Chocolate covered pretzels might be my all time favorite treat to make and share. They are SO darn easy to make, there is no baking, the options for customizing them are endless and with their delicious sweet and salty crunch, everyone always loves them. If I’m ever unsure what to make to take to a party or give to friends, chocolate covered pretzels are my go to treat.
The pretzels I am sharing today are made with the pretzel rods.
I love them and they are pretty, but truth be told I really prefer to make the knot style. The rods are a bit trickier to dip and cover with chocolate (I tend to hold my pretzel rod over my bowl of chocolate and spoon the chocolate on and down the pretzel), where the knot style are the perfect size to dip in a bowl of chocolate. I am pretty devoted to the Snyder’s Old Tyme pretzels when it comes to the knot shape, as they are about the same thickness as the pretzel rods, and I think it’s a perfect ratio of pretzel to chocolate.
Here’s a video of how I make my pretzels. Again, these are the knots, but the rods are very similar.
You really don’t even need a recipe, you simply melt your chocolate coating, dip your pretzels, sprinkle and let dry. It is SUPER simple. 🙂 I use on package of chocolate coating/melts for one bag of pretzels. Use as few or as many sprinkles as you’d like.
When working with sprinkles, you really want to make sure that the excess chocolate has dripped off before you start sprinkling, or it’s very easy to end up with a gloppy mess of sprinkles and chocolate sliding off of your pretzel. As you can see in the video, I like to have a big bowl under my sprinkles to catch the excess sprinkles, so that I can reuse them. No wasting sprinkles.
I think Valentine sprinkles are my absolute favorite I ADORE the Micro Heart Sprinkles. Seriously they are like the happiest, cutest little sprinkle of the sprinkle world, at least in my sprinkle loving opinion. Heck, I even did a complete recipe round up of recipes using heart sprinkles.
But there are lots of other options, and you can check out my post all about sprinkles to see them all. The pretty glittery pink ones you see in this batch are made using the edible glitter, which does not actually look like glitter (that is the non-toxic glitter, which actually looks like glitter, but in the FDA’s opinion isn’t actually food – you know, like Play-Doh!).
Ingredients
- 1 bag 16 oz Snyder's Of Hanover Old Tyme Pretzels or Pretzel Rods
- 1 package 16 oz Chocolate or Vanilla Candiquik or other candy coating
- Assorted Sprinkles
Instructions
- Melt Candiquik or other chocolate coating according to package directions. Line two baking sheets with was or parchment paper. Working one pretzel at a time, dip your pretzel into your melted Candiquik or other candy coating. Tap pretzel gently to shake off excess candy coating. Sprinkle with sprinkles of choice. Place on wax paper to allow to dry, approximately 30 minutes. Repeat with remaining pretzels. Store in a covered container.
I hope you have fun making chocolate covered pretzels for your friends and family. I’m certain they will thank you for it! Check out my other salty sweet treats…
Check out all of my Valentine’s Day recipes!
Kathleen @ Yummy Crumble says
The colors are gorgeous! These are getting me excited for Valentines 🙂
Christi says
Thanks so much Kathleen!
Catherine says
What a wonderful Valentine treat!! xo Catherine
Christi says
Thanks Catherine!
Anita says
Christi, so would you be willing to divulge where you get that amazing blue/pink/red/white mix of hearts? I’ve looked everywhere for blue ones and can’t find them anywhere! By the way, I love making chocolate dipped pretzels except I tend to like them even more with a thick dip of caramel between the pretzel and chocolate. It’s pretty much the best of all worlds…now if I just had some of those blue hearts!!!
Christi says
Anita, I picked those hearts up at Target last year. I’m not sure if they are carrying them again this year, they were in the Dollar Spot. And I LOVE having the caramel involved, that is always a good choice!
anita says
Thanks Christi! Maybe if fate will allow they’re have them again this year. Clearly a trip to Target today is required. By the way, meant to mention how much I love your blog. I’ve been a regular follower for some time. Your ideas are wonderful and your photography is over the moon! Thanks so much!
Christi says
Anita, awe, thank you for your kind words, that totally made my day, thank you so much for taking the time to visit, read and share. I truly appreciate it!
Amy @ Amy's Healthy Baking says
These look so cute!! Picture-perfect for Valentine’s Day. It’d be way too dangerous for me to make them though… I can never resist salty-sweet treats, so the entire batch would disappear in a day with just me eating them! 😉 Pinned!
Christi says
Amy, yes, these are hard to resist! I tend to make them at the very last minute, it’s safest for all involved! 🙂
Amanda says
These are so pretty! Perfect for Valentine’s Day!
Aundi says
My tip for dipping the pretzel rods in chocolate is to put the melted chocolate in a drinking glass and dip the pretzels in. That way, because the glass is narrow and tall, you can get the chocolate far enough up the sides of the pretzel rod. Even when it is getting lower, you can just tilt the glass and kinda roll the pretzel in the melted chocolate. But these are gorgeous! Chocolate pretzels are definitely a favorite of mine!
Jenny says
Thanks so much for these directions! I am interested in making chocolate-covered pretzels as favors for my son’s baptism and your directions for making them are so simple and clear. I can’t wait to try it out myself!
Octavia says
How far in advance would you recommend making these. My daughters party is in a month and I wanted to start them about two weeks prior. Would this be okay, for storage wise, for that long?
Christi says
Octavia, I don’t think I’d make them two weeks in advance, the pretzels will soften under the chocolate during that time. Maybe a week at the most. Good luck!
Nasim says
These are beautiful!
For the rods how do you dry them/let them set without getting a flat side?
Christi says
Nasim, the flat side doesn’t really bother me, so I just sit them to dry.
Heather M. Whipple says
Thank you for having this recipe, I am going to do these year around. I found this to replace one without a recipe I found on Pinterest. Barb somebody, was doing a round up but just did not put any link to the chocolate-covered pretzel sticks. she had recipes for the other Christmas treats. just not the chocolate covered Pretzel stick that were decorated for Christmas. I am glad I looked it up on Bing and found your website with the exact recipe just for valentines day instead, which is perfectly great.. I can pin this and use it as I said year around. my local Walmart sells candy coating. and possibly the old fashiond pretzel rods.
thank you again.
Kris says
Hi, how long in advance can you make these with the pretzel rods still staying fresh? And, how should they be stored? I’ve read mixed things online so I was wondering.
Christi says
I really prefer only a day or two as they do start to get soft under the chocolate after much more than that. Now that said, I’ve find that cay vary pretty widely based on pretzel brands and styles.
Kim says
Thanks for to forbear instructions. It would be nice to know how many pretzels can be covered per one pack of melted candy vanilla. No YouTube videos tell you that. Also, your video starts in the middle instead of something like here’s how… per one package of melted candy vanilla….
Anu says
Hi,
I am planning to make these for a birthday party at my place.My question is how many days in advance I can make these?
Christi says
Anu, I think you are good with 2-3 days, just make sure you don’t store them anywhere warm.