Pretzel Dogs

I generally don't care for hot dogs.  I won't go into detail, but I pretty much find them to be wrong on many, many levels.  That being said, there are moments in life when a hot dog sounds like a fantastic idea. For instance - sporting events.  Hot dogs always taste good at baseball games, soccer games, basketball games, football games...well - I suppose they are always better when they come from a concession stand. My Dad makes an amazing grilled hot dog.  He cooks it until it's sizzling and nearly black (yay carcinogens!) and sopped with sweet, sticky KC Masterpiece barbecue sauce. Campfire hot dogs?  Always okay in my book. Convenience store hot dogs, microwaved or boiled hot dogs?  No thank you.  Hot dogs without a bun? Nope.  Corn dogs?  Ew.  And have you ever had a red hot dog?  Like, a really red Nebraska hot dog? I have.  And I lived to tell about it. I've had pretzel dogs on my list of things to make for quite a while now.  I thought my family would love them, and I was right.  These were a big hit around here.  We are already fans of homemade soft pretzels, so it was no big surprise when these got rave reviews from my husband and girls. Of course, my two year old called them princess dogs all afternoon.  It didn't stop her from eating them, though.  Whatever works. I found these to be really easy to make.  The pretzel dough comes together quickly and takes less than an hour to rise.  Wrapping them takes about 20 minutes and boiling them takes another 10 minutes.  For an impressive party food, you really can't beat this one.  It's fun, casual and super simple. These are halved hot dogs, but you could certainly make them full size or even bite size.  Put your favorite dipping sauces out and let people go town.  They're sure to be a nice change to the traditional picnic, barbecue or party, any time of the year.