Monday, December 14, 2009

holiday pretzel treat

A few years ago, I found this recipe, and it was so incredibly easy, that I put my then little kids to work on helping me make these yummy treats. Since then, my girls have made these every year. It's a family favorite (OK, it's a favorite b/c I don't have to bake or slave over a stove... they can do it all!).

Preheat oven to 170 degrees.

Place a bunch of square pretzels on a cookie sheet. Line then up as close as possible.
(note to myself: comb Maddie's hair before pictures are taken! EEKS!)

This is where your kids come in handy! Make them unwrap a bunch of Hershey kisses. It'll take a while. Trust me. Oh, and buy a few bags of kisses b/c chances are, they all won't make it to the cookie sheet.

Place the Hershey kisses on top of the pretzel.

Place in the oven and leave for 4-6 minutes. I had to leave for 7 minutes b/c my chocolate was still too hard by 6 minutes.

Dump some M&M's on the table.

When you pull out the cookie sheet, immediately have your kids put one M&M on top of each kiss, squooshing it down.

Tada! Place in fridge for about 10 minutes to harden up!


You could also use a Rolo candy with a nut squishing it down! A turtle!

3 comments:

Chiemi said...

Oooo I did this a couple of years ago! Actually I think I must have gotten the recipe from you. So good! I haven't made them for a couple of Christmas's but it might be time to send some. I need to make treats for the guys at Dustin's work. Thanks for the reminder.

Trainer Momma said...

Gorgeous! Those look amazing...

kristen @ just-iced cookies said...

I did these with Rolos this year, but just put another pretzel on top instead of the nut. Everyone went CRAZY over them!

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