Piping Chocolate Using a Ziploc Bag

You can Pipe Chocolate Using a Ziploc bag and create Beautiful Chocolate Stripes on any chocolate treat. Easily pipe chocolate from a zip-tight bag to make elegant-looking sweet treats for any occasion.

How to Make Chocolate Stripes Using a Ziploc Bag

This method for making chocolate stripes on pretzels is perfect for any kind of fancy dessert. Like these Chocolate Covered Strawberries.  But, if you are you looking for fun ways to decorate chocolate treats, Try some of my other posts, like Rainbow Chocolate covered Strawberries  or Chocolate covered pretzel bites 

I just recently made 900 chocolate-covered coconut Bonbons with beautiful contrasting chocolate stripes. In that process, I have had a lot of practice getting to know the art of making those fancy chocolate lines on my candies. Along the way, I came up with some tricks I would love to share with you.

Supplies You’ll Need:

• Chocolate Melts – For this post, I used brown, but you can use any color to fit your party or celebration.
• Chocolate Melts – a contrasting color to your first chocolate color
• Pretzel Rods – I am using pretzel rods for this tutorial, but you can use this method with many other food items like fruits, potato chips, dried fruits, or Oreo cookies.

Equipment

• A Zip-Tight Baggie
• Scissors
• Wax Paper
• Mason Jar – If dipping something tall like pretzel rods

How to Pipe Chocolate Using a Zip-Tight Bag

• Set wax paper on your work surface
• Using a tall mason jar, melt your chocolate melts using the instructions on the back of the chocolate melt bag. I set mine in the microwave for one minute and stirred. I then cooked it in the microwave for another 30 seconds.
• Stir the melted chocolate.
• Tilt the mason jar and roll a pretzel rod into the chocolate
• Place the coated pretzel onto the wax paper to dry
• Melt the contrasting chocolate melts and stir until smooth
• Fold your zip-tight bag over to get closer to the bottom of the bag
• Pour the melted chocolate into the plastic bag
• Squeeze the air out of the bag, and zip it shut
• Carefully, snip a teeny-tiny, corner of the bottom of the chocolate bag
• Using gentle pressure, squeeze the chocolate over the treats, going bag and forth, making a curvy zig-zag look

Expert Tips

• Use a few practice pretzels until you are confident in your zig-zag abilities
• If you are doing several, your chocolate may cool off, get thick, and harden
• I found that the nice, thin hot chocolate produced the best, more controlled lines for me

~Melissa – KidFriendlyThingsToDo.com