Description
These Chocolate Peppermint Pretzels are sweet, salty, and festive. They’re wonderful for gift giving, adding to party trays, or snacking.
Ingredients
Scale
- 9 oz. bag of Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Morsels*
- 8 oz. bag of gluten-free pretzels*
- 1 teaspoon expeller-pressed coconut oil or refined coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 6 peppermint candy canes, gluten-free*
Instructions
- Prepare a large sheet pan by lining it with parchment paper and placing a wire rack on top. If you don’t have a wire rack large enough, you can put the finished pretzels directly on the parchment paper.
- Place candy canes in a plastic bag lined with parchment paper, close the bag, and use a rolling pin to crush them into small pieces. You can also pulse them in a coffee grinder for a finer texture.
- In a small saucepan, melt the chocolate chips with the coconut oil and peppermint extract over low heat, stirring often until smooth and glossy.
- Dip one side of each pretzel into the melted chocolate, then place it on a wire rack or parchment-lined baking sheet. After dipping a few pretzels, sprinkle them with the crushed candy canes before the chocolate begins to set. Continue dipping and sprinkling until all the pretzels are finished.
- Let the pretzels sit until the chocolate has set.
Notes
If you use a wire rack, the pretzels will dry neater. If you use parchment paper only, the chocolate will be a little thicker on the pretzels, but not as tidy. So you can choose which way you like them.
*Other brands of chocolate chips I recommend Nestle Organic Allergen Free Semi-Sweet Morsels, or Trader Joe’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips.
I used Glutino Gluten-Free Pretzel Twists.
YumEarth Candy Canes are allergen-friendly and have no artificial dyes.