If you are looking for the Best Chocolate Covered Pretzels for Easter, you found them! These adorable, no bake treats are simple to make and delicious to snack on.
Why you'll love this recipe
These crunchy pretzels are covered in creamy chocolate or white candy melts. Adding sprinkles turns plain, boring pretzels into delightful rabbits and sheep!
Dark chocolate coated pretzels turn into Easter Pretzels with just a dusting of pastel sprinkles or melted chocolate drizzle.
Package a combination of designs in small cellophane bags for a super cute, tasty treat to include in Easter baskets or care packages or on holiday platters.
Ingredients
- The candy eyes I used are smaller than the small Wilton eyes. These are 3/16" candy eyes from Amazon.
- I used dark and white chocolate melting discs. Candy melts, almond bark, or tempered chocolate could also be used. For best results, chocolate chips are not recommended.
- For pastel colored decorating drizzle, I used white chocolate melting discs with food coloring powder. You could also use colored candy melts.
Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the recipe card below.
- Dip the pretzels in melted white chocolate or candy melts. Tap off excess chocolate a couple of times on the edge of the bowl. Set on a wax paper or parchment paper lined baking tray and chill in the refrigerator until the chocolate is firm (about 3 minutes).
- Leave the pretzels on the baking tray. Pipe melted white chocolate or candy melts into the bottom opening on the pretzel twist to form the face. Immediately add sprinkles for the eyes and nose. Chill again until the chocolate is firm (about 2 minutes).
- Use a food coloring marker to draw on whiskers.
- Dip the pretzels in melted white chocolate or candy melts. Tap off excess chocolate on the edge of the bowl. Set on a wax paper lined baking tray with sides. Cover with white nonpareil sprinkles. Chill in the refrigerator until the chocolate is firm (about 3 minutes).
- Leave the pretzels on the baking tray. Pipe melted dark chocolate or candy melts into the top opening on the pretzel twist to form the face. Add one chocolate dot on either side of the face.
- Using a toothpick, drag an edge of one of the chocolate dots toward the face to form an ear. Repeat on the other side.
- Immediately add the candy eyes. Chill again until the chocolate is firm (about 2 minutes).
- Dip the mini twists pretzels in melted chocolate or candy melts. Tap off excess chocolate on the edge of the bowl. Set on a wax paper lined baking tray.
- Immediately add sprinkles. Chill the drk chocolate pretzels in the refrigerator until the chocolate is firm (about 2 minutes).
- Or, chill after coating the pretzels until the chocolate is firm (about 2 minutes). Drizzle with melted colored white chocolate or candy melts.
Storage and packaging
Store these Easter pretzels at room temperture in an airtight container for up to two weeks.
If adding chocolate pretzels to gift baskets or care packages, seal in small groups in small cellophane bags for freshness and a pretty presentation.
Tips
- The sheep and the rabbit pretzels can be coated in white chocolate, melting chocolate discs, easy candy melts, or almond bark.
- The dark chocolate dipped pretzels can be coated in melting chocolate discs, candy melts or chocolate flavored almond bark.
- For a glossy finish on the dark chocolate, coat and chill in small batches so that the chocolate firms in the refrigerator not at room temperature.
- White candy melts work well for coating but will not give a glossy finish.
- For decorating, use colored candy melts or add coloring to white chocolate.
- Powdered natural food coloring can be used to color white chocolate or white candy melts.
- Gel food coloring can be used to color candy melts, but not with white chocolate. Only oil based candy coloring should be used with white chocolate so that the chocolate doesn't seize.
- For best results, chocolate chips are not recommended for coating.
More Easter recipes
Easter Shortbread Cutout Cookies are buttery, melt in your mouth cookies in pretty pastel colors.
White Chocolate Bark for Easter is a quick and easy treat that makes a show stopping gift or table favor.
Chocolate Covered Graham Cracker Easter Eggs easily transform store bought cookies into a delicious holiday treat.
Marzipan Cookies are soft, chewy cookies with a crunchy almond crust. Just a handful of ingredients and naturally gluten free.
Italian Easter Cookies, Taralli Dolci Di Pasqua, are coated in a crisp, citrus icing. So pretty and delicious!
If you enjoyed these adorable holiday pretzels, you'll love our Halloween Pretzels and Christmas Pretzels too!
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Easter Pretzels
An adorable, sweet treat for Easter! This easy recipe makes mini pretzels with the perfect blend of sweet and salty crunch with delicious chocolate.
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Servings: 48
Calories: 44kcal
Ingredients
For 12 sheep, 12 rabbits, and 24 sprinkle/drizzle decorated pretzels
- 48 pretzel twists
- 1 cup white chocolate melting discs
- 1 cup dark chocolate melting discs
- 3 tablespoons white nonpareil sprinkles for 12 sheep pretzels
- 24 candy eyes 3/16" size, 2 ech for 12 sheep pretzels
- 12 pink heart sprinkles 1 each for 12 rabbit pretzels
- 24 black or navy nonpareil sprinkles 2 each for 12 rabbit pretzels
- 2 tablespoons pastel sprinkles
Instructions
Chocolate melting process
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate in the microwave at 50% power for 1-2 minutes. Stir until smooth. If not completely melted, return to the microwave for 15-second intervals.
- For piping: Transfer the melted chocolate into a small ziplock sandwich bag. Cut a small piece off one corner of the plastic bag.
Rabbit Pretzels
- Dip the pretzels in melted white chocolate or candy melts. Tap off excess chocolate on the side of the bowl and set on a wax paper lined baking tray and chill in the refrigerator until the chocolate is firm (about 3 minutes).
- Remove pretzels from the refrigerator and leave the pretzels on the baking tray. Pipe melted white chocolate or candy melts into the bottom opening on the pretzel twist to form the face.
- Immediately add nonpareil sprinkles for the eyes and heart sprinkles for the nose. Chill again until the chocolate is firm (about 2 minutes).
- Use a food coloring marker to draw on whiskers.
Sheep Pretzels
- Dip the pretzels in melted white chocolate or candy melts. Tap off excess chocolate on the side of the bowl and set on a wax paper lined baking tray with sides. Cover immediately with white nonpareil sprinkles. Chill in the refrigerator until the chocolate is firm (about 3 minutes).
- Remove from the refrigerator and leave the pretzels on the baking tray. Pipe melted dark chocolate or candy melts into the top opening on the pretzel twist to form the face. Add one chocolate dot on either side of the face.
- Using a toothpick, drag an edge of one of the chocolate dots toward the face to form an ear. Repeat on the other side. Immediately add the candy eyes. Chill again until the chocolate is firm (about 2 minutes).
Sprinkle/Drizzle Pretzels
- For sprinkled prezels: Dip the pretzels in melted dark or milk chocolate melts or candy melts. Tap off excess chocolate on the side of bowl and set on a wax paper lined baking tray. Immediately add sprinkles. Chill in the refrigerator until the chocolate is firm (about 2 minutes).
- For drizzled pretzels: Dip the pretzels in melted dark or milk chocolate or candy melts. Set on a wax paper lined baking tray. Chill in the refrigerator until the chocolate is firm (about 2 minutes).
- Drizzle with melted colored white chocolate or candy melts.
- Store these Easter pretzels at room temperture in an airtight container for up to two weeks.
Notes
- The sheep and rabbit pretzels can be coated in white chocolate, melting chocolate discs, candy melts, or almond bark.
- The dark chocolate dipped pretzels can be coated in melting chocolate discs, candy melts or chocolate flavored almond bark.
- For a glossy finish on the dark chocolate, coat and chill in small batches so that the chocolate firms in the refrigerator not at room temperature.
- White candy melts work well for coating but will not give a glossy finish.
- For decorating, use colored candy melts or add coloring to white chocolate.
- Powdered natural food coloring can be used to color white chocolate or white candy melts.
- Gel food coloring can be used to color candy melts, but not with white chocolate. Only oil based candy coloring should be used with white chocolate so that the chocolate doesn't seize.
- For best results, chocolate chips are not recommended for coating.
- When adding chocolate pretzels to gift baskets or care packages, seal in small groups in small cellophane bags for freshness and a pretty presentation.
- Pretzels can also be packaged in ziplock bags or wrapped in plastic wrap in small stacked groups.
Nutrition
Calories: 44kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 34mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg
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Shawn Ross
Very cute cookies