In the 1920s, the bakery—later renamed the Federal Pretzel Baking Company, and now a part of South Jersey–based conglomerate J&J Snack Foods—began using conveyor equipment to bake pretzels ...

Pro tip: get the equipment out and ready before starting to dip, so you dip and decorate with ease. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper or waxed paper. Dip Pretzels about halfway into the ...