Reviewed: Mar. 7, 2012

I made this same recipe a number of times years ago, and when I spotted it here on AR, I remembered how much we liked them and decided to make it again. These are great little spicy pretzels! To speed up the process, I baked mine at 250 degrees and they were done in 45 minutes.

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bellepepper

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Upper Arlington, Ohio, USA

Living In: Dublin, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2012

3/4 cup of oil is plenty and use granulated garlic instead of the garlic salt. Bake at 250 for 1/2 an hour and I guarantee, you can't eat just 20! I found if you put it all in a bag and turn as needed, after a day or two, they will be completely dry. No baking needed! This is great when you don't want to head the oven or want to get things done in advance of needing them. I served a triple batch of these at a party and they were gone in minutes! Thanks for such a super easy, yet delicious recipe!

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1inAmelian

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Home Town: Tulare, California, USA

Living In: Thornton, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 13, 2010

These are SO good. SO GOOD. I cut the oil down to a half cup and that was more than enough. I used a homemade ranch dressing mix (I suggest using Scotdog's dry ranch dressing mix) and I did not add garlic salt because the ranch dressing mix had garlic powder. This is great for a movie snack for the kids and to portion out into snack bags for my oldest boy's lunch. NOTE: You really have to keep an eye on these so they don't burn. I suggest you line your baking sheet with foil and do a little spritz with baking spray and really just keep it moving every ten-fifteen minutes so it does not burn. It's not two hours that this needs to bake. Fourty five minutes is plenty, give or take.

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Sarah Jo

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Home Town: Seattle, Washington, USA

Living In: Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 18, 2010

I made this recipe except I eliminated the oil. I put all the dry ingredients in a small bowl, sprayed the pretzels with non-stick cooking spray, sprinkled the dry ingredients over the pretzels, mixed well and baked at 225 degrees for 40 minutes, only having to stir them once while they were cooking. They turned out great and no heavy oil for my diet.

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Nancy L

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Elgin, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: May 22, 2010

These are wonderful and incredibly addictive. I didn't even want to make dinner and wanted to just snack on these all night. I used garlic powder instead of the garlic salt and cooked these at 250 degrees for an hour and 15 minutes and they are so wonderful. Much better than storebought flavored pretzels and cheaper too!

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Heather C

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Swainsboro, Georgia, USA

Reviewed: May 8, 2010

I used an entire bag of Snyder's waffle shaped pretzels (which hold alot more seasoning).Besides the ranch mix I also added dried parsley flakes and dried basil (which give them some color and more flavor) also substituted garlic powder for the salt.Halved the amount of oil and used only Olive Oil. Delish !

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Donna P.

Reviewed: Apr. 25, 2010

A-MAZ-ING! I made these to take to a party last night & they were gone in a heartbeat. EVERYONE loved them and kept looking for the "crack in pretzel form". Yeah, they were seriously addicting. The changes I made were very minimal. First, I didn't realize my stock of veggie oil was low, so I used 1/2 a cup of that and 1/2 a cup of evoo. I mixed together all of the ingredients in a large bowl and let sit for 2.5 hours (stirring occassionally). After that time period the oils had soaked in, so I put the pretzels in the oven at 250 for 35 minutes & they came out PERFECT (I did stir them once or twice while they were in there). Honestly, you can't get much easier or cost friendly than this recipe. Next time the only thing I will do differently is to make sure I make a double batch. :)

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ADZELL

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 29, 2009

I have used a similar recipe for years as a fundraiser at school for cheerleading and as a Jr./Sr. Sponsor. The kids called them Mrs. W's Mexican Pretzels. Variation on the recipe: 20 oz. mini pretzels, 1 cup Canola oil, 1 pkg. Ranch Dressing Mix (3T), 1 tsp. garlic powder, 1 heaping T cayenne pepper. Our school has a high Hispanic population and they like them caliente! Place pretzels in bag, combine ingredients and pour in bag, burp and close. Rotate bag until pretzels absord the canola oil - no cooking involved. The pretzels sell for 75 cents for a snack bag, 3.00 for a quart size.

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bjwoody

Reviewed: Mar. 8, 2009

Very good way to mix up the ordinary pretzel. Followed others advice and let them marinate/soak before baking. I used the extra thin pretzels.

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Aunt-Nay

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2009

This recipe is excellent! The cost to make these is next to nothing. I use 3 bags of pretzels with this mix of coating. I use a 1/4 sheet baking pans I bought at Sams. I put a bag of pretzels in a bowl, coat with 1/3 cup of oil mix and put in the baking tray. I fit three in my oven and rotate them every 20 minutes for an hour and 20 minutes total at 200 degrees. I have people from work beg for these. It is the easiest secret recipe I have ever had.

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