I added some peppers and onions and about 1 1/2 cups of green beans. I substituted 2 cups of instant rice that I cooked separately and added to the hamburger mix at the end along with 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese.

I tried this recipe because I wanted to make chocolate covered pretzels for a gift and one of my recipients is allergic to nuts so almond bark was not an option. I didn't use semi-sweet chocolate chips so this could be the problem I had. I tried both white chocolate & milk chocolate chips and both of them I ended up adding a lot more heavy whipping cream than this recipe called for. I continued adding a little bit at a time until I could get the right consistency for dipping and the chocolate came together instead of being oily and broken looking. For the milk chocolate chips I finally ended up getting out my hand mixer to get it to come together properly. Even then after dipping a handful of pretzels I remixed to keep the consistency right.