Have you been following along on the pour art trend? You can create these gorgeous paintings by dumping a cup of assorted color paints on a canvas. It’s a totally therapeutic style of art that gives cool, swirled, bursts of color on a canvas. I could stare at them all day. But, paint gets expensive, and a girl has to eat, so I kind of have a fun hobby. And that’s incorporating art into everything. Like turning STEM into STEAM and adding art to my food. And that brought about these Colorful Pour Art White Chocolate Covered Pretzels. I can sink my teeth into their cool, swirled, bursts of colorful white chocolate all day long…
Colorful Pour Art White Chocolate Covered Pretzels Ingredients
These gorgeous sweetly swirled pretzels are made with candy melts, a colored white chocolate copycat, to save some time. If you have candy coloring (regular food coloring won’t work) and a bit more time, grab some white chocolate and tint it yourself. The cocoa butter in white chocolate gives them a richer flavor. I used pink, yellow, blue, and purple, but you can customize the colors to any occasion. They would be awesome swirled in school colors for an event or bake sale or red, green, and white for Christmas.
How to Make Colorful Pour Art White Chocolate Covered Pretzels
Your first step is to melt the candy melts. Throw them in a microwave-safe bowl, add a teaspoon of coconut oil, and then microwave in 30 second increments, stirring in between. Once you get each color melted, pour a layer of each color into a short glass. Then you can give it a little stir to help mix the colors ahead of time.
Then pour your white chocolate over your pretzels that have been layed out on a wire rack over some parchment.
Once you’ve covered all the pretzels, use a fork to move them over to a parchment covered baking sheet. Then pop your pretzels into the refrigerator for about 15 minutes to chill.
Aren’t these pour art covered pretzels gorgeous? And totally delicious too. You can also use pretzel rods and dip them into the glass for swirled unicorn tail pretzels.
More Cookies on My Cookie Brain
So it turns out I always wanted to make this blog a STEM and cookies blog :) So I have a few favorite recipes for you! Be sure to check out my favorites:
- Foolproof Shortbread Cookies with Royal Icing (I turned these into edible tangrams!)
- Snowy Orange Crinkle Cookies (They’re so pretty on a cookie tray!)
- M&M Cookie Bars (These stack into fun towers!)
- Gummy Bear Filled Heart Cookies (Show your love for someone with these sweet bites!)
More Art Fun for Families
After you finish up your pour art pretzels, how about adding some fun integrated art and science activities to the mix!
Spin Art Hearts – Kids LOVE spin art! It’s so fun to watch the paint transform after a spin in a salad spinner. Try these heart versions for a sweet Valentine or ornament.
Magnet Painting – Magnet painting is one of the coolest process art projects we’ve tried. And perfect for your next STEAM session!
These are just a couple projects in my mega art round-up of 40 of the Best Art Projects for Kids.
Or maybe you just want more ways to incorporate learning into your food! Be sure to check out STEAM Kids in the Kitchen!
Looking for some more STEAM inspiration that use can use right now? Instant gratification style? Check out STEAM Kids in the Kitchen: Hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Math Hands-On Recipes and Activities for Kids ebook! It’s packed full of 70+ Bring STEAM learning fun into the kitchen with these hands-on activities and recipes. Learn what makes bread rise, colors change, and how to make an epic pudding model of the Earth.Love Kitchen Science? You'll love STEAM Kids in the Kitchen!
Colorful Pour Art White Chocolate Covered Pretzels
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 16 pretzels, regular size
- 1 cup pink candy melts
- 1 cup purple candy melts
- 1 cup blue candy melts
- 1 cup yellow candy melts
- 4 teaspoons coconut oil, separated
Tools needed:
- 2 baking sheets
- wire cooling rack
- wax paper
Instructions
- Line both of your baking sheets with wax paper. Place wire rack on top of one of the baking sheets – this is the setup you’ll be using to do the actual pouring of the candy melts.
- Place each batch of candy melts in separate microwave-safe bowls. Line up your pretzels on the wire rack.
- Place one teaspoon of coconut oil in every bowl and microwave in 30-second intervals until completely melted.
- Pour a portion of each candy melt color into a drinking glass (aim for something short but sturdy – like a whiskey glass), filling up the glass about half-way. You will not be using all of the candy melts right away, the pouring will be done in batches.
- Pour the candy melts over each pretzel, evenly distributing the colors so that the top of the pretzels are completely coated. Use a fork to remove the colored pretzel onto your second lined baking sheet.
- Repeat until all pretzels are covered. Place in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes or until candy melts are set. Enjoy!
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