter and ones with Nutella, and after seeing rainydaybites' (one of my favorite food bloggers on IG!) energy bites photo on Instagram, I decided to make some rolled in sesame seeds.

I simply use the No-Bake Energy Bites recipe and rolled the balls in sesame seeds.

And since I had three boxes of graham crackers that were about to expire soon, I made another batch of energy bites using graham cracker crumbs instead of oats, and then rolled in coconut.  I really liked this variety - the graham crackers, chocolate, and peanut butter made for a great combo!

Graham Cracker Energy Bites

Ingredients:

• 1 c graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 c peanut butter
• 1/2 c ground flaxseed
• 1/2 c chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1 t vanilla extract
• 1/2 c sweetened coconut flakes

Directions:

• Mix all ingredient together (except the coconut flakes) in a medium bowl.
• Refrigerate mixture for at least an hour.
• Roll mixture into 1" balls.
• Roll balls into coconut flakes.

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