Years ago on a Top Chef episode, Dale Talde made potato chip and pretzel cookies for a cookie monster challenge. Cookie monster chose Dale’s cookies as the winning dish, and how could he not? Potato chips, pretzels, chocolate!? Really the only possibility with those ingredients is something salty and sweet and completely delicious. When I made them the first time, we tried some the minute the ganache was set up enough, and thought they were pretty good. The next few days though, we kept snacking on them and couldn’t seem to stop ourselves. I am not sure why, but they seem to get better with age. Try to make them a day or so in advance if you can. And then try not to eat a whole pan by yourself.
Potato Chip and Pretzel Bars with Chocolate Ganache
Ingredients
- 2 cups kettle potato chips
- 2 cups pretzels
- ½ cup flour
- ⅓ granulated sugar
- 10 tablespoons butter, melted
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8x8 inch baking dish.
- In the bowl of a food processor, add potato chips and pretzels. Process until they form crumbs. Add in flour and sugar and pulse. Add butter and pulse until combined. Dump into prepared baking dish and press down evenly on the bottom of the dish. Bake for 10 minutes then let cool slightly.
- While the crust bakes, make the chocolate ganache. Heat cream in a small saucepan over medium heat. Heat until hot but not quite yet boiling. Remove from heat and pour over chocolate chips in a medium bowl. Let sit for a few minutes so chocolate chips can melt, then whisk together. Pour over warm potato chip and pretzel bars. Let cool, then cut and serve.
Notes
Source: Based on Dale Talde's Top Chef Cookies.
Do you crush the potato chips and pretzels to make the 2 cups? Thank you.
They are measured out uncrushed. Enjoy!
Thank you! I can’t wait to make this. I’m watching the Summer Baking Chempionship right now and saw something similar. I immediately googled and came across your site. 🙂