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My daughter knows about my food blogging and sometimes she just checks the pictures on this blog to know what I am blogging about. Yesterday in a casual conversation she learnt about my participation in blogging marathons and my 'themed' posts. After hearing about this week's theme, she thought that Valli genuinely was looking for ideas and was going to prepare these dishes on her kids' birthdays. I couldn't stop laughing at her naivete but went ahead with her suggestion of a 'chocolate treat' for the party.
These chocolate-sprinkle covered pretzel sticks are a hit
with my kids and so I thought of sending them over to this virtual
anniversary party. All you need to make these yummy treats are a few
pretzel sticks, a melting variety chocolate and some sprinkles to decorate. One can leave the decorating job to enthusiastic kids as I did. My daughter used nonpareils, chocolate sprinkles and confetti sprinkles to decorate and some of the pretzels were left with just chocolate coating.
Method:
* Cover a baking sheet with foil / wax paper.
* Pour the sprinkles in small shallow cups and keep them handy.
* Melt the chocolate using double boiler method or in a microwave. (I prefer the former method since the chocolate remains melted for longer time compared to the microwave method as I leave the chocolate pan on the hot water pan until I am done.)
* Dip half of the sticks in chocolate and roll them in sprinkles.
* Lay them on the baking sheet and stick it in the refrigerator to dry them quicker.
Notes:
1. Small or jumbo sized pretzel sticks or small sized
pretzels can be used.
2. White or dark chocolate can be used. One oz of baking chocolate covers about 65 - 70
small sized (2.5 inch) pretzel sticks. I used Baker's semi-sweet baking chocolate.
3. Nuts / dessicated coconut can be substituted for sprinkles.
This is going to be my contribution to
1. Blogging Marathon #45
2. Kids' Delight - Potluck Party.
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Fairy bread is supposedly a hit at kids' parties in Australia and New Zealand and I guess one doesn't have to wonder why. :) Basically the crusts are trimmed off white bread slices and spread with butter or margarine. And next comes the fun part where the buttered slices are sprinkled with nonpareils or 'hundreds and thousands'. And then these appealing bread slices are quartered before serving. In case anyone is wondering what 'hundreds and thousands' are, the colorful sprinkles are called so outside North America.
I knew instantly these are going to be a hit with my teenager. When ever she accompanies me to shop, the first thing on her request list is that I let spend some time in the baking isle. I don't know what the fascination is but she spends time looking at the various frosting and toppings and she picks one small bottle of sprinkles or some thing on the same lines, every time she comes. And so as expected she proved me that this can be enjoyed by kids of all ages.
I substituted honey wheat bread for white bread and chose to keep the crust. These bread slices don't need any toasting before smothering with butter and decorating. They are quick and easy to put together compared to sandwiches. And it would be great project to involve the young ones while making these colorful fairy bread slices for kid-centric parties. I am sure that they would have loads of fun with the nonpareils besides being proud for their contribution to the party.
Bread slices, softened butter and colorful sprinkles are the only ingredients you need to make this kid-friendly treat. Trim off the edges of bread slices or just keep them if you prefer. Spread butter / margarine on one side of the slice and sprinkle the nonpareils, covering the entire surface on the buttered side. Quarter them and serve.
This is going to be my contribution to
1. Blogging Marathon #45
2. Kids' Delight - Potluck Party.
Comments
