The Original Seasoned Pretzel Recipe (2024)

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How much is Dot's pretzels worth? ›

It was big news when small town North Dakota woman Dot Henke sold her famous Dot's Pretzels business to Hershey's in 2021 — big, as in $1.2 billion big. So how did Henke, a farm gal from the tiny town of Velva, North Dakota, create such a recipe for success?

Dot's Homestyle Original Seasoned Pretzel Twists are braided and dusted with this original, top-secret seasoning blend. Each pretzel twist envelopes your taste buds in a delightful swirl of buttery, sweet and spicy tang.

The answer lies in a brief dip in an alkaline water bath before baking. This bath essentially gelatinizes the outside of the pretzel, preventing it from fully “springing” during baking (as bread does) and giving pretzels their signature chewy crust. It also gives them their unique and indelible “pretzel” flavor.

Dot's Homestyle Pretzels have a unique flavor that is described as a combination of salty, spicy, and tangy. The pretzels are coated with a special seasoning blend that includes garlic powder, onion powder, mustard powder, and other spices, which gives them a bold and savory flavor.

Before growing into a beloved, national brand, Dot's pretzels were first created as a special family snack in a home kitchen in Velva, North Dakota. They became part of the Hershey Company family in 2021.

Hershey Completes $1.2B Buy of Dot's Pretzels | Food Manufacturing.

Hershey plans to close its Dot's Pretzels factory in Velva, North Dakota, as the company looks to cut costs and increase production capacity at other locations in its manufacturing network.

Hershey bought Dot's Pretzels and Pretzels Inc. in a $1.2 billion deal in November 2021 from Dot Henke, the Velva resident who created the original umami-flavored Dot's Pretzels in her kitchen more than a decade ago.

Dot's Pretzels are a perfect complement to Hershey's growing salty snacking portfolio and would create an opportunity to reach new consumers in new occasions, advancing Hershey's snacking powerhouse vision.

Traditional Bavarian pretzels are dipped in a lye solution before they are baked. Lye, also known as sodium hydroxide, is essentially the same stuff that's used to make soap and clean drains. It can even dissolve glass.

What does baking soda do to pretzels? ›

Like lye, baking soda is an alkaline substance, and when mixed with water and brushed over the pretzel dough, it changes the pH of the dough and gelates the surface starch. In the oven, the starch gel hardens and the alkaline baking soda makes browning happen fast.

Bread flour provides more structure

Gluten helps provide structure, allowing a baked good to have more body and sturdiness. As a result, bread flour will make it easier for a pretzel to hold its shape. This can be an advantage to beginner bakers, especially since the shape of a pretzel is so important.

The magic is in the coating, loaded with a myriad of different spices and seasonings. It's hard to put your finger on their taste, sweet, salty, savory, and spiced but not spicy, but whatever it is, it makes the pretzels taste truly unique—and pretty hard to put down once you start.

HERSHEY, Pa., Dec. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) today announced the completion of its acquisition of Dot's Pretzels, the owner of Dot's Homestyle Pretzels, and Pretzels Inc., a leading manufacturer of pretzels in the United States.

Hershey is buying fast-growing Dot's Homestyle Pretzels and its Midwest co-manufacturer Pretzels Inc., for $1.2 billion — a combined deal that would be the second-largest deal in its history — in an effort to broaden the company's snacking portfolio and reach more consumers with a broader mix of salty and sweet ...

Hershey bought Dot's Pretzels and Pretzels Inc. in a $1.2 billion deal in November 2021 from Dot Henke, the Velva resident who created the original umami-flavored Dot's Pretzels in her kitchen more than a decade ago.

Overview. Randy Johnson is the Chief Executive Officer at Dot's Pretzels.