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Christmas Chocolate Pretzel Rods

A fun, original treat: pretzel rods dipped in milk chocolate and decorated to look like cute reindeer.
Recipe Christmas Chocolate Pretzel Rods
  • Difficulty Easy
  • Preparation 15 minutes
  • Servings for 4 people

Christmas Chocolate Pretzel Rods are a fun idea for decorating your Christmas dessert buffet in a tasty, original way. Crunchy breadsticks with the classic pretzel flavor and a sprinkling of salt crystals meet a rich milk chocolate coating, creating a wonderful contrast of flavors.

Decorating these Christmas Pretzel Rods is really simple but striking, turning them into cute, sweet Christmas reindeer: the antlers are made with mini pretzels cut in half, and then we’ll use red candies and candy eyes to create a cartoon-style face. Kids will go crazy for them.

As we’ll see, making these Decorated Pretzel Rods isn’t difficult at all, and it’s so quick and fun that it can easily be an activity to do with the kids to fill an afternoon during the Christmas holidays. They’ll look great no matter what.

If you’re looking for more tasty Christmas Dessert Recipes, try making the fun Meringue Christmas Trees, the Christmas Reindeer Cupcakes and the elegant Christmas Wreath with Nutella. If instead you’re looking for more Homemade Breadstick Recipes, we recommend the classic Turin-Style Grissini, the Tomato Puff Pastry Breadsticks or the Super Quick Nutella Breadsticks.

Now let’s tie on our aprons and get our ingredients ready: today we’re making creative Christmas Chocolate Pretzel Rods together.

Ingredients for 4 people

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Method

  1. To make the Christmas Chocolate Pretzel Rods, first chop the milk chocolate into small pieces and melt it in a double boiler until smooth. Meanwhile, cut the mini pretzels in half with a knife and set them aside.
  2. When the chocolate has melted, dip the pretzel rods halfway into it and lay them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Before the chocolate sets, add the halved mini pretzels for the reindeer antlers, the candy eyes for the eyes and red candies for the nose. Once the chocolate has hardened, your Christmas Chocolate Pretzel Rods are ready to enjoy. Finally, remember to download our App with exclusive content and fewer ads!

Variations and Alternatives

If you prefer, you can make triple-chocolate Christmas Pretzel Rods, dipping some in dark chocolate, others in milk chocolate and others still in white chocolate. And if you love a spiced note, try adding a pinch of cinnamon to the melted chocolate: it will make the recipe even more Christmassy.

Tips

To make the chocolate for coating the pretzel rods more fluid, you can add a tablespoon of vegetable oil to the chocolate before melting it. This will also make the coating glossier.

Storage

Christmas Chocolate Pretzel Rods keep at room temperature, in an airtight container, for 2-3 days.

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