Chocolate Nougat Pretzels

What's salty and sweet and a great little Christmas snack? You may have guessed Chocolate Nougat Pretzels from the title of this blog!!

Seriously though, tasty.

Also quite simple to make, though it is time consuming dipping a large amount of pretzels into a large amount of nougat, then a large amount of chocolate. But their fun! Bite sized! Very unhealthy!

(Also a cameo of our awesome seasonal snowman plates)

The basic concept is rather simple, take pretzel sticks, dip them in nougat, let them freeze overnight than dip them in chocolate, but it is something I've never seen before and is a very tasty sweet/salty combo. If you feel REALLY ambitious, I was thinking of adding caramel, maybe next time. 

Chocolate Nougat Pretzels: 

Bag of Pretzels 

Nougat Ingredients: (nougat recipe is from here: http://www.howsweeteats.com/2012/01/homemade-snickers-bars/)

1/4 cup butter 

1 cup sugar 

1/4 cup evaporated milk

1 1/2 cups marshmallow fluff

1/4 cup peanut butter

1 1/2 cup salted peanuts chopped, roughly chopped

1 tsp vanilla extract

3 cups chocolate chips (give or take) 

Directions: 

Nougat: Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add in sugar and milk, stirring until dissolved and bring to a boil. Let cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add in fluff, peanut butter and vanilla, stirring until smooth. 

Once your nougat is done, dip your pretzels, covering 3/4 or so, and place them on a parchment lined baking sheet. Let the nougat pretzels freeze overnight 

Melt chocolate chips in the  microwave, and dip your nougat covered pretzels in the chocolate. 

(pro tip: The nougat is very sticky and will not come off the parchment unless completely frozen, I found that it was easier to do the chocolate dipping in smaller batches, leaving a majority of my nougat dipped pretzels in the freezer, just, you know, chillin') 

Refrigerate until chocolate hardens

Enjoy!