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The perfect Christmas snack dessert, these Rolo Pretzels are made with three ingredients for a great treat. Serve it at parties or give it to family and friends as a nice Christmas gift.
Christmas time is a great time of year to give family, friends, and neighbors gifts of homemade treats and goodies.
I love making cookies, fudge, and other candies during the holidays. My favorite part about making these treats is giving them out to my friends and family. Making goodie bags is a great gift to give people.
Load up the goodie bags with these Rolo Pretzels and whatever other treats you want to make.
How to make Rolo Pretzels:
Place your pretzel squares on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Place a Rolo on top of each pretzel, and then heat up in the oven for about 2-3 minutes.
Watch them so the Rolos do not get too hot and melt. You just want them to be warm enough to be able to push the M&Ms into the tops.
Once the M&Ms are pushed into the tops of the Rolos, allow them to cool on the counter or in the refrigerator. Once they have cooled and set, enjoy!
Ingredient Notes:
- Pretzel Squares – a classic pretzel shape would work for this also, but I found squares to work best.
- Rolo Candies – Rolo is a brand of candy made by Hershey. It’s a chocolate candy with caramel filling.
- Christmas Colored M&M Candies – if you can’t find them, buy some regular M&Ms and separate out the green and red ones.
Directions:
Step One – Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Step Two – Place the pretzel squares on a baking sheet.
Recipe Tip
Leave some extra parchment paper over hanging the edges for the cooling step.
Step Three – Place 1 unwrapped Rolo candy on each pretzel square
Step Four – Bake for 2-3 minutes or just until Rolo candies have started to melt.
Step Five – Press 1 M&M candies onto each Rolo candy. Allow to cool completely then serve.
Cooling Tip
If you have excess parchment paper hanging over the edges of the baking sheet, transfer the Rolo Pretzels from the hot baking sheet to a new baking sheet via the parchment paper, and then place in the fridge to cool and set.
Rolo Pretzel M&M Variations:
While I made these ones specific for Christmas, you can make these any time of year and top them with any color or variety of M&M you prefer! Try some of these other options on top of the Rolos.
- Peanut M&M’s
- Peanut Butter M&M’s
- Dark Chocolate M&M’s
- Any other variation and flavor of M&M’s you like or can find at the store!
Alternate Rolo toppings:
You can also top the Rolos with some other items to change them up a little as well. Try some of these:
- Nuts – Walnuts or Pecans are a good choice.
- Cordial Cherries – May be a bit bigger, but they are really good on top.
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups – Do I even need to explain this? It’s amazing!
- Hershey’s Kisses – Again, may be a tad big, but there are some really great and festive Hershey Kiss variations out during Christmas time that will be amazing!
Try some of my other favorite Christmas treats:
Christmas Cookie Fudge – Made with just 5 ingredients, these Christmas Cookie Fudge tastes so much like Christmas Sugar Cookies. Santa will love these, and you will love serving this holiday fudge!
Christmas Chex Mix – This Christmas Chex Mix is the perfect party snack or dessert to share at Christmastime! It is made with only 5 ingredients, and is different than the traditional cookies or candy made at Christmas.
Christmas Crack – The most addicting Christmas treat. This Christmas Crack is simple to make with just 5 ingredients and is just as addicting as the name implies.
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Rolo Pretzels
Ingredients
- 40 pretzel squares
- 40 Rolo candies
- 40 Christmas colored M&M candies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place the pretzel squares on a baking sheet.
- Place 1 unwrapped Rolo candies on each pretzel squares.
- Bake for 2-3 minutes or just until Rolo candies have started to melt.
- Press 1 M&M candies onto each Rolo candy. Allow to cool completely then serve.