Description
Chocolate Pretzel Trees are a quick holiday dessert that turns simple pantry staples into a festive sweet-and-salty treat. These no-bake Christmas snacks are perfect for cookie trays, party platters, edible gifts, and easy recipe ideas when I want fun food ideas without turning on the oven. With crunchy pretzels, smooth chocolate, and colorful drizzle, they work beautifully as a healthy-ish snack alternative to heavier desserts, a cute party dessert, and one of my favorite Christmas dessert ideas for busy days.
Ingredients
12 mini pretzel twists
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 teaspoon coconut oil
1 cup pastel pink candy melts
1 cup pastel blue candy melts
2 tablespoons gold sprinkles
12 edible gold star sprinkles
Instructions
1. Line a tray or small board with parchment paper and sort the pretzels by size so building the tree shapes is easier.
2. Melt the milk chocolate chips with the coconut oil in short microwave intervals, stirring until smooth.
3. Spoon a little melted chocolate onto the parchment for each tree, then stack the pretzels vertically from widest to narrowest to create a Christmas tree shape.
4. Let the chocolate base firm up for a few minutes so the pretzel trees hold together.
5. Melt the pink candy melts in one bowl and the blue candy melts in another until smooth.
6. Drizzle the melted candy over the pretzel trees in a zigzag pattern from top to bottom.
7. Add the gold sprinkles right away and place one edible gold star on top of each tree.
8. Let the trees set completely at room temperature or chill briefly until firm, then serve.
Notes
Do not overheat the chocolate or candy melts, because thick or seized chocolate makes drizzling harder and can crack instead of setting smoothly.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pretzel tree
- Calories: 145
- Sugar: 13g
- Sodium: 115mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 19g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 1mg
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