These Caramel Pretzels are divine! If you’re looking for an easy sweet treat, these Butter Toffee Pretzels are a must-try. These mini toffee pretzels are simple yet addicting…making them the ultimate holiday snack.
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Easy Caramel Pretzels
These little Caramel Pretzels have my heart. They’re so tiny, SO ADDICTING, so cute, and so easy. What more can you ask for from a holiday recipe?
I feel like because they’re mini pretzels I can eat like…100…and it’s no problem. Is that so wrong?? These butter toffee pretzels are the perfect combination of salty and sweet, and are just begging for you to make them for Christmas. There’s still time! Make them today! You won’t regret it.
These Butter Toffee Pretzels are a sweet and salty Christmas treat!
Mini Caramel Pretzels – An Easy Holiday Gift
Although these mini caramel pretzels are awesome to hoard and keep all for yourself, they also make a great homemade holiday gift. Who wouldn’t want to receive a tin of these delicious Butter Toffee Pretzels? I know I would!
You definitely have a teacher, friend, coworker, or neighbor on your Christmas list that deserves this homemade sweet treat.
Mom brought these mini caramel pretzels over the other morning and I was instantly hooked. I could have eaten the entire jar! I refuse to admit how many I actually ate.
They’re so small…I can’t help it! Don’t judge me. It’s Christmas. We don’t count calories during Christmas.
Make some of these delicious Mini Caramel Pretzels for an easy holiday gift, or keep them all to yourself. Either way, you’ll love making them!
If you liked these tasty caramel pretzels, you’ll love these other sweet & salty snacks:
- Chocolate Covered Pretzels
- White Chocolate Pretzels
- Chex Mix Recipe
- Homemade Gardetto’s Recipe
- Candied Walnut Recipe
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Caramel Pretzels (Butter Toffee Pretzels)
Equipment
- candy thermometer
Ingredients
- 4 cups miniature pretzels
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- ½ teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat oven to 200°F and cover a baking sheet with foil. Place a cooling rack over the pan, and spray the rack with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a medium heavy saucepan, melt the butter, sugar, water and salt over MED-LOW heat. Stir often with a wooden spoon.
- Bring the mixture to a boil and turn the heat down to MED-LOW. Bring the mixture to 305°F, remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla.
- Working quickly, pour the pretzels into the toffee mixture and stir. Transfer the pretzels, a few at a time (with a toothpick or fork) to the prepared cooling rack/baking tray, laying them side-by-side without touching.
- Bake at 200°F for 20-30 minutes to dry out the pretzels and to ensure they won’t be sticky. Transfer the pretzels to a cooling rack to completely cool.
- Once the toffee pretzels have cooled. Allow the pretzels to sit uncovered, overnight, on the counter. Keep in an airtight jar or bowl.
- The pretzels will stay fresh up to 3 weeks.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Did you make this? Leave a comment!
Wait for these to harden overnight, and they are the perfect texture! Not too chewy, and not too hard. We have a friend who sprinkles them with Old Bay seasoning while they are still sticky, and we love that too. Thank you for the recipe!
Hi! I haven’t made the recipe yet. Just wondering if you think it would be possible to add the caramelized pretzels into a cookie ?
Hi Charlotte, we haven’t tried that, but we think it would work. We recommend trying to cover as much of the pretzel as possible with cookie dough to prevent the caramel from melting off.
I also found that using a fondue/kabob skewer will help you pick them up in bunches!!
I made them for the folks at work…”AND… THE…CROWD… WENT…WILD!!!”
Bought special trays for the drip/dry part. They’re worth the expense. Also I bought Gluten Free Pretzels for a Celiac neighbor who adores them.
These were amazing and super easy! My husband said it was the best toffee he has ever had and I am no longer aloud to buy toffee. I think it is cute that the recipe says they will last three weeks, they didn’t last a day in my house LOL
Love these. Everyone I gave them to wanted the recipe. My only issue is cleaning the pot I made my caramel sauce in. Any suggestions?
Happy Holidays!! ❤️
Hi Rhonda, soak the pot in warm water; the caramel should dissolve!
How much is one serving? I’m trying to keep a food log and it doesn’t give quantity of a serving. Thank you
Hi Virginia, this recipe serves 8, so a serving is about 1/2 cup of pretzels.
Do you bake them on the cooling rack and then transfer them to another cooling rack?
Yes, ma’am!
You say to melt the butter on med-low, then bring to a boil and turn down to med-low again. But, when do you turn the heat to something else and then down again? Am I missing a step to turn the heat to bring it to a boil?
When you bring it to a boil, you can turn the heat up to high!
Can’t see the recipe because all of these STUPID pop ups keep covering it up!!!!!!
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