If you're anything like me you have an irrational fear of burning chocolate. I found a solution for this by melting chocolate in a slow cooker. Basically you're creating a double boiler, but one that will melt your chocolate and allow you to work at your own pace. This winter I've been creating several treats with melted chocolate. Below is my way of melting chocolate in a slow cooker.
Chocolate Covered Pretzels
This technique works for any kind of treat you'd like to create using melted chocolate.
Fill your slow cooker, I use a Kenmore 5 Quart Slow Cooker, with several inches of water. You will want it to go about 2/3's up the side of your bowl you'll use for melting. Turn your slow cooker to low or high, depending on how long you have to create your treats.
Place your chocolate chips, chunks of bark melts, or whatever sort of chocolate you will be melting into a microwave safe bowl. Place the bowl into the water, making sure not to get any water inside the bowl. Water in the bowl will cause the chocolate to be grainy.
Allow your chocolate to slowly melt, uncovered. Stir on occasion to ensure even melting.
Once the chocolate is fully melted dip your pretzels into the chocolate. Place on waxed paper to cool. If you'd like to sprinkle with sprinkles, do so while the chocolate is still hot. If you're in a hurry place in fridge or freezer to speed up the cooling and setting process.
I found that one regular size bag of chocolate chips will cover around 40-50 pretzels.
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Images created with Canon 5D Mark IV | Slow Cooker by Kenmore
