Pretzel M&M Hugs

These Pretzel M&M Hugs are festive little chocolate treats! They’re simple to make, use solely 3 elements and you’ll simply change up the colours for any vacation!

pink and red valentine's day pretzel M&M hugs in a white ruffle bowl

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Straightforward Vacation Deal with

These Pretzel M&M Hugs are such tasty little issues. The candy and salty mixture is all the time a preferred one and these are not any exception. And it helps that they’re tremendous simple to make too. All you want is about quarter-hour and you may make these.

Maybe among the finest issues about this deal with is that they’re really easy to vary up for various holidays. Swap out the colour of the M&Ms and also you’ve just about received all of them lined. And their cute little transportable dimension makes them simple to package deal up for presents and ideal for snacking.

These are good for adults and children! They’re simple sufficient to get youngsters concerned in making them and what child wouldn’t desire a tasty chocolate snack?

a pile of pretzel M&M hugs on a silicon baking mat lined baking sheet

Substances

With solely 3 elements to assemble, you’ll be making these very quickly.

Sq. pretzels
Hershey’s Hugs
M&Ms: Selected a vacation applicable colour, should you’d like.

Learn how to Make Pretzel M&M Hugs

Preheat oven to 200 levels F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.

Lay the pretzels out of the baking sheet in a fair layer, then prime each with an unwrapped Hershey’s Hug.

lots of square pretzels laid out on silicone baking mat on baking sheet

lots of square pretzels laid out on silicone baking mat on baking sheet with hugs on top of each

Bake for 4-6 minutes, or till the chocolate is shiny and gentle, however not utterly melted. Take away them from the oven and instantly prime each with an M&M.

Permit to chill utterly, then retailer or serve.

finished pretzel hugs with M&MS on top on silicone baking mat

Pretzel M&M Hug Variations

These are good for holidays as a result of you possibly can simply swap out the M&M colours for varied holidays

Christmas: Use purple and inexperienced M&Ms.
Halloween/Fall: Use orange and brown M&Ms.
Easter: Use pastel shades of M&MS.
Fourth of July: Use purple and blue M&Ms.
Completely different sorts of Hershey’s Kisses: There are such a lot of flavors of Hershey’s kisses that you can strive. Simply take into account that ones with white chocolate are going to soften faster than the common chocolate ones.
Completely different sorts of pretzels: You possibly can definitely use varied sorts of pretzels, simply take into account that the sizes are completely different. Mini twists are in all probability one of the best various, however they’re nonetheless just a little smaller.

red and green Christmas pretzel M&M hugs in a white ruffle bowl

pink and red valentine's day pretzel M&M hugs in a pile on a silicone mat on a cookie sheet

Ideas For Success

Don’t soften the sweets an excessive amount of. You don’t need them to be puddles. They need to be shiny and gentle, however nonetheless standing. For those who take away them from the oven and so they nonetheless appear just a little agency once you add the primary M&M, pop them again within the oven for an additional 30 seconds or so and take a look at once more.
I like to recommend utilizing a silicone baking mat in order that they don’t slide round, however parchment paper will work too.
Permit them to chill utterly earlier than packaging. You possibly can set them within the fridge to agency up faster, should you’d like.

Learn how to Retailer

These will be saved in an air tight container at room temperature. Identical to the candies and pretzels could be on their very own, these shall be good for a minimum of per week or till the pretzels start to get stale.