easter basket graham cracker bark

yay it's easter week.

full of candy, baskets, and spring colors.

well would'ya look at that!

 

no not that,

 it's the fact that it's the 3rd day and 

the 3rd post in a row for me!

whoa.

whassup with that?

anyway,

i said before that i was behind in easter posts so i am making up for it this week.

so before i go on with today's tute,

i wanted to ask the pretzel makers of the world, 

or at least in this state of FL

since it's where i live,

these burning questions:

why oh why is it so easy to find pretzels 

in twisted shapes but impossible to find them 

in simple circle rings?

aren't plain circles easier to make than twisted ones?!

do they realize i have been searching for pretzel rings since the beginning of time 

(ok since the beginning of this blog actually)

and i STILL cannot find them anywhere 

in the stores?

only the usual twisted ones and sticks and 

rods and squares and mini ones.

#nopretzelcirclesattargetwalmartanygroceryanywhere

#pretzelringstruggleisreal

thank God for amazon.

but amazon led me in a circle too

as i kept putting pretzel circles in the search box 

and kept getting anything but 

pretzels and rings.

instead i got pretzels in yogurt 

or chocolate covered or gluten free or osem sesame 

(which i have zero circle clue what that is).

then ALLELUIA!

a company called wege 

FINALLY got them on amazon HERE

and i no longer suffered from 

absence of pretzel ring anxiety.

except i had to buy almost $15 worth.

now i have 

over abundance of pretzel ring disorder.

#pretzelringoverloadstruggleisreal

guess you'll be seeing alot of pretzel treats a "round" here.

hehe

good gracious.

let's just move on to the treat already.

here we go.

get this:

mixing these all together will give you a pretty bark.

and candy bark is oh so easy to make,

just melt the candy and throw 

some stuff on top and let dry.

but again,

i can never leave things well enough alone 

so i did this:

(no that's not 2 different colored candy, 

it's 2 different stupid photos my phone took)

i got those sprinkle nonpareils at 

marshall's for $3.99 and i've seen them at home goods too.

but if you can't find them there,

try here with a high shipping fee (ugh) 

or

you can use a plain candy melt cut in half.

the yellow rabbit sprinkles 

i got at walmart and the confetti sprinkles 

are from jo ann's.

ok next step:

you can actually get this altogether BEFORE 

you do the melted candy graham step.

that'll make it a lot easier to place 

before the candy dries.

you can see what i mean here:

then add a pretzel handle,

a confetti egg sprinkle and 

a bunny in each basket.

look it's easter basket mania.

allow to dry in the fridge before cutting apart.

it's a little trickier to cut than 

regular bark because of the grahams underneath 

and you will have to trim the edges a bit 

but take your time and you'll have it together.

so there you go, 

an easter basket you can eat entirely in one setting.

AND

it includes a pretzel ring!

where else can you get that?