Celebrating Lent: Chocolate Crown of Thorns (Recipe)

If I’m going to take the time to make something, then by golly, I want to be able to eat it! The salt dough Crown of Thorns, although fun to make, is not quite what I would call tasty.

So, how about some chocolate?

Yes! A chocolate Crown of Thorns.

You’ll need about 1/2 cup of chocolate chips and a few handfuls of pretzel sticks. (Baker’s chocolate would work, too. This is just what I had on hand.)

Gently melt the chocolate until it is able to be stirred. I just popped mine in the microwave, but a double boiler would work. Patience I have not!

Once the chocolate is melted, throw in the pretzels.

Slowly stir so you don’t break the sticks. Don’t worry about trying to coat every part of the pretzel, a little bit of brown poking through will help make the Crown’s appearance rustic.

Now, if you have a Silpat baking mat, like I do, now is the time to whip it out. If not, parchment or tin foil will do. Line your cookie sheet.

Warning: This is going to get messy.

Take one coated pretzel stick out from the chocolate at a time.

Lay each stick down, forming a circle. Overlap the sticks at sharp angles to help form the Crown of Thorns. Keep building and adding pretzels until you reach the desired look for your Crown.

Now, just let it sit to allow the chocolate to harden.

Messy, yes? But doesn’t that look tasty?

Chocolate Crown of Thorns. Perfect treat for Good Friday,

Or as an Easter egg nest for Easter Sunday.

You decided.

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