My Bridal Shower Menu & Chocolate Covered Pretzel Favors

When planning the food for a recent bridal shower, I realized that there is kind of a formula for feeding women: 

Salad + Bread + Fruit + Sweets = Success!

Do you agree? 

Most of the showers I host have a guest list that is too large for a sit-down meal. So, usually a light lunch fits the bill. 

This is what we served for the shower:

• Tortellini Pasta Salad {CLICK HERE for the recipe}
• Bread Sticks
• Fruit Tray with Dip
• Chocolate Bar Cookies
• Lemon Bars {CLICK HERE for recipe}
• Trail Mix- for something salty {I adore THIS BRAND}
• "Polar Blast" Hawaiian Punch {with a little frozen lemonade concentrate mixed in}

For the favors . . .

I asked my dear friend & domestic goddess, Melanie, to make her wonderful  Chocolate Covered Cinnamon Pretzels. They are so good! 

Turns out, Mel got her recipe from a blog - YAY BLOGGERS!

CHOCOLATE COVERED CINNAMON PRETZELS

{from 5 Boys Baker}

• 18 oz bag of small pretzels
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• extra cinnamon sugar for sprinkling
• white chocolate for drizzling

Place pretzels in a large microwave-safe bowl. In another bowl, mix oil, sugar & cinnamon. Pour mixture over pretzels & mix well - coating pretzels. Microwave for 2 minutes - BUT STOP THE MICROWAVE EVERY 30 SECONDS & STIR TO PREVENT BURNING.  {If any pretzels burn, Mel just fishes them out.}  Stir again after cooking in the microwave to make sure the pretzels are coated. Spread the pretzels in a single layer on waxed paper. While they are still warm, sprinkle with additional cinnamon sugar. Drizzle melted white chocolate over pretzels. {Melanie melts her chocolate in the microwave - stirring it every few seconds.}

We put them in plastic bags first, then in pretty little paper bags for the favors.

CLICK HERE to see the rest of the shower & my 

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