"I have made these quite a few times. Can't really get the whole pretzel shape right so I have made pretzel "logs". I can't believe what a difference dipping the pretzels in the solution makes.. I skip the salt on the top.

"WOW! The sauce and meatballs were great! A definite keeper. We did make a couple of changes. First we put the tomatoes right into the pot and used the immersion blender instead of dragging out the regular blender. We also added Italian seasoning and some sugar. I let everything cook in the crock pot all afternoon. We had also browned some sweet sausage and put it in the mix. Can't wait for leftovers this week.