Pretzel and Nut Bark Recipe

Posted by Cindy on December 15, 2008

Here’s one of my favorite and super-easy Christmas sweets.

Pretzel and Nut Bark

3 cups semisweet chocolate chips

1 cup thin pretzels broken into small chunks

2/4 cup salted nuts of any kind (I use mixed nuts)

1/3 cup white chocolate chips or almond bark

2 Tablespoons (more or less) of Christmas colored sprinkles (any style)

Line 13×9″ pan with foil so that the foil hangs over the edges.  In a large bowl, microwave the semisweet chocolate chips 1-2 minutes.  (Stir the chips after one minute, microwave in 30 second increments until chips are melted.)  Stir in pretzels and nuts.  Spread in pan.

In a smaller bowl, microwave the white chocolate chips or almond bark for 1 minute or until melted.  Place melted chocolate in a plastic ziptop baggie.  Snip the corner and squeeze the chocolate over the bark in the pan.  Lightly cover with sprinkles.  Chill for about 1 hour (until firm).

Lift the bark out by the foil, then peel the foil away.  Break the bark into pieces.  Keep chilled until ready to eat.

Solar Oven Fun

Posted by Cindy on August 14, 2007

We jumped on the bandwagon today.  Several of my blogging friends have followed Jamin’s instructions for making a solar oven, and it looked like so much fun that we had to try it, too!

It was fun!  And easy!  A pizza box, some aluminum foil, pencils, tape and sun are all you need to make the oven.  Today was the perfect day to try out some solar s’mores with our good friends.  A little swimming while the s’mores sat in the sun made the wait more bearable!  (Not my pool – wishful thinking by my kids, though!)

The chocolate was a little runny, but that didn’t seem to matter!