I found this snack idea on Pinterest, and it actually looked like the original picture when we finished making them! These little bites are easy and taste delicious. They have that perfect salty and sweet combination. We are eating them so fast, they may not make it to our neighborhood 4th of July party (which is the reason I made them in the first place).
The Ingredients: Snyder’s Snaps Pretzels (the ones that look like a tic tac toe board), Hershey Kisses, M&Ms (plain and/or peanut)
The Directions: Line up pretzels on a cookie sheet. Put one Hershey kiss on each pretzel. Bake at 275 degrees for ~3 minutes. Take out of the oven and immediately smush M&M into the top. Refrigerate to re-harden the Hershey kiss.
Variations: Whatever holiday, smush the coordinating colored M&M. Halloween– orange. Christmas– red and green. Valentine’s Day– pink, red, and white. St. Patrick’s Day– green. You get the idea.
** I had a student give me a bag of these little morsels at Christmas. He (and by “he” I mean the mom) made them to look like Rudolph. I know they used the mini traditional shaped pretzel and a red mini M&M for the nose. I ate them before I thought to pay attention to the construction. If anyone has made the reindeer version, please let me know the details!
It is so stinking hot here, I think these may be my indoor activity for the day.
Go for it! My AC went out last night. Waiting on repair guy right now. Ugh
I’ll definitely have to try this for my annual gift bag to the kids!
Would love to know if they enjoy them as much as we do!
hey…you can find the reindeers on Pinterest as well. i have dipped pretzels in melted chocolate chips, but these look “nicer” and faster. it’s hard to beat a sweet and salty combination. 🙂
I searched Pinterest, and I’m not finding the reindeer version that I’m looking for. I’m going to have to go back to my student source. I see a post in my future once I figure out how to make the Christmas version!
I love little treats like these — they are so fun and festive and so easy to make!