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**Updated!** Spiced Honey Pretzels (and a giveaway)

[ 81 ] 01/10/2010 |

**Winners are announced below! Congrats! Please send an email to:  melissa@shrinkingjeans.net with your contact info within 48 hours or a new winner will be selected!**

Are you a snacker like me?  Like the crunch of something yummy?  How about the combination of sweet and spicy?  These simple pretzels will satisfy any snack craving, especially mine.

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Spiced Honey Pretzels

Ingredients

  • 4 cups thin pretzel sticks
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 2 teaspoons butter, melted
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder

Directions

  1. Line a 15-in x 10-in x 1-in baking pan with foil; coat the foil with cooking spray.  Place pretzels in a large bowl.
  2. In a small bowl, combine honey, butter, onion powder and chili powder.  Pour over pretzels; toss to coat evenly.  Spread into prepared pan.
  3. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes, stirring once.  Cool on a wire rack, stirring gently several times to separate.

Nutritional Facts:  1/2 cup equals 98 calories, 1 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 1 g fiber.

This awesome recipe came from the NEW Taste of Home Comfort Food Diet Cookbook.   Ya’ll all should know by now that I love to cook and I certainly like checking out new cookbooks, especially ones that target the healthier side of eating.  This cookbook does that and then some.  Things I love about this cookbook:

  • 205 delicious recipes in various categories- snacks, breakfast, lunch, dinner, side dishes, and desserts.
  • Pictures of most recipes, nutritional information on ALL
  • A menu planning worksheet
  • Tip and tricks for healthier eating
  • Inspirational weight loss stories
  • Portion size chart
  • and oh so much more!

Wanna know what’s even better than eating these pretzels?  Giving away this cookbook.

Yes, we are giving away TWO of the Taste of Home Comfort Food Diet Cookbooks to lucky readers.

Here’s how to enter:

1.  Leave a comment telling me that I am the best cook in the whole wide world…..and that I am pretty.

2.  Join the hood and friend someone! If you’re already a member of the hood, then friend 2 people!

3.  Follow the Sisterhood on twitter and tweet about this giveaway!

Giveaway will end on Wednesday, January 13th at midnight pacific time. Winners will be announced, on this post, the following day.

The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans received The Taste of Home Comfort Food Diet Cookbook to try out and review. We did not receive monetary considerations for our post, and our opinions are our own.

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About lisa: I'm a runner and future triathlete. I love to cook, drink margaritas, socialize with friends, and I laugh with my whole body. I'm the mother of three kids and I am trying to find my happy place with my weight. I have lots planned for 2011 so bring it on! View author profile.

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  • http://sweetqt.wordpress.com Eve

    You are fabulous, pretty and a great cook! lol Please enter me!

  • http://sweetqt.wordpress.com Eve

    I joined the hood and reqested friendships with April, the contributor, and wendy

  • http://sweetqt.wordpress.com Eve

    I follow on twitter @shopgurl and tweeted: http://twitter.com/shopgurl/status/7664190259

  • LittleEagle

    Just what I need to keep me on track in 2010.

  • http://www.anotherpriorfatgirl.blogspot.com/ Amanda, another priorfatgirl

    those pretzels look a-ma-zing. i'm a huge salty/sweet fan. would love that cookbook, too ;)

  • http://winningreadings.blogspot.com/ Winning Readings

    I'd love this book! I need some healthy ideas…

    janemaritz at yahoo dot com

    We posted about this giveaway at Winning Readings: http://winningreadings.blogspot.com/2010/01/tas…

  • Wendy

    Sounds good!
    ebeandebe at gmail dot com

  • http://thetoyboxyears.blogspot.com/ Jennifer

    Great giveaway!

    ~ Jennifer
    http://thetoyboxyears.blogspot.com

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  • pattibright

    I would so love to win this for my sister…she loves taste of home…she loves to cook but she is trying to seriously lose weight this year. This would be perfect :)
    plb8156@aol.com

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  • Mary Lou

    This recipe sounds wonderful. The cook book sounds like something I have been looking for. Thanks for doing this.
    Mary Lou
    dlowran1(at)comcast(dot)net

  • charmandluck

    Sounds like a good cookbook. Thanks for the possibility.

    bgcchs(at)yahoo(dot)com

  • ealguire

    It's so fun that I was there when you posted this. And I want one of those books!!!

  • ealguire

    Can you believe I'd never “officially” joined the hood until now? I didn't realize was a whole different thing. I know, I'm a dork. Anyway, I'm official, now off to friend some folks!

  • tirah

    I LOVE cookbooks!

  • babyboy3

    This recipe sounds great.

  • babyboy3

    I friended Ann G and Kirsten.

  • http://www.whooosthatgirl.com Lissa_ShrinkingJeans

    Congrats! You are the winner of the cookbook! Need your mailing info!

  • http://www.whooosthatgirl.com Lissa_ShrinkingJeans

    Congrats! You are the winner of the cookbook! Need your mailing info!

  • brendahelgeson

    wow thank you
    brenda helgeson
    22 tyler ave
    cottage grove OR
    97424

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  • JessBoz

    Am I missing where this was announced? I don't see the names in the post?? SO CONFUSED over here!

  • shrinkingjeans

    We announce it in the comments by replying to the winners! Let me know if
    you have any other questions :)

  • http://www.whooosthatgirl.com Lissa_ShrinkingJeans

    No answer from one of the winners, so guess what?? I picked a new winner and it WAS YOU! Congrats! Shoot me an email (melissa@shrinkingjeans.net) with your mailing info!

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  • http://christy.shrinkingjeans.net Christy_TheSistherhood

    I have these in the oven RIGHT NOW!! Can't wait to try them out :)

  • http://christy.shrinkingjeans.net Christy_TheSistherhood

    I have these in the oven RIGHT NOW!! Can't wait to try them out :)

  • http://www.heatshrinkwire.net Heat Shrink Wire

    I wanna find more info about this, anybody could?

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