It has been a while since I have been to a baby shower. However, I was happy to attend one last month for n’s teacher that he had in first grade (one of his favorites!) When I asked if there was anything I could bring, the suggestion was decorated pretzel rods. n was eager to help!
First, I bought the supplies. The pretzels were from Target. I checked all of the bags to find the one with the least broken rods! I bought the candy melts and sprinkles at Michaels. I ended up needing about 1.75 bags of candy melts to cover one bag of pretzel rods.
I followed the directions on the candy melts bag and microwaved them in a tall coffee mug. The most difficult part was probably figuring out how to do 50% power on my microwave! (This is an important step, as another teacher told me that her white candy melts did not melt properly when she tried to use full power).
Next, we dipped the pretzel rods into the melted candy melts and let the excess drip back into the mug. Using a tall mug made it easier to cover most of the pretzel rod.
We then put the rods on a cookie sheet covered with foil and put the sprinkles on before the candy melts hardened.
Yep, it’s a girl!
Don’t they look nice on the dessert buffet table?