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Easy Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Bites Recipe

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Easy Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Bites Recipe – super easy candy idea for the holidays! Great gift for chocolate and caramel lovers! 

I always make this treat for the holidays and serve it on a tray with my Sugar Cookies and Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies. They are so festive!

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CHOCOLATE CARAMEL PRETZEL BITES

Our craving for homemade candy is in full swing. My Hubby has been asking me for days to make caramel pretzels and they finally happened. All dressed in chocolate and festive holiday sprinkles! Yes, please! I will take a dozen, thank you so much!

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HOW TO MAKE PRETZEL CANDY?

We dipped the bites in semi-sweet and milk chocolate. You can dip the whole pretzel bite or just half of it or make a combination of both. They are fun and festive thanks to the holiday theme sprinkles. They will look gorgeous on your holiday table or packed in mason jars and given away to friends and family.

We love Christmas candy, especially if it’s easy and involves caramel. Our goal with these pretzel bites was to use just enough caramel that it will melt into the pretzel holes and not go over it. Half of a caramel square was just perfect to achieve that!

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Easy Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Bites
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
7 mins
Total Time
22 mins
 
Easy Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Bites Recipe – super easy candy idea for the holidays! Great gift for chocolate and caramel lovers! 
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: holiday pretzel candy, pretzel bites
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 145 kcal
Author: Anna
Ingredients
  • 24 pretzels
  • 12 in caramel squares unwrapped, cut half, I used Kraft
  • 3/4 cup semi-sweet or milk chocolate melted with 1 teaspoon coconut oil
  • Christmas sprinkles
US Customary - Metric
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
  3. Layer all pretzels on the sheet.
  4. Place half of caramel squares on each pretzel.

  5. Bake in the oven for 3 to 5 minutes. The caramel will be melty but not completely filing the holes of pretzels. It will spread as it cools. Cool pretzels completely before dipping in chocolate.

  6. When cool, dip pretzels in chocolate (cover whole pretzels or dip halves). Tap against the bowl with chocolate to help excess drip off back to the bowl.
  7. Place back on the sheet. Sprinkle with funfetti. Let cool completely.
  8. Store in air tight container.

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Recipe Notes

Please note, if your oven runs hotter, bake the pretzels for 4 to 5 minutes. The caramel is just suppose to be heated up to soften.

Nutrition Facts
Easy Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Bites
Amount Per Serving
Calories 145 Calories from Fat 63
% Daily Value*
Fat 7g11%
Saturated Fat 4g25%
Sodium 66mg3%
Potassium 74mg2%
Carbohydrates 20g7%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 14g16%
Protein 1g2%
Calcium 12mg1%
Iron 0.8mg4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  1. Danielle G says

    These look really good and my kids and I love chocolate covered pretzels. I made some this morning and I am a little underwhelmed. Maybe its the caramel that I don’t care for, perhaps homemade would be worth the extra effort? (I used Kraft) They are okay….they also don’t look as festive because the sprinkles don’t stand out when put on top of the dark chocolate that I used. I put in the oven for 5 minutes and the caramel hadn’t melted really much at all, rather just softened up a bit. I took them out hoping they would spread as they cooled like the recipe assures but that didn’t happen, so I pressed down on the caramel with the back of a little spoon. This of course is just my opinion, nothing against the recipe itself….this was just my experience. Thank you for the idea though, my kids will gladly eat them up.

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  5. Lisa says

    I have made these 3 years in a row now! Just finished 2 big batches. I usually use the choclate chips with coconut oil, but I did use the chocolate candy coating this time. They still turned out perfect!

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  6. Vanessa says

    I can spend hours baking cookies and these were the ones the kids all went for. Next year I will have to double the batch if I want any. 🙂 Thank you for the recipe, it was a big hit!

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  11. Nancy Overweg says

    Tried my first batch yesterday. I cut the caramel squares in half and put in oven for 7 minutes. The caramel melted through the pretzels and was almost burned to the bottom of the pretzels. Next time I may try the whole caramel square and less time???? Not one to waste caramel, pretzels, and chocolate my husband and I still ate most of the treats.

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