HUGUENOT—It’s never a bad time of year to buy chocolate-covered pretzels for someone, but the Pretzel Princess has found that Valentines Day makes a really good excuse.
Betty Lou Kranz, the owner Pretzel Princess, started making pretzels after she lost her job as a bus driver for the Port Jervis City School district in 2008.
She didn’t start with pretzels right away though. She dabbled in artisan dog treats and decorative baskets, but it was the baskets with pretzels that people wanted, so rather than fight the market, she started the Pretzel Princess, a boutique chocolate pretzel business right out of her home.
Over the last seven years her business has grown, and with it the variety of flavors she offers. She has over 22 flavors of chocolate pretzels, ranging from the whimsical, like orange creamsicle, cotton candy, rootbeer float, and bubblegum, to the more traditional, like milk chocolate, peanut butter swirl, and cookies and cream.
