KATIE'S PRETZEL WREATHS 
6 oz. vanilla milk chips or vanilla flavored candy coating
72 miniature pretzels
6 (24 inch) pieces red string licorice

Line 2 cookie sheets with waxed paper. In medium saucepan, over low heat, melt vanilla chips, stirring constantly. Using 6 pretzels, form a circle on prepared cookie sheet, placing side of pretzel with single hole on outside of ring. Remove one pretzel from circle and dip inner section halfway into melted vanilla chips; placed dipped pretzel back into circle formation.

Continue with remaining pretzels in circle. To form top layer of wreath, dip 6 additional pretzels, one at a time, in coated holes overlap 2 pretzels. (Inner holes remain open to weave licorice through). Repeat to completely 5 additional wreaths. Refrigerate wreaths 15 minutes or until coating is firm. Weave one piece of string licorice through the coated holes in each pretzel. Tie a bowl with licorice ends. Repeat to form 5 additional wreaths. 6 wreaths.

 

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