Dipping Pretzels in White Confectionery
December 11, 2009
A couple days ago my children had a "snow day" off of school. There was a good, old fashioned, Midwestern winter storm and school was cancelled. We found our selves homebound and looking for something fun to do.
Days like this usually drive us to the kitchen where we bake our favorites; cookies or chocolate cake. Sadly, I did not have all the ingredients on hand for cookies or cake. (Mental note: keep the shelves stocked with these items!)
My daughter really wanted something sweet so we looked in every cupboard and took inventory of what we had. Then we put on our thinking caps!
Of the various odds and ends that we discovered in the house here are the items we concluded were compatible: ½ bag of white baking chips, ½ bag of mini pretzels, and a partial container of colorful decorating sprinkles. Time for some dipping!
I melted the baking chips in the microwave very carefully because white confectionery can burn easily. I started with 30 seconds on high, stirred, and returned for a couple more 30 second bursts followed by stirring until completely melted.
White baking chips do not contain cocoa butter so I did not have to temper it. But, as soon as we started dipping, we realized that the melted goo was too thick to properly coat the pretzels. Now what?
Well, since these were not "white chocolate" chips, but rather a confectionery chip, they were made of a vegetable oil other not cocoa butter. Therefore I could add a teaspoon of canola oil and have no worries about incompatibility between oils. (I would never risk thinning out a cocoa butter based coating using cooking oil. That would spell disaster so you should avoid that thought as well.)
After thinning the confectionery with the canola oil, we resumed dipping. As each was completed, we put them on a sheet of wax paper. While the coating was still liquid we added sprinkles and then allowed 10 minutes for the coating to cool and harden.
Ah, they looked picture perfect and tasted supreme. It was so nice to have an easy, fun, and delicious afternoon with a loved one. Here’s to more snow days!
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My mom gave me a recipe that calls for 2 (12 oz) pkges of white chocolate chips and says add 3 T of oil to melt. It does work.