White Chocolate Pretzels

For Saint Patrick's Day this year, I decided to make this yummy treat  The best part about it - its SOOOOO easy!!!!!!!!!

What you'll need:
1 bag of pretzels
2 bags white chocolate chips
2 Tbs shortening
Sprinkles or colored sugar (optional)



1.) Microwave white chocolate chips and shortening in a glass bowl for 30 seconds.  Stir.  Microwave 20 seconds more.  Stir again.  Continue microwaving in 10 second intervals and stirring until completely melted.  Let stand for 1 minute to cool slightly.
2.) Dip pretzels in white chocolate and lay on wax paper to harden.  (Sprinkle with sprinkles or colored sugar before they harden.)

Note:  These harden QUICKLY.  Don't dip more than 10 pretzels at a time if you want to sprinkle them with sprinkles.  I used two baking sheets covered with wax paper.  By the time I finished dipping and laying the pretzels on the second sheet, the ones on the first sheet had hardened.  I took those off, put them in a container, folded the wax paper into a funnel and poured the leftover sprinkles back into the sprinkles container so that they wouldn't go to waste.  Then I started all over again.

Note 2: These are a great crowd please for any holiday. 
For Christmas: Sprinkle hald the pretzels with red sugar and half with green sugar
For Valentine's Day: Sprinkle with red, or pink, or both
For Easter: Sprinkle with pastel colors
For Cinco de Mayo: Sprinkle with red, green and white sugar
For Fourth of July: sprinkle half with red and half with blue sugar
For Halloween: Sprinkle with orange sugar, or half with orange and half with black
For Thanksgiving: Sprinkle with Fall colors, such as orange, red, yellow, and brown
For Game Day: Sprinkle with your favorite team's colors