Garlic Pretzels

                                   

A few years ago we were down at the lake for the weekend with some family.  Everyone had brought a few snacks to share.  One evening Aunt Wendy pulled out these pretzels and we were all instantly hooked!  All I have to say is- good thing we are all family because I am sure we all reeked of garlic the entire evening.  These pretzels go perfectly as a snack with a beer:)

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 teaspoons Garlic Powder
• 1 stick of Butter
• 3 Tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 Bag of Sour Dough Pretzels

Preheat oven to 250.  Gently crush the Sourdough Pretzels.  I leave them in the bag and use a rolling pin.  Place the pretzels in a single layer on a jelly roll pan.   Next, ,melt Butter then add in Worcestershire Sauce and Garlic Powder.  Pour mixture over pretzels and gently mix.  Bake for 15 minutes and toss with spatula. Bake for an additional 45 minutes tossing every 15 minutes, for a total of one hour.

I love to sneak some while they are warm, but you can store them in a sealed container for a long time.   I usually make two bags at a time because they are so addicting!

Sweets for my Sweeties

My family LOVES chocolate and Valentine's Day gives us an excuse to splurge! After school we made some sweet treats to share with the ones we love.

Chocolate Kissed Pretzels

Ingredients:

Pretzels (I like to use the waffle ones because I think that they hold the kiss better)

M&M's

Hershey Kisses

Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Layer pretzels on baking sheet. Top each pretzel with an unwrapped Hershey Kiss and bake for 3 minutes.

Remove from oven and top with M&M. Gently push down M&M. Let chocolate harden. Store in sealed container.

Next, we made peanut butter cookies topped with Dove Milk Chocolate Hearts. I love opening the candies and reading the sweet messages inside Here are some of my favorites

** Remember your first crush

**Share a sunset

**Get Swept away by love

**Express what's in your heart

**Share a secret

Next on our sweet treat list was cupcakes. I have two of the BEST mixers around.