Last month my great-granddaughter was attending a scout party and I needed to whip up a finger-food type of snack to send along with her. For the past few years I’ve been making something that I call Chocolate M&M Pretzel Bites. They’re are really easy-to-make.
When you make them, you can buy red & green M&M’s during the holiday season to make a Christmas treat. In the springtime you can buy pastel-colored M&M’s to make them suitable for Easter and springtime. Just change out the colors of the M&M’s and you’re good to go.
Not into chocolate? Don’t worry…you can make them with caramel squares too! Just omit the chocolate disks and use one un-wrapped caramel square instead.
Chocolate M&M Pretzel Bites Recipe
1 bag of thin, small pretzels
1 bag of chocolate candy disks (milk, white and dark chocolate)
1 bag of plain M&M Candies
non-stick baking spray or aluminum foil
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil or lightly spray it with non-stick baking spray.
Place the pretzels on the baking sheet about 1″ apart. Place one chocolate disk on the center of each pretzel. Place baking sheet into a preheated oven for 30 to 45 seconds, just long enough for the chocolate to get very soft, but don’t let it completely melt!
Remove baking sheet from the oven and let stand for 1 minute at room temperature. Push one or two M&M candies on top. Let stand at room temperature until cool. Store in an airtight container.
Note: If you’re making them with caramel squares instead of the chocolate disks, you may need to let them in the oven for 10-15 seconds longer. Sometimes caramel takes a little bit longer to soften-up.
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These look cute and are very easy to make. love the option of different types of chocolate wafers and different colors of M&Ms on the pretzels
This looks so cute and festive for being such a quick and easy recipe. I like how it can be used for different occasions by changing the m & m colors.
Boy these look Good. They are not to difficult to make so I guess I can give it a try. The Holidays will be here before we know it and I have to start organizing meals etc for them. The Kids & Adults will like these. Everyone loves Pretzels and M&M’s. Thank You For Sharing..
Oh boy oh boy these look good!
Thanks for the recipe!
Oh this is so easy to make. This will be our new holiday desert for the girls to make. Thank you.
I’d love to make these with caramels. Good combination. Fun to change out the m&ms colors.