I have always been bitten by the traveling bug. When I spend too much time at home, I get antsy and start planning day trips for my family. That’s how I found myself standing in an apple barn in Elijay, Georgia while the kids tried to pick out a treat for themselves. My son found some chocolate caramel pretzel rods and told me, “Look, Mom! These are on sale for 1/2 price!” (I really have trained my kids well when it comes to saving.) I still thought the pretzels were a little pricey, at 4 pretzel rods for $3, when the cashier piped up, “I love these! They are so good! They’re like a Twix candy bar, only better.” After taste testing, I had to agree. When we got into the car, I announced, “I could make these myself a lot cheaper!” Thus, my copycat Twix recipe was formed. I made my version for St. Patrick’s Day, but you could customize these for any holiday.
I used white chocolate bark, since Bryan is allergic to chocolate, but feel free to mix it up; white chocolate, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, any of these would work. These pretzel rods are fairly easy to make, but take a little time due to having to freeze the pretzels between steps. I made 20 pretzel rods for around $8 and everyone thought mine was just as tasty as the purchased pretzels.
- 20 Pretzel Rods
- 1 bag (12 ounces) chocolate of your choice (white, dark, milk)
- 1 package (9 ounces) caramels, unwrapped
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- Optional: 3 ounces of colored chocolate bark, your choice of color to match the holiday.
- Melt caramels and cream over low heat, stirring frequently, until caramel is melted. Dip each pretzel rod into the caramel mixture and place onto a baking sheet lined with wax paper or parchment paper. Freeze until caramel mixture is firm, at least one hour. Melt the chocolate in the microwave for one minute, stir. If not completely melted, return to the microwave for 30 more seconds. Dip each caramel coated pretzel into the chocolate and return to the wax paper covered baking sheet. Freeze until firm, or at least 30 minutes. Melt colored chocolate bark, if desired, in microwave and drizzle over the chocolate covered pretzel rod.
Be sure to store the pretzel rods in an airtight container or they will go stale quickly, leaving you stuck with complaining family members who think “these pretzels are kind of stale.” Do you have an easy, favorite copycat recipe?
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These looks amazing! I must try them. Thanks for sharing!
How cute! I love chocolate covered pretzels and these look good because you won’t have melted chocolate on your hands afterwards! LOL
I love these! I might make these for Saint Patrick’s Day.
Just in time for St.Patty’s day! Looks delish!
I love the St. Patrick’s Day theme to them! So cute, and so easy to make. My kids love the sweet and salty of them.
This turned out so cute for the holiday. I’ll need to pack some in my son’s lunches
So cool to find a way to get the taste you love so much cheaper, and have the Fun of making it yourself! I will have to try this for my nephews!
Very cute idea! I am going to make these for St. Patrick’s Day. I love chocolate and pretzels together.
I love the combination of white chocolate and pretzels. You can’t beat sweet PLUS salty!
These look awesome! My kids love pretzels dipped in chocolate!
I love Twix. I love pretzels. I love hand dipped pretzels even more. I’m thrilled to see the shamrocks! It’s never too early in my house to start celebrating the Irish holiday
What an awesome idea! I absolutely love Twix so I’ll have to try this out 🙂
I love the combination of chocolate and pretzels! Cute! And I like the new look here on the blog!
I don’t have a copycat recipe but I need to try this one. I love Twix so this would be great and seasonal.
Chocolate covered pretzels are my favorite treats. I have always been to scared to make these but now with this recipe I might just try it.
These areve ry cute. WHat a perfect St. Patrick’s Day treat!
I don’t have any copycat recipes. But it looks like I am going to be using your recipe as that look so yummy.
Those sound great to me. I like caramel and pretzels together.
I love making pretzels like this, but have never added carmel like that. It’s a brilliant idea!
Chocolate and pretzel. Just a great combination.
Oh these are fun looking! I made something like this a few years ago. Always a hit
These are so awesome. Not only are they yummy sounding but totally cute to do with my kids as a project on a snowy day. Thanks for this idea.
These look so good. I will have to make some up with my friends kids. I think they will enjoy making them.
We love sweet and salty around here. Dipped pretzels are fun to make and taste yummy.
we make these all the time. My kids love them and adding accents to the chocolate is always a nice touch.
Yum I love twix! These look super good. I had no idea twix had pretzels in them? Crazy! No wonder they are so good!
How cute!! My daughter would love to help me make something like this, plus we can reap our rewards! lol
I love chocolate covered pretzels. I have to try this copy cat recipe. I love Twix!
Yummy! These are one of my favorite treats, I need to make some!
These look so amazing, i would definitely make them everyday if i could.
These look so yummy. Looks like the perfect treat!
What a fun recipe for St Patrick’s Day. I love the clover that you added!
This looks tasty! I love chocolate and caramel!
Oh wow this looks like such a tasty treat! I’m going to try it with my kids at home!
Those look delicious! I love the sweet and savory mix of pretzels and chocolate. I’d eat them all in one sitting!
I am not a candy bar eater at all, but these look like great treats for a special occasion
I love the sweet and salty combo, this is something I’d just devour in seconds!
I absolutely love chocolate and pretzels. These St Patrick Day pretzels would do well at a party~
Those look fabulous and perfect for Saint Patrick’s Day. My son loves pretzels
This looks yummy and like a specialty dessert for a very special occasion – love your post and the recipe! Thank you for sharing this, as we get ready for our next fun Holiday in March
I LOVE pretzel rods for all the creative ideas that come with them. We’ve made paint brushes with them.
This looks really good, I love chocolate and pretzel combinations. Something about sweet and salty that’s so good.
It’s my favorite, too. Also, the crunch!
These are really cute! I have to make some!
These look delicious! My husband loves Twix bars so I need to make these for him.
Twix is my husband’s favorite candy bar, too! He loves them.
OH YUM! I would absolutely make these for every day snacking! 😉
Those sound so good. I didn’t realize that Twix bars had pretzels in them.
There is a pretzel version I’ve seen I think, but mostly I think the regular ones are a cookie. I think a pretzel is a great twist though, I’ll me making these as I go between twix and payday as my favorite candy bar.