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(optional) parchment paper (provides nonstick surface for coated candy to set up).

2 baking sheets (provides candy-crushing surface and storage surfaces).

bumpy-sided tenderizing tool (to crush candy cane).

Kitchen tools you’ll find helpful for this recipe:

10 oz or 12 oz bag vanilla milk chips or white melting chocolate.

You’ll need these ingredients for White Chocolate Candy Cane Pretzel Sticks: And it happens to be non GMO, peanut free, gluten free, and uses real vanilla, for the win! For the record, I’m so glad I rebelled against the non-gourmet, candy coatings because you can literally taste the quality of this product…it’s pretty perfecto for this job. After years of using both, the jury is still out on that one. To me, it would be a toss-up if you asked which is better. We have a couple household, gourmet chocolate brand names made right here in the bay area…Guittard and Ghirardelli.

The kind you could eat right out of the bag, or doesn’t last long in your pantry because the flavor’s so good. It all hinges on…the chocolate coating.įirst, I’ve noticed this type of recipe typically calls for candy coating, but when I first experimented with this idea, I really wanted to use a gourmet chocolate product. Melting chocolate, dunking pretzels, and dusting them with crushed candy cane…sounds easy enough, right? Well, it can be very tricky, actually. White Chocolate Candy Cane Pretzel Sticks Great for kids and adults, but they can be a little tricky to make…come see! These sweet and salty Christmas wands are so fun to make and even more fun to eat. The extra chocolate layer, candy cane pieces, and creamy marshmallow melt into the drinking chocolate to produce the perfect holiday treat.White Chocolate Candy Cane Pretzel Sticks are one of my most addictive holiday treats. Once unfolded and cut into large squares, the homemade marshmallow is dipped halfway into melted glazing chocolate then decorated with crushed candy cane pieces.Īlthough they are delicious plain, these marshmallows are the perfect accompaniment to homemade hot chocolate. The rest of the process is extremely straight-forward.Īs the name suggests, these homemade marshmallows are flavored with a touch of pure peppermint extract. The trickiest part to this recipe is boiling the sugar, corn syrup, and water mixture, to 238☏ (114☌) as it does require a candy or instant thermometer and a watchful eye. You can even choose to forgo powdered sugar and roll them in flavored granulated sugar, dried coconut flakes, etc, etc.ĭespite being kind of a messy affair (there is nothing quite as sticky as homemade marshmallow fluff – it literally gets on everything – homemade marshmallows are very simple to make.

The standard water (with added gelatin) can easily be swapped out with various fruit juices or purees. On one particularly slow night, I remember just standing there and day dreaming about marshmallow flavors. When I was working in the restaurant, we would regularly make passionfruit marshmallows as complimentary petit fours to go along with the check at the end of the meal. I’ve made quite a few batches of homemade marshmallows in my life. They’re practically begging to be added to a steaming mug of hot cocoa. Does it get more festive than this? These delicious treats remind me of my favorite Candy Cane Crunch Cake. Homemade chocolate covered peppermint marshmallows decorated with crushed candy cane pieces. Add to a mug of steaming hot chocolate, box them up and give them to friends, or just eat them on their own! Homemade chocolate dipped peppermint marshmallows dusted with crushed candy canes.