This post may contain affiliate sales links. Please read my disclosure policy.
These Pretzel M&M Hugs are festive little chocolate treats! They are easy to make, use only 3 ingredients and you can easily change up the colors for any holiday!
Easy Holiday Treat
These Pretzel M&M Hugs are such tasty little things. The sweet and salty combination is always a popular one and these are no exception. And it helps that they are super easy to make too. All you need is about 15 minutes and you can make these.
Perhaps one of the best things about this treat is that they are so easy to change up for different holidays. Swap out the color of the M&Ms and you’ve pretty much got them all covered. And their cute little portable size makes them easy to package up for gifts and perfect for snacking.
These are perfect for adults and kids! They’re easy enough to get kids involved in making them and what kid wouldn’t want a tasty chocolate snack?
Ingredients
With only 3 ingredients to gather, you’ll be making these in no time.
- Square pretzels
- Hershey’s Hugs
- M&Ms: Chose a holiday appropriate color, if you’d like.
How to Make Pretzel M&M Hugs
Preheat oven to 200 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
Lay the pretzels out of the baking sheet in an even layer, then top each one with an unwrapped Hershey’s Hug.
Bake for 4-6 minutes, or until the chocolate is shiny and soft, but not completely melted. Remove them from the oven and immediately top each one with an M&M.
Allow to cool completely, then store or serve.
Pretzel M&M Hug Variations
These are perfect for holidays because you can easily swap out the M&M colors for various holidays
- Christmas: Use red and green M&Ms.
- Halloween/Fall: Use orange and brown M&Ms.
- Easter: Use pastel shades of M&MS.
- Fourth of July: Use red and blue M&Ms.
- Different kinds of Hershey’s Kisses: There are so many flavors of Hershey’s kisses that you could try. Just keep in mind that ones with white chocolate are going to melt quicker than the regular chocolate ones.
- Different kinds of pretzels: You can certainly use various kinds of pretzels, just keep in mind that the sizes are different. Mini twists are probably the best alternative, but they are still a little smaller.
Tips For Success
- Don’t melt the chocolates too much. You don’t want them to be puddles. They should be shiny and soft, but still standing. If you remove them from the oven and they still seem a little firm when you add the first M&M, pop them back in the oven for another 30 seconds or so and try again.
- I recommend using a silicone baking mat so that they don’t slide around, but parchment paper will work too.
- Allow them to cool completely before packaging. You can set them in the fridge to firm up quicker, if you’d like.
How to Store
These can be stored in an air tight container at room temperature. Just like the candies and pretzels would be on their own, these will be good for at least a week or until the pretzels begin to get stale.
More Great Holiday Treats
- Soft Cutout Sugar Cookies
- Red Velvet Cookies
- Chocolate Covered Strawberries
- Easy Chocolate Fudge
- Cherry Kiss Cookies
Pretzel M&M Hugs
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 50 pretzels
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
These Pretzel M&M Hugs are festive little chocolate treats! They are easy to make, use only 3 ingredients and you can easily change up the colors for any holiday!
Ingredients
- 50 square pretzels
- 50 Hershey’s Hugs chocolates, unwrapped
- 50 M&Ms (chose holiday appropriate color, if desired)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
- Lay the pretzels out of the baking sheet in an even layer, then top each one with an unwrapped Hershey’s Hug.
- Bake for 4-6 minutes, or until the chocolate is shiny and soft, but not completely melted. Remove them from the oven and immediately top each one with an M&M. If the Hugs don’t seem melted enough, pop them back in the oven for another 30 seconds to a minute.
- Allow to cool completely, then store or serve.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pretzel hug
- Calories: 183
- Sugar: 9.1 g
- Sodium: 352.6 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Carbohydrates: 32.3 g
- Protein: 3.9 g
- Cholesterol: 0.1 mg
These are a delicious treat. I found it took a bit of trial and error to get the Hugs to melt to the perfect consistency. I tried some with plain Hershey’s chocolate Kisses and they didn’t melt as well as the Hugs.
Yes, getting the temperature of the hugs is a little tricky. I’m glad it worked out though. And yes, regular Hershey kisses don’t melt quite as well. White chocolate is not actually not chocolate really and doesn’t have the cocoa solids that regular chocolate does, so it melts much easier and is thinner when melted.