I bake a lot, and honestly pretzel bites or just soft pretzels are super easy to make and taste just as good as the giant one you get at breweries and sports bars.

And dough you google should work, I like one that adds a little beer.

But the basic jist is making your dough, choosing your shape, giving it a quick bath in boiling water with some baking soda, and baking in the oven. There's a million recipes for them but they're all essentially this formula.

Also, if you choose to make your own cheese sauce, here's a fun hack: you can make just about any cheese i to a delicious gooey cheese sauce by adding one tab of Alka Seltzer to your wet ingredients. Make sure it the original, regular strength without Aspirin. The main ingredient is sodium citrate, which makes cheese saucy and meltable.