{Tutorial} Flag Pretzel sticks

The fourth of July is on Monday! Don't have any special treats planned yet, then these flag pretzels will do just the trick. I had fun making these and really tried my best to not eat them while working. It was so hard. Especially when they are so good! Hope you get a chance to try these out over the weekend!

Here is what you will need

Pretzel sticks

candy melts - Red, White and Blue

(2) Disposable piping bag

(2) couplers

(2)number 2 or 3 wilton decorating tips

wax paper

small bowls for melting the candy melts

Melt the candy melts according to package directions, starting with white. Do one color at a time. Dip your pretzel stick in the melting chocolate one at a time and lay on the wax paper to dry. Repeat using the rest of the pretzels. Then let them dry completely. Melt some of the blue candy melts (about a 1/8 - 1/4 of the bag - depending on how many pretzels you are making) making sure not to put in the microwave too long. Dip the tips of the pretzels in the blue (the tip that has already been dipped in white) and lay them down to dry. Repeat with all the rest of the pretzels.

Now we will start with the piping. Melt some red candy melts. About 1/4 of a bag. Get your piping bag ready. Cut the end of your bag {if using a disposable}enough so you can drop your coupler inside, but not so big that your coupler falls completely through. Unscrew the top off your coupler, drop the big part into the bag, add your tip and screw the white coupler part back on. Pour the the red into the bag and be careful sometimes it will drip out the bottom of the tip depending on the consistency. I usually keep mine pointed down in to a cup til I am all set and ready to pipe. Starting with a dried pretzel, put your piping tip at the end where blue stops at the white and pipe straight lines all down the white till you reach the end of the white area. pipe on about 4 more lines and do the same with the rest of the dry pretzels.

Get the next bag ready with a tip and melt some of the white candy melts. 1/8 of the bag should be a good amount. Pour the white melted candy into your piping bag and start piping white dots on the blue area of the pretzels. Let them dry completely and there ya go, You have some fabulous flag pretzel sticks!

Note: for the other 2 different pretzels shown, just pipe on white and red dots and let dry!

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 Happy Monday! I hope everyone had an eventful weekend! Mine was quite busy. Making pretzel sticks and other sweet treats along with some hair bows for my daughter and my friend's little girl. I will share those pictures with you later this week. I'm not sure if I will go as far as selling them, just testing out some other talents :-) 

I made these pretzel sticks for my co-workers. I bought some into work for St. Patrick's day and they wanted more and placed an order. One of them is truly in LOVE with black and white/zebra print. So I had to make her some black and white ones. The other, wanted royal blue and white - her daughter's team colors for basketball.

 

I will be making lots more of these more toward the end of the week and next week for Easter. You can place an order with me and pick them up (if you are local). I will also be doing some contests on facebook and you can get some at a great price! Stay tuned!

{How To} Make St. Patrick's Day Pretzel Sticks

Are you ready for green day?! St. Patrick's Day is TOMORROW! I made the pretzel sticks, for my co-workers to spread some green love. They are so easy and simple to make. And a great addition to any dessert table or party function.

These are Green with white drizzled across the top. If you are anything like me, you like pretzels, but sometimes they seem too dry by themselves. Adding candy melts candy coating to them is the perfect touch. I LOVE pretzels dipped in melting chocolate!

These are dipped in white candy melts and sprinkled with an array of colorful sprinkles to go with the rainbow of course. I was hoping that i would have been able to find some other colorful candy melts to really make a rainbow pretzel stick with them drizzled with different colors and lined up side by side to create a rainbow, but did not have all the colors I needed. 

To make these you will need:

Pretzel sticks

candy melts

sprinkles

piping back

coupler

tip number 2 or 3

wax paper

as for the candy melts, you can even use chocolate and drizzle with green and create any combo you would like.

Melt the candy melts according to package directions. Dip your pretzel stick in the melting chocolate one at a time and lay on the wax paper to dry. Repeat using a few more, but before they dry, you want to sprinkle them with the sprinkles. Other wise the sprinkles won't stick. Then let them dry completely.

If you are using the other method with drizzling, use all the steps above except adding sprinkles. Let them dry a little before adding the drizzle effect. Get your piping bag ready. Cut the end of your bag {if using a disposable}enough so you can drop your coupler inside, but not so big that your coupler falls completely through. Unscrew the top off your coupler, drop the big part into the bag, add your tip and screw the white coupler part back on. Pour the color you wish to drizzle into the piping bag and drizzle away using side to side motions.

Hope you enjoy!!