Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites
Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites are the perfect salty and sweet snack for any occasion. Quick to mix and dip, these little bites of heaven can curb any sweetness craving!
When you’re craving just the right mix of nutty, chocolatey and salty, there is no better snack than these peanut butter pretzel bites. They are just the right combination of crunchy, smooth, salty and sweet.
The salty, crunchy pretzels pair perfectly with the chocolate and creamy peanut butter.
Assembling these snacks is as easy as enjoying them. It just takes a moment of mixing, sandwiching and dipping. The hardest part is letting the chocolate set before you dig in.
These little bites of bliss are the perfect snack for a movie night or party side. Grab your pretzels and let’s get started!
For other easy peanut butter desserts, check out these Peanut Butter Cookies, Peanut Butter Ganache, and Fluffernutter Cookies.
Why Make This Recipe?
- No Bake Dessert: This is a no-bake dessert which means there is very little room for error. Just mix and dip and you’ve got a snack everyone will love… and you didn’t even have to heat up the kitchen!
- Perfectly Portioned: These are the perfect bite-sized treat which makes them a great quick snack to take on the go or enjoy on a night in. Eat as many or as few as you like!
- Customizable: This is a simple recipe that allows for easy customization. Add some sprinkles to the top of the chocolate to dress it up or change up the chocolate coating. They can be as complex or simple as you like them!
Ingredients for Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites
- Creamy Peanut Butter: I prefer a smooth, creamy peanut butter but you can use crunchy if you want an extra crunch. I would recommend using a brand of peanut butter that does not need stirring so that the right texture is achieved. You can choose to use natural peanut butter but you may need to use less because it is wetter.
- Butter: Butter adds another level of creamy flavor to your peanut butter. I prefer to use unsalted so I can control how much salt is added.
- Vanilla Extract: Vanilla extract helps enhance the flavor of the butter and peanut butter.
- Powdered Sugar: Powdered sugar holds your peanut butter mixture together and makes it more solid and sweet.
- Pretzels: Square snap pretzels work the best and hold onto your peanut butter the best but you can use any bite-sized pretzels. Pretzel sticks will not work! If you love pretzels, check out this Easter Pretzels Recipe.
- Chocolate Chips: I chose semi-sweet but you could use whatever you have on hand. Dark chocolate, white chocolate, or milk chocolate will also work great!
Tools
- Baking Sheet: You need a flat surface to set your pretzel bites on so that they can cool.
- Parchment or Wax Paper: Since these will not be baked, you can use wax paper or parchment paper as your nonstick surface.
- Electric Mixer
- Mixing Bowl
How to Make This Recipe
Step 1: Use an electric hand mixer to combine the butter, peanut butter, and vanilla. Then add the powdered sugar 1/4 cup at a time until fully combined.
Step 2: Scoop 1 teaspoon of the peanut butter filling at a time. Roll it into a ball, then sandwich it between two pretzel snaps.
Step 3: Melt the chocolate in the microwave. Dip each pretzel sandwich into the melted chocolate, covering about half of it in chocolate.
Step 4: Sprinkle the melted chocolate with sprinkles or flaky sea salt, if desired. Allow the chocolate to harden. Then enjoy!
Expert Tips
- The texture of your peanut butter mixture should be like a soft fudge. Feel free to add more or less powdered sugar, a tablespoon at a time until it reaches the right consistency. All brands of peanut butter are different and some may require more sugar.
- Make sure you use a non-stick surface like parchment paper, wax paper or a silicone mat for placing your bites to cool. If they get stuck you might lose some chocolate!
- You can add a sprinkle of sea salt or colorful sprinkles to each bite before the chocolate cools for a little extra decoration. This would be a great way to dress them up for a Christmas dessert (alongside this Crockpot Christmas Crack and this Peanut Butter Pretzel Pie) or Easter!
- This recipe is easy to half, double or triple. I love to make a big batch and snack on them all week!
Substitutions and Additions
There are so many easy ways to customize this recipe! Give a few of these substitutions a try:
- Swap out the pretzels for a salty Ritz cracker or for pretzel crisps
- Make some bites with white or milk chocolate
- Decorate with flaky sea salt, colorful sprinkles or a drizzle of white chocolate
This recipe is also easy to experiment with along the way. You can try any or all of these substitutions for just a portion of your bites and see what you prefer!
FAQs
Once fully cooled you can store these bites in an airtight container for up to two weeks (if they last that long!)
You can also freeze these bite-sized snacks for up to three months.
You can absolutely cover the entire bite in chocolate. Dipping just half makes it easy to dip with your fingers. If you want to cover the entire bite, you will need some toothpicks or a fork to keep your fingers from getting covered in chocolate.
Try to drip off any excess chocolate before setting down to cool so you don’t end up with too much chocolate.
This recipe works well with any nut butter or even nut-free butter. The taste will change and you may need to adjust the amount of sugar in your mixture but they will still be delicious!
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Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites
Equipment
- Baking Sheet
- Parchment or Wax Paper
- Electric Mixer
- Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 3 Tbsp Unsalted Butter, softened
- ¾ cups Creamy Peanut Butter
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 110 Pretzel Snaps, also known as waffle pretzels or square pretzels
- 1 ½ cups Semisweet Chocolate chips
- 1 Tbsp Vegetable oil
- Sprinkles, optional
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with wax paper. Set aside.
- Use an electric hand mixer to cream together the unsalted butter, creamy peanut butter, and vanilla extract.
- Add the powdered sugar about ¼ cup at a time, mixing between each addition.
- Scoop 1 teaspoon of the peanut butter mixture at a time and roll it between your palms to form it into a ball.
- Place the peanut butter ball on top of a pretzel snap. Place another pretzel on top and gently press so that it forms a sandwich. Continue until all of the peanut butter mixture is used up.
- In a small, microwave safe bowl, add the chocolate chips and the vegetable oil. Microwave in 30 second increments, stirring between each session, until the chocolate is melted.
- Dip one half of each pretzel sandwich in the melted chocolate, placing it back on the wax-paper lined sheet until all of the pretzel bites are coated. You can also decorate the chocolate with small sprinkles at this point if desired.
- Put the cookie sheet in the refrigerator to make the chocolate harden faster if desired. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- The texture of your peanut butter mixture should be like a soft fudge. Feel free to add more or less powdered sugar, a tablespoon at a time until it reaches the right consistency. All brands of peanut butter are different and some may require more sugar.
- Make sure you use a non-stick surface like parchment paper, wax paper or a silicone mat for placing your bites to cool. If they get stuck you might lose some chocolate!
- You can add a sprinkle of sea salt or colorful sprinkles to each bite before the chocolate cools for a little extra decoration. This would be a great way to dress them up for Christmas or Easter!
- This recipe is easy to half, double or triple. I love to make a big batch and snack on them all week!
- Creamy Peanut Butter: I prefer a smooth, creamy peanut butter but you can use crunchy if you want an extra crunch. I would recommend using a brand of peanut butter that does not need stirring so that the right texture is achieved. You can choose to use natural peanut butter but you may need to use less because it is wetter.
- Pretzels: Square snap pretzels work the best and hold onto your peanut butter the best but you can use any bite-sized pretzels. Pretzel sticks will not work!
- Chocolate Chips: I chose semi-sweet but you could use whatever you have on hand. Dark chocolate, white chocolate, or milk chocolate will also work great!
