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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (78g)

Recipe makes 30 servings

The following items or measurements are not included below:

Hershey's Hugs chocolates

Calories 366
Calories from Fat 126 (34%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 14.0g 21%
Saturated Fat 7.0g 34%
Monounsaturated Fat 5.3g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.7g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 9mg 3%
Sodium 423mg 17%
Potassium 197mg 5%
Total Carbohydrate 54.1g 18%
Dietary Fiber 2.4g 9%
Sugars 28.3g
Protein 6.2g 12%

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Easy, Festive Chocolate Holiday Pretzels

Recipe #104975 | 25 min | 20 min prep | add private note
Parrot Head Mama

By: Parrot Head Mama
Nov 29, 2004

This came from Family Fun magazine, it's SUPER easy, next to NO MESS. Great activity to do with kids. Excellent alternative to messing around with melting chocolate and dipping pretzels.

SERVES 30 , 3 plates (change servings and units)

Ingredients

  • 3 (10 ounce) bags checkerboard or windowpane shaped pretzels

  • 1 (17 5/8 ounce) bag holiday M&M's plain chocolate candies (red & green)

  • 3 (13 ounce) bags Hershey's Hugs chocolates

  • 3 (13 ounce) bags Hershey's chocolate kisses

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 170 degrees.
  2. 2
    Open the bags of pretzels and remove all the unbroken pretzels.
  3. 3
    Place them on waxed paper-lined cookie sheets in a single layer.
  4. 4
    Unwrap Hugs, place one on each pretzel, repeat for an entire cookie sheet.
  5. 5
    DO ONLY ONE TYPE OF CANDY PER SHEET, as the Hugs melt much quicker than the Kisses.
  6. 6
    Repeat using the Hershey Kisses.
  7. 7
    Place cookie sheet/s in the preheated oven, bake for 4 MINUTES FOR THE SHEET OF pretzels and HUGS, 5-6 minutes for the pretzels and Kisses.
  8. 8
    Immediately upon removing from the oven, place one M-n-M on top of each pretzel/chocolate.
  9. 9
    Place cookie sheet in freezer for 8-10 minutes, to allow chocolate to re-set.

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From: VegasLaurie

On Jan 2, 2009

Great addition to my Christmas cookies - I was looking for things my 5 year old could help with - this was perfect! And still quite tasty!!! Thank you!

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  • From: Cookin'ontheFly

    On Dec 31, 2008

    This is a fun recipe to make with kids. Thanks for a simple, delicious holiday recipe!

    1 person found this review helpful

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  • From: Dynean

    On Jan 5, 2005

    My husband scoffed at the recipe when he saw it. He's now singing a different tune, having tried them. Did mine in the microwave (1 minute to soften the chocolate) and topped them with peanut M&Ns. Quick, tasty, no muss, no fuss, no cleanup! I don't consider putting a small piece of waxed paper on a paper plate and then tossing the waxed paper to be clean up.

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  • From: Wenstar

    On Dec 25, 2004

    Very easy to do. There was one guy who was amazed these were hershey kisses as he swore he didn't like kisses, but he loved these. Besides the Hugs and plain Kisses I also used the caramel kisses and heated them in the oven for about 5 minutes then pressed a quarter of a pecan on top. The caramel ones were my husbands favorites. I'm getting ready to make another batch with the kids and we have some mint M&M we are going to try out on the Hugs and Kisses. Happy baking!

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