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A pile of pretzels coated with white, red, and pink chocolate and decorated with sprinkles on a light pink background.

Frosting Dipped Pretzels

I made these frosting dipped pretzels for Valentine's Day, but you could make them for any celebration — be it a holiday, birthday or another gathering. It might just be the easiest recipe ever for turning ordinary pretzels into a sweet and savory treat by covering them in frosting, flavored sugar and candy hearts.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cooling Time 30 minutes
Course Appetizer, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 281 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 12 ounces pretzels mini
  • 3 ounces candy melts, pink
  • 3 ounes candy melts, red
  • 3 ounces candy melts, white
  • sprinkles

Instructions
 

  • Cover a baking sheet or another dish in parchment paper. Set aside.
  • Empty the three different color candy melts in three separate microwave-safe bowls.
  • Heat in 20-second increments, stirring in between. Continue heating for 20 seconds and stirring until the candies have melted into a liquid consistency. Do one color at a time.
  • Once one color is melted, dip half of your pretzel twist in the melted candy. Place on the parchment paper-lined pan or dish. The candy hardens fairly quickly so decorate right away with sprinkles, colored sugar or whatever edible decorations you've chosen. Continue on until you've used up each of the different colors and decorated all of the pretzels.
  • Place decorated pretzels on the parchment paper-covered pan in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Remove when candy has hardened. Serve and enjoy.

Notes

Alternatively, you can double dip your pretzels rather than decorating them with sprinkles and colored sugar. So heat up one of the candy melt colors until melted, then dip your pretzel in the color. Let it sit. Then heat up a second of the candy melt colors until melted, and dip a portion of the already candy-coated pretzel in the second color. Leave enough room so that the first color shows on the edges of the second dip. You can even try a third color if you're up to it for tri-colored dipped pretzels. Or you can dip one side of the pretzel in one color, let it dry. Then dip the other side of the pretzel in another color.
If you're doing the double or triple dipping, start with the white candy melts. If you start with the darker pink or red, their color may bleed through when you put white on top.
As I mentioned at the top of this article, I made these frosting covered pretzels for Valentine's Day. But really you could make them for any holiday or birthday celebration. And after-holiday sales would be the perfect time to stock up on candy that you can use in future versions of these pretzels. This includes:
You could add frosting covered pretzels with pastel and spring colored candies to your Easter dessert charcuterie board.

Nutrition

Calories: 281kcalCarbohydrates: 53gProtein: 6gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.4gSodium: 716mgPotassium: 126mgFiber: 2gSugar: 9gVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 15mgIron: 3mg

Disclaimer

Please note that nutrient values, if included with the recipe, are estimates only. Variations can occur due to product availability/substitution and manner of food preparation. Nutrition may vary based on methods of origin, preparation, freshness of ingredients, and other factors.

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