candy — A Southern Fairytale

Chocolate and Caramel and Pretzels, Oh My!

Today’s recipe is a delicious treat of salty pretzels, creamy rich caramel filled chocolate and topped with a candy or nut of your choice.

This is another one of those recipes that came from my Granny’s recipe box. This handwritten card caught my eye because it mentioned chocolate and pretzels. Chocolate and salt with caramel thrown in.. these are insanely addictive, delicious and fun to make. Princess helped me make them and devour the ones that were *oopsies* I mean really, we couldn’t give the teachers the ones that the chocolate softened so much that the caramel started to ooze out. Sheesh, we have some pride in our work

Recipe: Rollo Topped Pretzels

Ingredients

mini pretzels
bag of rollo candies
toppings: m&m’s and walnuts are our preference

Instructions

Pre-heat oven to 250
Place the pretzels on a cookie sheet
Place a rollo in the center of each pretzel
Place in the oven for about 5 minutes, just long enough for the rollos to soften.
Remove from the oven and top with the m&m’s or walnuts
Chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

Variations

* if you happen to LOVE peanut butter and chocolate, substitute mini peanut butter cups for the Rollos

I can’t wait to see this week’s recipes! I love reading what y’all are cooking and sharing with your families!

This is a big week for us! Monkey gets out of pre-school and Princess “graduates” from kindergarten on Friday!!

Mouthwatering Monday: Seven Layers of Heaven

Okay y’all. The pictures I took are just not doing this ooey, gooey, crispy, crunchy tonguegasmically amazing dessert justice. This dish is absolutely spectacular.

Seven Layers of Heaven
*adapted from a Ghirardelli recipe

Ingredients:
*1 box of Chocolate Brownie Mix
* 3/4 C. butterscotch chips
* 3/4 C. dark chocolate chips
* 1 1/4 C. coconut flakes ( I like to toast mine first)
* 1 1/4 C. walnut chips
* 1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted
* 3/4 of a (14 oz) can of sweetened condensed milk

The What To Do:

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Pour your melted butter into a 9X13 baking dish. Make sure the entire base of the dish is covered. Sprinkle the brownie mix over the butter. Top this with the butterscotch and dark chocolate chips. Next layer the walnuts and the (toasted) coconut. Finally, drizzle the sweetened condensed milk over the whole thing.
Pop in the oven for about 20 minutes, or until the edges begin to bubble.
Let cool completely before you cut.
If you’re impatient like me… use a spoon, dig in and relish in the sinful delight of this absolutely tonguegasmically spectacular dessert.

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