Rolo Pretzels

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.

• 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.

1. Peanut M&M’s
2. Peanut Butter M&M’s
3. Dark Chocolate M&M’s
4. 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:

1. Nuts – Walnuts or Pecans are a good choice.
2. Cordial Cherries – May be a bit bigger, but they are really good on top
3. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups – do I even need to explain this? It’s amazing!
4. 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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