Caramel Pretzels

These easy Salted Caramel Pretzels are a fun and easy snack idea. The pretzels shown here were made with holiday pretzel shapes, but youcan use any pretzel brand.

Salty pretzels have a sweet caramel center and are dipped in chocolate making these salty sweet bites great as a party snack or as a game day treat.

I made these for New Year’s Eve last year.

Why You Should Try This Easy Recipe

This recipe is super simple and made with just a few ingredients. These finger food treats are fun to make and you can easily change then up for the season.

These also taste great – sweet and salty for a delicious snack.

Caramel Pretzel Ingredients

• Shaped Pretzels – you will want to use shaped pretzels so that you can add the caramel filling. You can use the standard pretzel twists to make these. I used these Utz Christmas pretzels.
• soft salted caramel – I used the Favorite Day brand from Target.
• Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Melting Wafers
• Ghirardelli White Chocolate Melting Wafers
• Festive Sprinkles

See recipe card for quantities.

Variations

It is easy to change these up with different shaped pretzels or by coloring the candy melts with a little bit of food coloring. You can also change up the sprinkles.

How tp Make Caramel Pretzels

Step 1 – Pair up the pretzel pieces on a parchment lined baking sheet.

Step 2 – Place salted caramel between two pieces and repeat for all the sets.

Step 3 – Melt white chocolate metls as directed on the back of the bag.

Step 4 – Dip half of each pretzel in the white chocolate coating. Tap the dipped pretzel gently a spoon to remove excess chocolate. Place on cookie sheet and add festive sprinkles while chocolate is still wet. Repeat for 1/2 of the remaining pretzels.

Step 5 – Melt the dark chocolate melts and dip the remaining pretzels in it, then add sprinkles.

Let set completely before serving.

Serving and Storage

Serve in a bowl or platter.

Store in an airtight container for up to 4-5 days.

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Caramel Pretzels

Raquel Pineira

These Caramel Pretzels are a fun sweet and salty snack. Making your own caramel dipped pretzels is easy and fun. Dress these up for any holiday or for a homemade food gift.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 8 minutes mins

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 40

Equipment

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  Baking Sheet
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  Parchment Paper

Ingredients

  

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• 80 Christmas pretzels
• 20 pieces salted caramel use soft caramel not hard.
• 5 oz GHIRARDELLI Dark Chocolate Flavored Melting Wafers
• 5 oz GHIRARDELLI White Vanilla Flavored Melting Wafers
• 2 tablespoons gold glitter pearl sprinkles l

Instructions

 

• Pick out 40 pieces making 20 sets of trees, bells, or snowflakes. I find the trees and bells work best. Place salted caramel between two pieces and repeat for all the sets.
• Melt chocolate as directed on the back of the bag. Each microwave is different. I use the defrost setting using 2 minutes, then 1 minute increments stirring in between until melted.
• Dip ten pretzesl on only half of the pretzel into the dark chocolate. Do the same with the white chocolate. Drizzle sprinkles on top. Let dry before serving.

Notes

Store leftovers in an airtight container.

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