1  cup white baking pieces or chopped candy coating

1  tablespoon butter-flavor shortening

  Pretzel sticks

  Decorative sugar (optional)

  Colored candy-coating disks (optional)

1. In a medium saucepan combine white baking pieces or candy coating and shortening. Cook and stir over low heat until melted.

2. Gently stir in about 1 cup of the pretzel sticks. Arrange pretzel pieces into star shapes on waxed paper. Sprinkle with colored sugar. Chill about 1 hour