Peanut Butter Chocolate Pretzels

Last Christmas my family and I drove from Chicago to Florida. We stopped at a grocery store in Georgia and I was shocked to find a whole vegan/gluten free/natural foods section, and it was at this store that I discovered Glutino pretzels. Vegan, gluten-free, and totally delicious! And when I recently found the same pretzels at Whole Foods, I decided to make a vegan version of their chocolate-covered pretzels, but better, because they have peanut butter!

Ingredients: 

2-4 c. chocolate chips (depending on how many you use)

1 bag Glutino pretzels

1/2 c peanut butter

2 tbsp powdered sugar

1 tbsp coconut oil

Directions:

1) Pick out the whole pretzels out of the bag. You won't use all of them, but it's good to have a bowl of whole ones. Line a cookie sheet with parchment or wax paper. You'll want a little assembly line of pretzels to chocolate to cookie sheet.

2) Melt a cup of chocolate chips in a double boiler - get a metal bowl that fits nicely in a saucepan, fill the saucepan partly with water and set the whole contraption on the stove and heat it. Mix the chocolate occasionally as it's melting.

3) Drop the pretzels one at a time into the chocolate. Move them around with a fork to get them coated in the chocolate. I usually lift the coated pretzel up and shake it to get the extra chocolate off, then put the pretzel on the cookie sheet.

 4) Once you have all of your chocolate pretzels, put the peanut butter and coconut oil in a small bowl and melt it in the microwave. Stir, and add in the powdered sugar. Drizzle the mixture over the pretzels while still warm, using either a fork or a ziplock bag with a small hole cut in the corner.

So pretty! Each pretzel is about 40 calories, give or take a few depending on how thick your chocolate coating is. And now that you know how to make chocolate-covered things, you might want to try peanut butter patties or peppermint patties.