Cocktail pretzels are small smoked pork sausages, often used as appetizers. They can be served with various sauces or wrapped in dough. They are popular in the US and are often served at parties.
Cocktail pretzels are actual pork or pork sausages, usually with some type of smoke flavoring, hence the nickname “little smokers.” In texture, they are more like a bratwurst, even though they look like little hot dogs. Sayings like “Her toothpick doesn’t go all the way in her weenie cocktail.” they’re a way to comment on someone’s mental shortcomings and highlight the place humble cocktails have had in the culture.
Wieners, of course, have been around for a long, long time. Sausage is one of the oldest meat dishes and the Germans have taken the dish to the highest art in their famed sausage meats. Cocktail cold cuts are fairly recent innovations and have made a name for themselves in the realm of quick appetizers.
Cocktail appetizers have become ubiquitous at dinner parties, picnics, and holiday parties all over the United States. They are pre-cooked, salty and spicy, perfect for a heavier starter and quick to fix. One of the more popular recipes calls for a 16-ounce (453-gram) package of cocktail pretzels, a bottle of barbecue sauce, and a slow cooker. The cook mixes the cocktail sausages and sauce in the slow cooker, replaces the lid, turns it to “low,” and heats it all the way through. This simple appetizer can be served with toothpicks.
Some people wrap cocktail sausages in cookie dough, to make pigs in a blanket. Others create a grape jelly and mustard mix as a sweet and spicy sauce. Some cooks serve them with cheese and crackers, yet others slice them up and use them in macaroni and cheese. Kids usually love these bite-sized sausages, making them an ideal way to get confirmed chicken nugget eaters to try something new. Numerous cocktail pretzels recipes are available in cookbooks and online.
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