Easiest Chocolate Covered Pretzels!

Happy New Year!  For the NYE celebration this year, I was tasked with bringing a dessert.  Who doesn't love the salty-sweet combo of the chocolate covered pretzel, especially while imbibing holiday spirits?  This Christmas, my cousin made these chocolate covered pretzels with her kids because it's a great family project that keeps the kids occupied and full of chocolate all at once.  It also turns out that these chocolate covered pretzels are no-hassle.  You are not left with a bowl of melted chocolate, chocolate and sprinkles everywhere, and dipped pretzel rods requiring space for the re-hardening process of the chocolate.  Instead, these chocolate covered pretzels make no mess, take about 10 minutes to make, and are the perfect ratio of sweet chocolate to salty pretzel.

Step 1:  Lay pretzels on a nonstick baking sheet (parchment or silpat lined).  The grid-like pretzel shape is recommended.  This shape is called pretzel "Snaps".

Step 2:  Unwrap chocolate kisses or hugs (the white chocolate striped kisses) and place one per pretzel

Step 3:  Bake in oven at 250 F for about 3-5 min or until kisses just begin to melt slightly

Step 4:  Remove from oven, allow to cool for about 2-3 min until kisses just begin to re-solidify.

Step 5:  Press an M&M into the center of each slightly softened kiss

Step 6:  Allow all of the chocolate to complete harden

Step 7:  Exercise self-control...they are delicious!

P.S. Kisses and M&Ms often go on a major sale right after some sort of holiday.  This is a great time to purchase the supplies needed for this recipe.  Hugs very rarely go on sale, sadly.  As you can see in this image below, the Easter M&Ms offer a great color palette for baby or bridal shower treats!

Pastel colored Pretzels