turtle pretzel bark
I am always on the lookout for easy, but impressive, treats. This recipe pulled from different ideas is so adaptable to whatever you have on hand in your pantry. Besides stirring the caramel for 12 or so minutes, the rest is just deciding what to use in your bark. The basic ingredients in the list are for Turtle Bark, but feel free to make up your own combos. Caramel NEEDS salt, but I held off adding more because the pretzels and the butter I used were all salted. But if you’re using unsalted crackers as the base, a pinch or so of large grain sea salt might be perfect. =^..^=
yield
serving(s)
prep time
5 Min
cook time
15 Min
method
Stove Top
Ingredients For turtle pretzel bark
-
somethin pretzels; wheels or rounds work well
-
somepecans, optional
-
2 stickbutter
-
1 cbrown sugar, packed
-
up to 3/4 bagchocolate chips
-
somecandy sprinkles, optional
- OTHER OPTIONS—ADD IN STEP #8.
-
somem & m’s
-
someheath bits or other chips
-
somecoconut
-
somepeanut butter chips
-
somecrushed candy canes
-
somemini marshmallows
-
somecrushed potato chips
-
somecrackers instead of pretzels in step #3
-
othernuts or mixed nuts, added in step #3
How To Make turtle pretzel bark
-
1Cover a pizza pan or smaller rimmed cookie sheet*** with aluminum foil. Leave foil “handles” on the ends for easy bark removal later. Mist foil with cooking spray. *** I think a slightly bigger pan with a few more pretzels and nuts would also work, if you don’t want the caramel to come out so thick. I’m thinking I might prefer that myself next time. See photo in Step #9 to see what you think.
-
2Preheat oven to 325°F.
-
3Cover the bottom of the foil-covered pan with a single layer of pretzels and nuts. Set aside for now.
-
4In a heavy-bottomed pan over medium-low heat, melt the 2 sticks of butter. Add the packed brown sugar and start stirring continuously. (Music or conversation helps pass the time.) Once the brown sugar mixture starts to thicken into caramel and the caramel comes to a ROLLING BOIL, continue stirring for 2 more minutes.
-
5Pour caramel over pretzels and nuts. Don’t worry about spreading it to all pretzels at this time.
-
6Pop the pan of caramel, pretzels, and nuts into the preheated 325°F oven. Bake for 8 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven carefully. The caramel is LAVA HOT,
-
7Sprinkle chocolate chips QUICKLY over the caramel, pretzels, and nuts. Return the pan to the oven for ONE MORE MINUTE.
-
8Remove the pan from the oven and place on a heat-safe surface. Use a spatula to spread out the melting chocolate chips, if you want, and make sure all pretzels have caramel. Add sprinkles to the warm chocolate, if desired. This is also the step to add any of the options listed in the ingredients list before the bark cools. -
9Cool the bark in the fridge until totally cold & safe to touch. Remove the bark from the pan using the foil “handles” and then peel off the foil totally. Break the bark into bite-size pieces. Store in an airtight container in a cool place or in the fridge. Enjoy! =^..^=
- Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!
ADVERTISEMENT