This is Easy Christmas Treat #1 in the series “Easy Christmas Treats.” Easy Christmas Treat #2 will be featured tomorrow and then … well, that’s it for the series. It’s not a long one, sorry.
That I found the energy to make either easy treat sometimes feels like a Christmas miracle in and of itself. Women who have done this pregnancy thing more than once, I salute you. I am humbled by you, admire you and practically worship you. I’d curtsy in your general direction too, but then I wouldn’t be able to get back up without help.
So! As far as easy treats go, these are insanely so. Put down a pretzel, add a Hershey’s kiss, melt the kiss a little and then plop an M&M on top. They’re so simple you can do most of the prep sitting down. And that I did.
And they’re good, too. Sweet and salty = score.
Chocolate Pretzel Candies
Ingredients
- 36 waffle-shaped pretzels
- 36 Hershey's hugs (unwrapped)
- 36 Red and/or green M&Ms
- or
- 36 circular peanut butter sandwich pretzels
- 36 Hershey's milk chocolate kisses (unwrapped)
- 36 Red and/or green M&Ms
- Sea salt (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 170 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Lay a piece of parchment paper on a cookie sheet.
- Lay the pretzels on the cookie sheet and top with a kiss.
- Bake for 4 - 7 minutes, until the kiss or hug is soft but still retains its shape. One way to test is to poke it with a spoon; another is to pull them out at 4 minutes and try to top with an M&M; if it's still hard in the middle, give it another minute or two.
- Pull from the oven and top immediately and quickly with M&Ms. If you're using the peanut butter sandwich pretzels and notice they don't have much salt, sprinkle the kiss with a little sea salt if you want.
- Allow to harden - this will take a couple of hours, or you can transfer them to the refrigerator to speed up the process.
These are so cute! I want to just pop, pop, pop them in my mouth!
How long do you freeze them before packaging them in bags or contaiñers.
Gale