These easy to make Grinch Pretzels are perfect for serving up something sweet during the holidays. They require just 4 ingredients and will have your heart growing with every bite.
Grinch Pretzels
If you are planning on throwing a Grinch Party, you’ve come to the right place.
We’ve made everything from Grinch Cookies to Grinch Ice Cream and now, we are sharing our fool proof recipe for Grinch Pretzels.
If you end up loving these as much as we do, make sure you make the Grinch Pretzel Bites too – they pair well together!
Aside from serving these up at your next holiday party, they can be made ahead of time and then wrapped in cute cell bags and given as gifts.
What You Need to Make Grinch Pretzels
- 12 Pretzel Rods
- 12 Ounces Neon Green Candy Melts
- 1 Tablespoon Coconut Oil
- Large Red Heart Sprinkles
Items Needed:
- Baking Sheet
- Parchment Paper
- Medium Microwave-Safe Bowl
- Rubber Spatula
- Frosting Bag
- Scissors
- Tall Cup
How to Make Grinch Pretzels
Line your baking sheet with parchment paper.
Place your candy melts in a medium bowl and microwave them for 30 seconds then stir and repeat until melted (about 3 mins). Once they’re smooth and creamy when stirred, cease cooking them.
Place the coconut oil in the melted chocolate and stir well.
Pour the chocolate into your tall glass.
Dip each pretzel into the glass, coating a little over half of the pretzel rod. Do not shake it. Lay it on the prepared baking sheet.
Chill the pretzel rods for about 5 minutes or until hard.
Place the rest of the melted chocolate into the frosting bag and use the scissors to cut a small tip of the end of the bag.
Starting where the chocolate ends on each rod, make a zigzag pattern as you move up to the tip of the pretzel.
Immediately press a red heart sprinkle in the middle, about a quarter of an inch below the top of each pretzel.
Chill the pretzels for 5 more minutes.
Serve and enjoy!
Helpful Tips:
- If you shake the pretzel rod when pulling it out of the glass, it actually makes it uneven and no longer pretty. It’s common to shake off the excess chocolate when dipping, but not this time.
- I just used a regular, cheap, tall glass from Walmart. Don’t get a tall, wide one, but a narrower one is best. You want the chocolate to sit up taller so you can dip it as deep as you like, but still have room to fit your pretzel into the top.
- Don’t put the lines of chocolate on the pretzels until the first layer has hardened. The chocolate, when still wet, will just mold into itself, not making the lines as prominent.
- Pretzel rods are rarely perfectly straight. Because of this, you’ll want to let it lay however it naturally wants to lay when you place them on the baking sheet. This will make your work much easier throughout the process.
- Don’t press the heart into the chocolate very hard, or it makes a little mess. Just laying it on the pretzel while the second layer of chocolate is still wet will allow it to stick perfectly.
Grinch Pretzels
Ingredients
- 12 Pretzel Rods
- 12 Ounces Neon Green Candy Melts
- 1 Tablespoon Coconut Oil
- Large Red Heart Sprinkles
Instructions
- Line your baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place your candy melts in a medium bowl and microwave them for 30 seconds then stir and repeat until melted (about 3 mins). Once they’re smooth and creamy when stirred, cease cooking them.
- Place the coconut oil in the melted chocolate and stir well.
- Pour the chocolate into your tall glass.
- Dip each pretzel into the glass, coating a little over half of the pretzel rod. Do not shake it. Lay it on the prepared baking sheet.
- Chill the pretzel rods for about 5 minutes or until hard.
- Place the rest of the melted chocolate into the frosting bag and use the scissors to cut a small tip of the end of the bag.
- Starting where the chocolate ends on each rod, make a zigzag pattern as you move up to the tip of the pretzel.
- Immediately press a red heart sprinkle in the middle, about a quarter of an inch below the top of each pretzel.
- Chill the pretzels for 5 more minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition information is a rough estimate only; actual values will vary based on the exact ingredients used and amount of recipe prepared.