This week we decided to eat our art and make a crafty tasty treat. With Valentines Day around the corner a friend questioned what would be a healthy alternative to your standard Valentine treat be. First thing that came to mind was chocolate covered strawberries, but this can get pricey especially since she was thinking about doing it for her sons class. So the next obvious suggestion was chocolate covered pretzels. PERFECT! I had not thought about a daycare treat for the girls and decided that would be perfect for us as well.
Supplies:
Pretzel sticks
White melting chocolate
Colored sprinkles
Wax paper
Curling ribbon
Non-seal sandwich baggies
Cost was low for this project. I had all but two of the supplies available. I had to buy melting squares $3.00 and sprinkles $2.50. Both products can be used for future projects.
Steps:
1. Melt chocolate.
2. Set up area with wax paper, sprinkles, and pretzels.
3. Dip pretzels in chocolate and place on wax paper add sprinkles.
4. Allow to harden.
5. When cool and firm wrap in baggie and tie with ribbon.
Ok so the pretzel sticks were not that easy for little hands and we actually ate more of round one of our project then we produced. A second problem with the project was that when I set up the supplies I had found out that someone had eaten all but 5 of the pretzels.
Ok round two was a huge success, see what patience will get you? We decided to try smaller pretzels and were pleasantly surprised. I hope they like them at daycare today! In round two we also opted for easy seal sandwich bags already decorated for Valentines. It was very easy and I bought them from the dollar store so cost is still down.
Clean up is easy as we use most of our supplies for our project. They red coloring from the sprinkles was a little difficult to clean but only because I let it sit. Tip: Totally clean up immediately!
I would rate this project a B+. We will totally do this project again!
Join us next week as we create party hats for an Elmo Party!
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