Carrot Chocolate Pretzel Rods

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

• Pretzel Rods
• Wilton Royal Icing or Homemade Royal Icing
• Green Food Coloring
• Various Colored Candy Melts
• Cookie Sheets & Parchment Paper
• Leaf Icing Tips
• Icing Decorating Bags
• Microwave Safe Glasses or Bowls
• Spoons

DIRECTIONS:

1. Follow instructions on the bags of candy melts to melt colors desired for carrots.
2. Dip pretzel rods into candy melts and use spoon to cover pretzel rod 1/2"- 3/4" in chocolate and place on parchment paper lined cookie sheets.
3. Put remaining chocolate into decorating bags and cut small hole at tip of bag to drizzle chocolate onto pretzel rods to look like lines on carrots.
4. Once that chocolate has dried, melt green candy melts and dip end of pretzel rods about 1.5-2"
5. Use directions on Wilton meringue powder to mix up royal icing or use premade royal icing. Tint royal icing to same color as green candy melts.
6. Place leaf icing tip into decorating bag and fill with the green royal icing.
7. Pipe leaves over the green part of the carrot.
8. Allow to dry completely before packaging up.