Category: DIY

I decided I was going sugar free for the month of March. Then I made these and decided April was the better month to go sugar free. Also, who else here puts m&m’s in their theatre popcorn? I can’t be the only one. Asking for a friend here. What is it about sweet and salty together?

Have you ever had someone invite you over for a girls night, or a small get together, or supper and you ask “what would you like me to bring?” But really, you only ask because 9/10 the person usually replies with “just bring yourself!” Well, there will come a day friends, when someone will betray you and reply with  “just bring whatever is easiest! A snack or whatever. Nothing fancy.”

This recipe will save you. It’s not fancy. It’s not hard. But it is delicious. And it’s chewy. Best part? It’s sweet and salty, so best of both worlds. If there were two worlds.

You definitely should bring this to your next girls night. Watch Hugh Grant dance in his underpants in Notting Hill. Or raise your hands and say “Amen sister” when Bridget Jones is trying to get her wobbly bits to fit into her jeans. Whatever movie you watch, or whatever it is your bring these to… they’ll be appreciated.

My best friend and I are going to Banff for the week over spring break and we plan on having movie nights and eating junk food. Please comment your fave chick flick and fave snack, Preferably sweet and salty. I thank you in advance, my trainer will not. Just kidding, I don’t have a trainer.

Caramel Pretzel Bark
 
Sweet and salty caramel pretzel bark. It's easy and so addicting!
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Ingredients
  • 2 cups pretzels
  • 1 cup of butter
  • 1 cup of brown sugar
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • sea salt
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350* and cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper
  2. Place your pretzels evenly in a single layer
  3. In a small saucepan, melt the butter and brown sugar over medium heat. The caramel will start to bubble and thicken
  4. Remove once the caramel has thickened and add the vanilla
  5. Pour evenly over the pretzels and bake in the oven for 5 minutes
  6. While its in the oven, melt your chocolate in the microwave and pout into an icing bag
  7. Pour the melted chocolate over the caramel in little squiggles and top with some sea salt
  8. let cool completely, cut into squares and refrigerate
  9. Enjoy!!
Notes
This recipe is adapted from 3 fois par jour blog

You guys can check out the original recipe here… among tons of others! I have both her cookbooks, her first one is my favourite cookbook I own. Which is saying a lot because I own a ton. Like if we weighed them, they would probably weigh a ton. The Blog is call Trois Fois Par Jour

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What you’ll need:

  • brown twine covered wire (you can get at Michael’s)
  • floral tape
  • duct tape
  • tin snips (go look in your husbands tool box)
  • hot glue gun and glue sticks
  • flowers
  • fillers (greenery, leaves)

Step 1- Take the wire and loop it around your head, or whoever it is for. Double it so you have two loops. Have it so it isn’t too tight, but not too loose so that its falling in front of your eyes.

Step 2- Tape the two end together so that you have a circle with two circles of twine.

Step 3- Starting in the middle of the crown (like where the front of the crown will be on your head), begin adding your flowers through the gap between the two loops. I would only do 3 “feature” flowers, and the rest greenery with buds. But if you want a big and full crown, use more flowers.

Step 4- Once you are sure that is where you want the flowers, hot glue them down.

Step 5- Start filling it with greenery. Play around with it, add some, take some away, it takes awhile, but once you start playing it should come together.

Step 6- That’s basically it! Use your hot glue gun when you think you need it, use your floral tape when you think you need it. Just play with it and burn your fingers a bit!

TIPS: 

– Use the most realistic looking flowers you can find

– Use more greenery than flowers (they make it look more realistic)

– Try and find buds to add in to it

Thanks for stopping by!