Looking for fun Winter treats, I love this santa pretzels incorporate red and white of the season. Santa Pretzels are so easy and much more nutritional than candy. The white chocolate recipe uses coconut milk powder (or normal milk powder) and a touch of organic powdered sugar with coconut oil.
Make Red chocolate – Add red nose, I used beet juice powder to make red icing for this and other holiday season treats. Add beet juice to hot water, and a touch of ACV (apple cider vinegar). Lots of other winter holiday ideas too on Lively Life and shown below.
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Why incorporate Santa Pretzels?
They are easy and a fun Healthy Eat addition to your Christmas or winter holiday festivities. Everyone loves animated food and what better way then fun Santa pretzels to your serving platter – why not give them a healthy option.
Which diet is this Santa Pretzels are suitable for?
Vegan – Yes
Gluten-free – Yes, buy the gluten-free pretzel sticks at the health food section.
Dairy-free – Yes, use coconut milk powder in white chocolate
Egg-free – Yes
Nut-free – Yes
Vegetarian – Yes.
Keto friendly -No due to the pretzels.
Paleo friendly – No due to the pretzels.
Quick to make!
ENJOY!
Option – Beet juice powder with hot water or milk, mix, a touch of ACV. let sit for 5 minutes.Mix with some icing for red natural icing. Santa Pretzel – Best eyes were done with toothpicksEnjoy with other Christmas treats.
How to store SANTA Pretzels:
Best eaten right away – or store in a closed air-tight container in the fridge but the pretzels soften. Wrap in paper towels to absorb moisture instead of the pretzels if you must store them in a closed container.
Pretzel 🥨 and white chocolate & red chocolate = SANTA face!You can animate them with eyes and nose with a cute red hat. You can use gluten-free pretzels.
red dyeor red beet juice ( see how below with hot water & vineger)
White Chocolate – recipe link below – coconut oil, coconut milk powder (or milk powder) and a touch of organic icing sugar.
Instructions
Make White Chocolate without cocoa butter (has coconut oil, coconut milk powder (or milk powder), touch of icing sugar). Recipe link below. Keep Cool.
Split white chocolate 1/3 – to make red chocolate. Watkins Red dye or next instruction to use beet juice powder.
Make red icing –you can use beet juice powder by hydrating it in hot liquid water (or milk) mix, then add small amount of acid like apple cider vinegar to help enhance the color. Let sit for 5 minutes.
Line cookie sheet with parchment paper
Place knot pretzels 🥨 on parchment paper
If you have offwhite dye – you can make a section for the eyes. then go around the eyes for the hair and beard. I love how the Two Sisters did this – I will link below
Angle the pretzel – to make a C – fill the top with red. Then the bottom two with white.
Melt chocolate and use toothpick to make the eyes. A mini M&M for the red nose. Add chocolate chip or M&M for the pompom on the hat.
