For a trip over the weekend, I had attempted to make chocolate covered pretzel rods. I had bought Baker’s semi-sweet chocolate, and that melted fine. I used the microwave to melt the chocolate. I dipped the pretzel rods into the melted chocolate. I had bought peanut butter chips, and white chocolate chips, figuring I could use the microwave to melt these as well.
Well, they melted fine… but then hardened right up and faintly gave off a burnt smell (especially the peanut butter chips!) I know theres different ways of melting chocolate, using a double boiler. I tried the double boiler after the microwave failure, and it the chips still hardened up quickly. Am I supposed to add butter and water to these chips to keep them melted and unburned? Does anyone have a reference to melting chocolate? I would love to attempt these chocolate covered pretzel rods again for the Christmas season…
