Our Christmas Pretzels are like a cheat code – simple, clever, and impossible not to love. With the crunchy, salty pretzels, rich, melty chocolate, and colorful festive sprinkles, they’re everything you could ever want in a holiday snack.
Once you set up a little assembly station, you can make dozens in no time. They make the cutest edible gift, and the kids will have fun helping.
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Chocolate-dipped pretzels are perfect for the holiday season when you’re busy but still want to make something that shows you care. Give them to teachers, doctors, neighbors, and watch their faces light up. Or make a batch for the family to snack on as you watch Home Alone for the 261st time.
These pretzels are totally delish, and so are these Christmas Rice Krispies Treats and these easy pretzel turtles.
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe…
- What could be better than sweet, salty, crunchy chocolate-dipped pretzels? I know, adding festive sprinkles for the Christmas season. They’re perfect to give away or snack on while watching Christmas movies.
- It doesn’t get any easier than melting some chocolate, dipping, and tossing on a few sprinkles.
- Perfect for gifting and stuffing stockings. They look amazing and hold up well. And people will always ask how you made them. All the while you’re thinking “it’s just two ingredients.”
- They’re absolutely customizable. Use large or small pretzel rods or twists, white chocolate, dark chocolate, or peppermint melts. Add crushed candy canes, mini holiday M&M’s, or crushed cookies. Make them your own and have fun.
Ingredients
- Pretzel Rods
- Chocolate Chips – we used cheap chocolate chips and they work fine. You could also try white chocolate chips.
- Toppings (optional) – like crushed candy bars, nuts, or Oreos
See the recipe card for quantities.
How to Make Christmas Pretzels
Prepare two large baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
Melt the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl on High for 45 seconds. Stir, and if needed, microwave in 10-second intervals, stirring just until chips are melted.
Pour the chocolate into a tall glass. Dip the pretzels in the melted chocolate.
Lay the dipped pretzels on the baking sheet with parchment. While the chocolate is warm, add the sprinkles.
Allow the chocolate to set up before eating or removing it from the parchment. If left at room temperature, it could take up to 1 hour to set. To speed this up, you can put them in the fridge for 15 minutes. Enjoy!
Top Tip
After dipping, hold the pretzel rod upside down, allowing the excess chocolate to run off. This will help you keep a nice uniform appearance.
Storage
Chocolate-covered pretzels keep for up to 2 to 3 weeks. Just store them in an airtight container at room temperature.
FAQ
Keep them at room temperature in an airtight container, and they’ll last for up to three weeks. This means you can start making them well before you give them away.
Unless your kitchen is too warm, you can keep them at room temperature. No need to refrigerate.
So many ways! You can add red and green sprinkles. But if you think that’s boring, here are some other ideas: crushed candy canes, white chocolate drizzle on dark chocolate, blue and silver, red and white or gold sprinkles, etc. Have fun!
Christmas Pretzels Recipe
Ingredients
- 12 Oz Package of Pretzel Rods
- 16 Oz Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
- Christmas Sprinkles
Instructions
- Prepare two large baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
- Melt the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl on High for 45 seconds. Stir, and if needed, microwave in 10-second intervals, stirring just until chips are melted.
- Pour the chocolate into a tall glass. Dip the pretzels in the melted chocolate.
- Lay the dipped pretzels on the baking sheet with parchment. While the chocolate is warm, add the sprinkles.
- Allow the chocolate to set up before eating or removing it from the parchment. If left at room temperature, it could take up to 1 hour to set. To speed this up, you can put them in the fridge for 15 minutes. Enjoy!
Notes
- Store in an air-tight container in the fridge. Allow the pretzels to come to room temperature before eating.
- You can use whatever sprinkles you have or even colored sugars. You can also use other types of chocolate. Have fun!
- These make perfect gifts.
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