It's been a while since I posted, not because I haven't had the time, but because I've been on a diet. If you want to see how that has been going you can go read about it here. 21 Days 2 Lose
Anyways back to cooking! I recently saw a version of these that used Hershey Hugs, but I liked the idea of using Rolos with their chocolate and caramel goodness. To make these all I needed was one bag of Rolos and one bag of Waffle Pretzels. You start by laying out unbroken pretzels on a baking sheet. One tip I'll add in here would be to line the sheet with Parchment Paper, which I didn't do, but it would have made some things easier. Next preheat your oven to 300 and start unwrapping the Rolos and topping each pretzel with one. If you have a child to help you unwrap, this step will go a lot faster.
Once the are topped pop them into the oven, but stay close because they only need 2 - 2 1/2 minutes. I did 2 1/2 and it was perfect, any more and they would have started to melt through the pretzels. When you take them out of the oven you they'll have lost some of their shine, but you'll be able to tell that they are warm and melty. You also want to let them sit for 1-2 minutes, don't try topping them with the other pretzel just yet or you'll end up with a mess.
After a few minutes take one unbroken pretzel, top a Rolo and carefully press down just enough that the chocolate comes through the little holes and continue until they're all topped.
Now at this point you could be done, but for me I wanted to add a little something extra. I melted just about 1/8- 1/4 cup of butterscotch chips in a small bowl in the microwave at 20 second intervals. I ad it at the point where it would have been perfect to drizzle over the pretzels, BUT seeing as how Halloween is coming up I decided I wanted the butterscotch to have a more pronounced orange color - BAD IDEA. Once I added the 2 drops of food coloring it seized up and it was no longer able to be drizzled. Trying to save it I added a small amount of vegetable oil, which did help, but not enough. In the end I just put a dollop of butterscotch on each treat and called it good! At this point you are going to want to transfer them from you're baking sheet so they can start to cool, if you put the parchment paper underneath, you should be able to slide them off easily and be left with a clean pan. I had my family try them, since they aren't part of my diet and they liked them. They said the combo of the salty and sweet was at the perfect ratio. I can't wait to try them myself!
A few items worth mentioning:
- Parchment Paper - I forgot to use it and ended having to wash chocolate off the baking pan.
- The other item would be a large cookie sheet if you don't already have one. I have 2, one is the Pampered Chef Stoneware Pan seen in this recipe and the other is an inexpensive Baker's Secret Basic Non-Stick Cookie Pan.
