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    🏠Home » Recipes » Candy Recipes

    Pretzel Candies

    Dec 12, 2019 | Last Updated Apr 15, 2021 by Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan

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    4.34 from 6 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 give them as gifts. Just three ingredients and no skill will get you these delicious candies.

    Pretzel Candies on mat

    Table of Contents
    • 🥨 Pretzels and Candy
    • 🌡️Oven Temperature
    • Equipment Notes
    • 📖Candy Recipes
    • 🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions
    • 📖Recipe
    • 💬 Comments

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    Introduction

    I call this holiday cooking for the non-cook. Spread some pretzels on a cookie sheet, top with a chocolate kiss. Soften the chocolate in a low oven for a few minutes and press in an M and M and allow.

    While several blogs have done variations, I'm going with Chocolate Pretzel Treats at allrecipes.com as the inspiration piece.

    Skill level 1/10. If you can't do this one, you need to stop reading food blogs.

    My Rating

    My rating system. Great 5 out of 5

    5-ish. I really can't live on them but good.

    🥨 Pretzels and Candy

    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 are going to let the candies cool before moving them.

    The Candies: I am using "hugs," but regular candy kisses will work fine. Hershey Kisses are brown chocolate and Hugs are white with stripes.

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

    Then top with an M & M candy. Again regular, but I'm using the holiday colors here.

    🌡️Oven Temperature

    Oven temp recommendations vary some from 175 to 300, with the most common being 200. I'm going with that. I feel higher temps will melt the outside before the inside of the hug is soft.

    You are NOT trying to melt the chocolate. Just soften it. Bake for a few minutes and as soon as they kisses are shiny, remove them and press in the M&M's.

    If 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.

    Equipment Notes

    Non-Stick is Needed; Use parchment paper or oven baking mats. These candies will stick to trays.

    A storage note: Good covered at room temperature for 3-4 days.

    📖Candy Recipes

    Spicy Candied Bacon

    Old Fashion Popcorn Balls

    Homemade Candied Nuts

    Crock Pot Chocolate Peanut Clusters

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    This recipe is part of Christmas Candy Recipes. Check out other easy candy recipes.

    This recipe is listed in these categories. See them for more similar recipes.

    Appetizer and Party Recipes, Candy Recipes, Holiday Recipes
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    🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions

    ingredients for pretzel candies

    Preheat oven to 200°.

    Pretzels with candies on to on tray

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

    pressing candy into melted chocolate

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

    pretzel candies on tray

    Allow to cool. Room temperature is alright, but the freezer is faster.

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    📖Recipe

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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 give them as gifts. Just three ingredients and no skill will get you these delicious candies they can't stop eating.
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    4.34 from 6 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 Snyder pretzel 'snaps' - or other small pretzel
    • 1 Hershey kisses - or Hugs
    • 1 M & M

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 200°.
    • Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat.
    • Spread pretzels on the sheet spaced not to touch.
    • Top with an unwrapped chocolate kiss or hug.
    • Baking until chocolate is shiny but not melted. Watch continuously and it should be about 4 minutes.
    • Remove from oven and press M&M into the kiss. If not soft enough then place back in the oven for 30-60 seconds.
    • Allow to cool on the tray. Room temperature is alright, but the freezer is faster.
    See the step-by-step photos in the post. Some recipes have an option to display the photos here with a switch above these instructions but the photos DO NOT print.

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    Recipe Notes

    Pro Tips

    1. Preheat oven. The melting time is short and you need to know what you are doing.
    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.
    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.

    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

    Calories : 32 kcal (2%) | Carbohydrates : 5 g (2%) | Protein : 3 g (6%) | Fat : 3 g (5%) | Saturated Fat : 3 g (15%) | Cholesterol : 1 mg | Sodium : 1 mg | Sugar : 5 g (6%)
    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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    Comments

    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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