The Best White Chocolate Pretzels Recipe

White chocolate pretzels are a perfect sweet and salty treat combination that makes for a fun edible gift during the holidays or any time of the year! Making it with ganache creates an even better pretzel bite you’re sure to love.

Serves: About 18 Pretzels Time: 15 minutes Cookbook: Matt’s Kitchen

It’s that time of year when holiday cookie trays, festive holiday drinks, and all things happy and delightful make their appearance. And today, we’ve got a classic loved by young and old alike: white chocolate-covered pretzel rods!

This is an easy recipe that uses white chocolate ganache instead of melted white chocolate to dip the rods in. Making this one switch produces chocolate-dipped rods with chocolate that stays softer and breaks with the rod instead of breaking off and falling apart when eaten.

Crunchy pretzels with just the right amount of salt and soft sweet ganache are the perfect combination for this sweet treat!

Jump Ahead:

• ❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
• 🥨 Ingredients Needed to Make White Chocolate Pretzels
• 🍴 Equipment You’ll Need in the Kitchen
• 🥄 How to Make White Chocolate Pretzels
• ♾️ Variations on White Chocolate Pretzels
• ❓ White Chocolate Pretzels: Tips, Tricks, and FAQs

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Easy: White chocolate-dipped pretzel rods are an easy treat to make and only require a few simple ingredients.

Fun: If you want a fun gift to give during the holiday season, this treat is beloved by everyone. Friends, family, your mail carrier, the checkout person at the grocery store, they’ll all love these fun pretzels. Pair it with a couple of Alton Brown’s sugar cookies, and you’ve got yourself a perfect package.

Kid-Friendly: If you have kiddos that like helping you in the kitchen, this simple recipe is a perfect one to make with them. You’ll need to be involved, of course, but I don’t know one child who doesn’t enjoy dipping pretzel rods into chocolate, then sprinkling festive-colored candy pieces overtop.

Ingredients Needed to Make White Chocolate Pretzels

• Pretzel Rods: The large, long pretzel sticks you can find during the holidays are perfect for this project. If you can’t find those, pretzel twists can also work.
• White Chocolate Ganache: For this recipe, we’ll use a ganache made with white chocolate chips, heavy cream, and a touch of butter.
• Toppings: Plan on dusting the rods with holiday sprinkles, crushed candy canes, or crushed peppermint candy pieces.

Equipment Needed In the Kitchen

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• Microwave-Safe Bowl: A microwave-safe bowl is essential for your ganache. If you made the ganache ahead of time and you need to reheat it for this project, you’ll want to make sure it’s in a heatproof glass bowl.
• Spoon: A large soup spoon is perfect for spooning the ganache over the pretzel rods.
• Small Bowl: You’ll want a small bowl to catch excess sprinkles and chocolate when you decorate the rods.
• Baking Sheet: A baking sheet lined with parchment paper or wax paper is perfect for resting the rods on while they cool

How to Make White Chocolate Pretzels

This project comes together quickly, so pull out that ganache and let’s get going!

Make the ganache

First up, make a batch of this super easy white chocolate ganache!

Once you made the ganache, move on to the next step.

Coat and decorate the rods

Take all of the pretzel rods out of the bowl and set any that are broken to the side. You’ll do those last with any remaining chocolate.

Now, take one rod and dip it into the melted chocolate ganache. Spoon ganache over half of the rod, turning the rod as you go to coat it.

Shake the rod with a downward motion to remove excess chocolate ganache from the rod.

Move the rod to an empty bowl. Hold the rod with one hand and sprinkle the candy decoration on the chocolate while turning the rod to coat all sides.

Ganache note: If the ganache is too warm to coat your pretzels adequately, let it sit to solidify until it reaches the desired consistency. Dip pretzel rods a second time and repeat the process. If it gets too hard, warm it in the microwave in 5-second intervals until it’s just right.

Let cool and harden

Once a rod is dipped and dusted, lay it down on a parchment-lined baking sheet to cool. Let it sit at room temperature for 1-2 hours or until the chocolate sets.

Enjoy your salty treat! Wrap them up in groups of 5-7 in cellophane baggies tied with a ribbon, and proudly give your white chocolate-dipped pretzels to friends and family as edible holiday gifts.

Variations on White Chocolate Pretzels

These pretzel rods can be varied in a bunch of ways! Here are some of our favorites.

Milk Chocolate Dipped: Instead of a white chocolate ganache, use the ganache recipe and swap out white chocolate for milk chocolate.

Dark Chocolate Dipped: Dark chocolate is the best chocolate of all, if you ask us. Use the ganache recipe and swap white for dark chocolate and follow there rest. Sooo delicious.

Pretzel Minis: No pretzel rods? No problem. Use mini pretzels instead. Dip the entire pretzel into the ganache to coat it. Fish it out with a fork, sprinkle holiday sprinkles over it, then place it on a parchment-lined baking sheet to harden.

Vary the toppings: For any chocolate-dipped pretzels recipe you choose, change up the toppings to match your mood. Crush peppermints or candy canes for white chocolate peppermint pretzels. Melt dark chocolate to contrast with the white ganache and drizzle it over the ganache-coated rods. Dust the rods with cinnamon, crushed graham crackers, or holiday sprinkles. The sky is the limit!

White Chocolate Pretzels: Tips, Tricks, and FAQs

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