Made for a friend's birthday, followed the advice from HJONES999 and it turned out great. icing isn't too sweet - just right for our tastes.

Reviewed On: Sep. 8, 2009

Yummm!! This is my go to chicken soup recipe from now on...excellent flavor!! Made this last night for my boyfriend who is sick, he raved and raved over this soup (thank you Robbie!!). I kinda ate two bowls ("taste testing") before he could get home. I kicked it up a bit with some jalapenos, Adobo seasoning, fresh cilantro, garlic cloves, and chipotle chili powder in the first step (omitted the buillon). In the second step, I left the diced chicken out and added it back to the soup after the rice and veggies had cooked. I did have to add some additional stock at the end to thin it out. I just went to my freezer and thawed out some corn stock for a little more depth. Oh, I used thighs since that was all I had on hand. I plan to make big batches of this to freeze when I catch chicken on sale.

Reviewed On: Jul. 30, 2009

Yummy! Made these the other night for our departmental bake sale...they almost didn't make it to work. I found that the caramel did a little better when it hardened up just a little - after melting, I set it off the heat for a few minutes, then used the back of a spoon to smear on the pretzel rods. I didn't have any trouble with the caramel running all over the place once I put them on parchment paper to 'set' before covering with chocolate. I changed up the toppings a little - used chopped roasted peanuts (used my mini food chopper to chop 'em up fine), shredded coconut, chopped white chocolate, and multi-colored sprinkles. I didn't put all the toppings on one rod - I made a variety. The only thing I didn't like about this recipe is the use of pre-packaged caramels - it took a while to unwrap all those little buggers. However, I used what I had left over in my baking stash - next time I think I'll try making caramel from scratch. I had some caramel, chocolate, and toppings leftover, so I threw all the toppings together in with the caramel, stirred it up a little, rolled into small balls, then dropped them in the chocolate. A nice little surprise. Thanks for a great recipe!

Reviewed On: Oct. 17, 2008