White Chocolate Peppermint Pretzels
Why I love this recipe/why this recipe works
These white chocolate peppermint pretzels are the perfect dessert this holiday season. With just 4 ingredients, you can have a tasty dessert that everyone will love! Plus, they’re a fun holiday activity for the whole family to make together.
Head to the kitchen and make these adorable white chocolate covered pretzels for your next Christmas party or a fun family night watching Christmas movies by the fire.
They also make a great gift for someone special. Just place them in an airtight container and wrap them up with a bow! Perfect for your friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers!
They’re one of my favorite treats for good reason – so easy, but SO delicious!
Ingredients
Ingredient Notes
- White chocolate – Not all white chocolate is created equal. I find that some brands just don’t melt as easily as other brands.
- Coconut oil – I love to use coconut oil when I’m melting chocolate because it smooths it out for easy dipping, creates a shiny chocolate coating and helps the chocolate harden on the pretzels. You can use vegetable oil or shortening in its place, though it will not harden as quickly as coconut oil.
- Mini pretzels – I love to use mini pretzels in this recipe, but you can use flat pretzel crisps, large pretzel rods, square pretzels, or pretzel twists for this recipe instead. You may need more or less white chocolate to get the same yield depending on how large the pretzels are.
- Candy canes – You can use mini or regular candy canes for this recipe since you’ll be crushing them up to sprinkle over the pretzels.
Step-by-step instructions
These white chocolate peppermint pretzels are so easy to make, which makes them perfect for an easy holiday dessert or homemade gift.
Follow the step-by-step instructions below with matching pictures to help you make these white chocolate covered pretzels perfectly every time.
For the ingredient list with measurements, full instructions, printable recipe and additional notes, please scroll down to the recipe card.
Expert Tips
Why Did My Chocolate Get Hard When Melting?
If your chocolate gets hard while melting, it may have seized up. Either you might have gotten some water into your white chocolate or you may have cooked the chocolate too long.
I suggest melting white chocolate in the microwave at 50% for 60-90 seconds, then removing it from the microwave and try stirring.
If the white chocolate is not yet smooth, continue microwave at 50% in 15-30 second increments until it is able to be stirred smooth.
You don’t want to overheat white chocolate or any chocolate really, because it can easily seize up and become useless. You want a smooth white chocolate for coating your pretzels, so always err on the side of less time and keep stirring and microwaving in small increments until it’s ready.
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White Chocolate Peppermint Pretzels
Ingredients
- 11 oz white chocolate chips, approximately 2 cups
- 2 teaspoons coconut oil
- 50 count mini pretzels, approximately 2 oz. total
- 1/2 cup crushed candy canes
Instructions
- Add the white chocolate chips and coconut oil to a microwave safe bowl.
- Microwave on 50% for 90 seconds. Stir the white chocolate chips. If the chocolate is not yet completely smooth, microwave an additional 30 seconds. Stir until smooth.
- Place the pretzels in the melted white chocolate, one at a time, and cover completely. Remove with a fork, shaking off any excess white chocolate.
- Place the white chocolate covered pretzels on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Immediately top with crushed candy canes.
- Let the chocolate set up until firm. Store pretzels in an airtight container at room temperature or in the refrigerator or freezer for longer storage.
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Notes
- Nutrition calculations are an estimate based on one chocolate covered pretzel and using all of the chocolate and candy canes in the recipe. Keep in mind, you will most likely have some excess white chocolate and candy canes that do not make it onto the chocolate covered pretzels.
- To make this recipe gluten-free, use gluten-free mini pretzels.
- The coconut oil is used to thin out the white chocolate and to also help it firm up. You can also use vegetable oil instead if you prefer, though the white chocolate may take longer to set up.
- Store chocolate covered pretzels in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks. I like to freeze mine for longer storage.
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