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    🏠Home » Recipes » Candy Recipes

    Pretzel Candies

    Dec 12, 2019 · Modified: Jan 25, 2023 by Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan · 2 Comments

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    4.29 from 7 votes

    Super easy chocolate pretzel candies are a great sweet and salty combo. They are perfect for "take a treat" to school, an office party, or even giving as gifts. Just three ingredients and no skill will get you these delicious candies.

    Pretzel Candies on mat
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    • 😊Why you will love this recipe
    • 👨‍🍳How to Make Chocolate Pretzel Candies
    • 🥨 Ingredients
    • ✔️Tips on baking
    • 📖Candy Recipes
    • 🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions
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    😊Why you will love this recipe

    • Super easy to make with a skill level of 1 out of 10.
    • Cheap to make a large number of pieces for something like a classroom or a large party.
    • Tastes great with the combination of chocolate and the salty pretzel.
    • While this is geared towards Christmas, it is easily adapted to Valentine's Day or Halloween.

    This recipe goes by many names: chocolate pretzel candies, pretzel candy melts, M&M candy melts, and many more.

    👨‍🍳How to Make Chocolate Pretzel Candies

    1. Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat and spread pretzels on the sheet, spaced in a single layer and not to touch.
    2. Top with an unwrapped chocolate kiss or hug.
    3. Bake at 200° until the chocolate is shiny but not melted. Watch continuously, and it should be about 4 minutes—do not walk away.
    4. Remove from oven and immediately press an M&M into the soft chocolate. If not soft enough, place it back in the oven for 30-60 seconds.
    5. Allow to cool on the tray at room temperature, but the freezer is faster.

    🥨 Ingredients

    The Pretzels: A small pretzel is mandatory to get this right. The square pretzels are an excellent choice, but a more traditional shape will work fine since we will let the candies cool before moving them.

    The Candies: I am using "hugs," but regular candy kisses will work fine. Hershey's Kisses are brown chocolate, and Hershey's Hugs are white with stripes. Other candies, like Rolo candies, will also work.

    Hugs are a little more interesting and add some holiday cheer. There were 78 Hugs in the package.

    Then top with a regular M&M candy.

    ✔️Tips on baking

    • You are NOT trying to melt the chocolate—just soften it. Bake for a few minutes and as soon as the kisses are shiny, remove them and press in the M&M's.
    • If they are not soft enough, pop them back in for 30-60 seconds. When done, they can firm up at room temperature or faster in a freezer.
    • Different types of Kisses soften differently. The Hugs tend to melt faster than the brown Kisses. So don't mix your tray.
    How to store chocolate pretzel candies?

    They are good covered at room temperature for 3-4 days. Keep them sealed since the pretzel will become stale with air exposure.

    📖Candy Recipes

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    🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions

    Pretzels with chocolates

    Preheat oven to 200°.

    Pretzels with chocolate hugs on baking mat

    Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Spread pretzels on the sheet single layer and spaced not to touch. Top with an unwrapped chocolate kiss or hug.

    pressing M&M into melted chocolate hug

    Bake until the chocolate is shiny but not melted. Watch continuously, and it should be about 3-4 minutes. Remove from the oven and immediately press an M&M into the softened chocolate. If not soft enough, place it back in the oven for 30-60 seconds.

    chocolate pretzel candies cooling on mat

    Allow to cool at room temperature, but the freezer is faster.

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    Pretzel Candies

    From Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan
    Super easy chocolate pretzel candies are a great sweet and salty combo. They are perfect for "take a treat" to school, an office party, or even giving as gifts. Just three ingredients and no skill will get you these delicious candies.
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    4.29 from 7 votes
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    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 5 minutes
    Total Time: 10 minutes
    Servings #/Adjust if desired 78 pieces

    Ingredients

    US Customary - Convert to Metric
    • 1 bag Snyder pretzel 'snaps' - or other small pretzel
    • 1 bag Hershey kisses - or Hugs
    • 1 bag M & M
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    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 200°.
      Pretzels with chocolates
    • Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Spread pretzels on the sheet single layer and spaced not to touch. Top with an unwrapped chocolate kiss or hug.
      Pretzels with chocolate hugs on baking mat
    • Bake until the chocolate is shiny but not melted. Watch continuously, and it should be about 3-4 minutes. Remove from the oven and immediately press an M&M into the softened chocolate. If not soft enough, place it back in the oven for 30-60 seconds.
      pressing M&M into melted chocolate hug
    • Allow to cool at room temperature, but the freezer is faster.
      chocolate pretzel candies cooling on mat
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    Recipe Notes

    Pro Tips

    1. Preheat oven. The softening time is short, so don't walk away.
    2. You need to use small pretzels.
    3. Keep a very close eye on the candy in the oven. When it is shiny, pull it out and try to press the M & M into it. It may need another 30-60 seconds back in the oven. You are NOT trying to melt the chocolate; just soften it.
    4. Good covered at room temperature for 3-4 days.
    5. Do not try on a tray without parchment paper or a baking mat.
    6. Let the candies cool some on the tray before trying to remove them.

    To adjust the recipe size:

    You may adjust the number of servings in this recipe card under servings. This does the math for the ingredients for you. BUT it does NOT adjust the text of the instructions. So you need to do that yourself.

    Nutrition Estimate

    Nutrition Facts
    Pretzel Candies
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 32 Calories from Fat 27
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 3g5%
    Saturated Fat 3g15%
    Cholesterol 1mg0%
    Sodium 1mg0%
    Carbohydrates 5g2%
    Sugar 5g6%
    Protein 3g6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    Serving size is my estimate of a normal size unless stated otherwise. The number of servings per recipe is stated above. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.
    Course : Appetizer
    Cuisine : American

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    Originally published December 7, 2014. Updated with expanded options, refreshed photos, and a table of contents to help navigation.

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    1. pam

      December 23, 2021 at 9:08 pm

      2 stars
      I make these every year and search on the internet for the recipe every year. The hugs did not melt enough with this recipe and I have half-melted hugs. Think my oven temp is a lot different than this person’s. I’ll look for something different next year.

      Reply
    2. Jill

      July 04, 2015 at 4:21 pm

      5 stars
      These look great. I have made them with a Rolo candy and a half of pecan on top also.
      They are soooo good.

      Reply

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