Christmas Pretzels - Adorably Decorated Chocolate Pretzels

Chocolate Christmas Pretzels never looked so cute. Make one or all of these adorable designs including Snowmen, Santa, Rudolph, Gingerbread Men, Polar Bears, Penguins, Walrus, and a Christmas Mouse.

Christmas is such a magical time of year and I am so blessed to spend my days during the holidays in the kitchen creating sweet treats to share with you.

I had so much fun making these Christmas Pretzels that I couldn't stop. I started out making the snowmen, Rudolph and Penguin, but then I couldn't resist adding Santa, and a Polar Bear. As I was creating my video tutorial a few more design ideas popped into my head and I just had to add a Christmas Mouse and a Walrus.

These pretzels are so simple to make that in no time I had an entire tray of adorable Christmas treats.

It has been so incredibly gloomy around here the last few weeks that seeing all of these cute pretzels really made me smile.

I hope they have the same effect on you!

What do you think? Which Christmas Pretzel is your favorite?

I can't decide between Rudolph and the Polar Bear. But I love the walrus and gingerbread man too.

So many choices.

To make each of these sweet designs, you will need pretzel rings. I used Snyder's of Hanover Pretzel Rings. I found them at the grocery store, but I've also used Wege Circle Pretzels that I've purchased from Amazon. Both work great.

Each ring is about 2 ½ inches in diameter. Some are nice and round while others are oval-shaped which worked perfectly for these Christmas Pretzel designs.

I've used them in the past to make Frosty Snowman Pretzels, Teddy Bear Pretzels, and Bunny Butt Pretzels.

You can use pure milk, white, and dark chocolate (which needs to be melted and tempered) or you can use confectionery coating (Candy Melts) to create all of these pretzels. I used a bit of both depending on the design.

Be sure to read my Chocolate Making Tips page for detailed information regarding chocolate and confectionery coating if you are unfamiliar with how to work with each.

Watch the video to see how each of the Christmas Pretzels is made then below you'll find the supply list for each of the designs.

CHRISTMAS PRETZELS VIDEO TUTORIAL

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NOTES:

Do not allow the chocolate pretzels to chill for too long or they might crack.
If using sugar pearls, be sure to let people who are eating them know that they are hard. As an alternative, you can use mini chocolate chips.

How to make Christmas Pretzels

White Chocolate Snowman Pretzel Rings

Ingredients:
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pretzel rings
melted and tempered pure white chocolate
OR melted bright white confectionery coating (Candy Melts)
4 mm black sugar pearls
orange candy-coated chocolate sunflower seeds

Fill center of pretzel ring with white chocolate.
Add two black sugar pearl eyes, 1 sunflower seed nose, and five black sugar pearls for the smile.
Chill in the refrigerator if using pure chocolate and in the freezer, if using Candy Melts until hardened, 4-8 minutes.

Gingerbread Men Pretzels

Ingredients:

pretzel rings
peanut butter candy coating
OR use light cocoa candy melts
Dark Cocoa Candy Melts
4 mm black sugar pearls
white jimmies
jumbo heart sprinkles
snowflake sprinkles

Instructions:

Fill center of pretzel ring with peanut butter candy melts.
Add two black sugar pearl eyes and eight white jimmies around the perimeter.
Pipe on a dark chocolate smile and use the chocolate to attach two hearts, and a snowflake sprinkle to create a bow.
Chill in the freezer until hardened, 4-5 minutes.

Milk Chocolate Rudolph Pretzels

Ingredients:

pretzel rings
melted and tempered pure dark chocolate and milk chocolate
OR Light Cocoa Candy Melts and Dark Cocoa Candy Melts
4 mm black sugar pearls
red candy-coated chocolates M&M's or Sixlets

Instructions:

Pipe dark chocolate antlers onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
Chill in the refrigerator if using pure chocolate and in the freezer, if using Candy Melts until hardened, 2-4 minutes.
Fill center of pretzel ring with milk chocolate.
Add two black sugar pearl eyes, 1 red candy-coated chocolate nose, and two chocolate antlers.
Chill in the refrigerator if using pure chocolate and in the freezer, if using Candy Melts until hardened, 4-8 minutes.

Santa Pretzels

Ingredients:

pretzel rings
peach colored confectionery coating*
Red Candy Melts
melted bright white confectionery coating (Candy Melts)
4 mm black sugar pearls
6 mm red sugar pearls

*To get peach-colored candy melts, color white Candy Melts using a tiny drop of orange candy coloring or add 1 or 2 orange candy melts to white candy melts.

Instructions:

Fill center of pretzel ring with peach-colored candy melts.
Add two black sugar pearl eyes.
Pipe on a red Santa hat.
Pipe a white ball and fur onto the hat.
Pipe on a white mustache, beard, and hair.
Add 1 red sugar pearl nose.
Chill in the freezer until hardened, no more than 5 minutes.

Dark Chocolate Penguin Pretzels

Ingredients:

pretzel rings
melted and tempered pure dark chocolate
OR melted Dark Cocoa Candy Melts
candy eyes
orange candy-coated chocolate sunflower seeds
orange star sprinkles
bright white confectionery coating wafer**

**I used Peter’s Icecaps (a white confectionery coating) which are ⅞ inch in diameter. Wilton's new Candy Melts are a good size too. If your wafers are too large you can cut them using a ⅞ inch round cookie cutter. Otherwise, you can pipe on the white bellies using white chocolate.

Fill center of pretzel ring with dark chocolate.
Add one white chocolate wafer belly, 2 candy eyes, and 1 sunflower seed beak.
Attach two orange star sprinkle feet using the melted chocolate.
Chill in the refrigerator if using pure chocolate and in the freezer, if using Candy Melts until hardened, 4-8 minutes.