What ItsBecca said. I had the most amazing home made soft pretzel just a week or so ago at the Flying Dog brewery. They were serving it as a beer soaker-upper to go along with the samples. Holy crap, I'm serious, it was the best soft pretzel ever. And once you have ItsBecca's method down, you can learn to make your own dough, which isn't particularly hard. It's just time consuming. I make my own dough for pizza and it kick's Boboli's ass.