Description
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with these festive Shamrock Pretzels, a quick and easy treat featuring pretzel sticks and twists topped with melted ROLO candies and green mint M&M candies to create adorable shamrock shapes. Perfect for a fun holiday snack or party favor.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients
- 1 bag of Pretzel sticks
- 1 bag of mini Pretzel twists
- 1 bag of ROLO candies
- 1 bag of Green mint M & M candies (peanut or plain – must be green)
- Parchment paper
- Cookie sheet
Instructions
- Prepare the baking sheet. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper to prevent sticking and make cleanup easy.
- Form shamrocks with pretzels. Arrange 3 mini pretzel twists in a cluster resembling the leaves of a shamrock, and place one pretzel stick as the stem for each shamrock on the lined cookie sheet, spacing them evenly.
- Add ROLO candies. Place one ROLO candy in the center of each pretzel leaf cluster on the cookie sheet.
- Melt the candy. Bake the cookie sheet in a preheated oven at 350°F (175°C) for about 2 minutes, or just until the ROLO candies soften and begin to melt, allowing them to adhere the pretzels together without losing their shape.
- Top with green M&Ms. Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and immediately press one green mint M&M candy onto the melted ROLO in the center of each shamrock to form the focal point.
- Cool and set. Let the shamrock pretzels cool completely on the cookie sheet so the ROLO candies harden and hold the pretzels and M&M securely together.
Notes
- Use plain or peanut green M&Ms according to preference, but they must be green to keep the shamrock theme.
- Keep an eye on the candies while baking to prevent overheating and melting them too much.
- These treats store well in an airtight container at room temperature for several days.
- Ensure pretzels are available in both sticks and mini twists for authentic shamrock shapes.
