Pretzel Snowmen

These crispy, chocolaty pretzel snowmen come together with just a touch of frosting and a little imagination. Do you want to build a snowman? Well, you don’t have to wait on the white stuff to fall from the sky!

Pretzel Snowmen are light and crispy, chocolatey, and just the right combination of salty and sweet to eat a few without ruining your dinner (though it can be done if you’re up for the challenge).

My little pretzel snowman are super simple to make and guaranteed to put a smile on your face. They’re perfect for a school party or cookie swap and make great hostess gifts as you make the rounds this holiday season.

Holidays bring out all the cute creative treats like Rudolph noses, polar bear paws, Reindeer Rice Krispies Treats, and Reindeer Oreos. They’re all almost too cute to eat!

Snowman Pretzels Ingredients

• Pretzels: Use the sticks.
• Chocolate: I use Ghiradelli melting wafers. They’re similar to almond bark or other melting chocolates, but Ghiradelli is known for its flavorful, high-quality product and I think the chocolate’s noticeable enough in this recipe to splurge on the best.
• Sugar Decorations: I bought the candy canes from Wilton.
• Icing

What Are Melting Wafers?

Melting wafers are basically a combination of sugar and special fats (with or without cocoa depending on whether it’s milk or white chocolate) that melt easily but return to a solid form quickly.

Tips

• Melting Wafers: Sometimes I use the microwave for melting chocolate since it can save time. When I have lots of things to dip, though, I prefer the double-boiler, stovetop method. I generally don’t have to worry about scorching the chocolate, plus it holds the chocolate at the perfect, warm stage for lots of dipping.
• Icing Transfers – These may be a little harder to find than the wafers, depending on where you live (though online is always an option). As an alternative, you can substitute holiday sprinkles like snowflakes or holly. Sprinkles will either need to be added carefully after dipping the hat so they’ll stick to the chocolate or you can attach them with a dot or two of cookie icing.

How To Make Chocolate Covered Pretzel Snowmen

1. Place the white chocolate in the double broiler.
2. Melt
3. Once the white chocolate is melted, dip pretzel sticks 3/4 of the way into the white chocolate and place them on a cookie sheet. Place in the freezer.
4. Melt the chocolate wafer in the double broiler.
5. Dip the uncoated top 1/4 of the pretzels into the milk chocolate.
6. Dip single pretzels and place them above the white chocolate-coated pretzels.
7. Decorate and draw the face.
8. Let snowmen sit in the fridge for 1 hour before enjoying.

***See the full instructions below.

How to Store and Make Ahead

• Storing: It’s best to store this pretzel stick snowman in an airtight container at room temperature.
• Food Safety: If you’d like more info on food safety check out this link.

More No-Bake Christmas Treats

• Crockpot Candy
• Easy Peanut Butter Fudge
• Buckeye Recipe 
• Rum Balls 
• Bourbon Balls
• Microwave Fudge
• Rocky Road Candy
• Peanut Brittle
• Bourbon Toffee

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Pretzel Snowmen

These crispy, chocolaty Pretzel Snowmen come together with just a touch of frosting and a little imagination. No Bake! Great for kids!

Prep Time45 minutes mins

Total Time45 minutes mins

Servings: 24 Servings

Author: Kathleen

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 bag mini pretzel sticks
• ▢ 1 (8 ounce) bag Ghiradelli white chocolate melting wafers
• ▢ 1 (8 ounce) bag Ghiradelli milk chocolate melting wafers
• ▢ 1 package Wilton candy cane icing transfers
• ▢ 1 tube black cookie icing
• ▢ 1 tube orange cookie icing

Instructions

• Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• Using a double boiler, melt the white chocolate wafers (1 bag).
• While the chocolate is melting group together 6 pretzel sticks for each snowman.
• Once the white chocolate is melted, dip pretzel sticks 3/4 of the way into the white chocolate, and place them on the cookie sheet next to each other to make the snowman face.
• Repeat steps with the remaining pretzel groups.
• Place cookie sheet into the freezer for 30 minutes.
• While pretzels are in the freezer melt the milk chocolate (1 bag).
• Once the 30 minutes is up, pull the tray out of the freezer.
• Carefully pick up the Snowman face and dip the uncoated top 1/4 of the pretzels into the milk chocolate.
• Place back onto cookie sheet and repeat steps with remaining snowman faces.
• Grab 24 more pretzel sticks and dip them each fully into the milk chocolate, and use a fork to pick them up and lightly tap the side of the pot to shake the excess chocolate off.
• Place the fully dipped pretzel stick where the milk chocolate and white chocolate meet on the Snowman. This will act as the base of the top hat.
• Carefully peel off the icing transfer and place on the top left corner.
• Using the black icing, pipe eyes and a mouth.
• Using the orange icing, pipe on the nose.
• Let snowmen sit in the fridge for 1 hour before enjoying.

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Notes

1. Melting Wafers: Sometimes I use the microwave for melting chocolate since it can save time. When I have lots of things to dip, though, I prefer the double-boiler, stovetop method. I generally don’t have to worry about scorching the chocolate, plus it holds the chocolate at the perfect, warm stage for lots of dipping.
2. Icing Transfers – These may be a little harder to find than the wafers, depending on where you live (though online is always an option). As an alternative, you can substitute holiday sprinkles like snowflakes or holly. Sprinkles will either need to be added carefully after dipping the hat so they’ll stick to the chocolate or you can attach them with a dot or two of cookie icing.

Nutrition

Serving: 1/24 of the recipe | Calories: 93kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 19mg | Potassium: 4mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 0IU | Vitamin C: 0mg | Calcium: 0mg | Iron: 0mg

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