Seasalt Caramel Dark Chocolate Pretzel Bark

While browsing Pinterest the other day, I found a pin called Salted Caramel Pretzel Bark…
I altered it though.  I found that there wasn't enough caramel or enough chocolate for my liking.  I also found that Dark chocolate with seasalt and carmel is so good.  I usually spend way too much money on candy bars that taste like this stuff.

You most likely have the five ingredients you need in your pantry/fridge already. If you don’t, it’s worth a quick trip to the store.

Ingredients:

• ½  bag of mini pretzel twists
• 4 sticks of butter
• 2 cup of brown sugar
• 2 bag of chocolate chips - I mixed dark and semi
• Sea salt

Directions:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

• Then line a large jelly roll pan with aluminum foil and lay a single layer of pretzels down.

• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and the brown sugar until the sugar is dissolved. Let it boil gently just until it starts to stick to the bottom and it forms a nice smooth caramel. You’ll want to let it bubble a little and get really thick. But not for too long or it get too hard.

• Remove from heat and pour evenly over the top of the pretzels (don’t worry if every single pretzel isn’t covered). Put in the oven at 350 degrees for five minutes.

• Remove from the oven and sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top. You can let the caramel melt the chips, but I prefer to put it back in the oven for one minute. I actually tried this and the chips wouldn't melt  - so for the second bag I melted the chips double broiler style.

• Spread the chocolate chips around with a spatula until mostly melted.

• Sprinkle generously with salt.

• Let cool on the counter top for a few minutes and then pop in the freezer for at least two to three hours.

• When it comes out of the freezer, break it up into uneven chunks with your hands and serve.

It’s that simple! Seriously, the hardest part of this recipe is NOT eating it all.

Quick tip: I found it tastes best when right out of the freezer. It will start to melt after sitting on the counter top for more than a few minutes.