Flower Pretzels
Welcome spring with these fun Flower Pretzels Bites! With only 3 ingredients they are the perfect treat to make with your kids. The perfect sweet and salty treat that are bright and cheerful. A great treat for Easter, spring or Mother’s Day!
I love a dessert recipe that is simple, pretty, and tasty! These flower pretzels are the perfect addition to any Easter dessert table, as a gift for kids to make for their mom for Mother’s Day, or just as a fun sweet treat. I especially love that I can easily make many different colors of flowers since there’s plenty of colors of M&M’s.
These M&M pretzel bites are a go-to easy recipe of mine. I love that they are no-bake and take just a few minutes to throw together. Perfect for any last minute “oops I forgot I’m bringing the dessert” moments! These are also a great treat for your kids to help you make and bring to their school classrooms for Easter.
If you want more flower themed desserts to fill a pretty dessert table, make these sunflower cupcakes too!
Why You’ll Love these Flower Pretzels
- These spring flower pretzel bites are very simple and only have 3 ingredients.
- This easy spring dessert only takes about 12 minutes to make!
- Your kids will love helping place the M&M’s in a flower shape and working with small objects helps refine fine motor skills.
Ingredients for Flower Pretzels
- Pretzels – Be sure you get the rectangle shaped pretzels (or mini pretzel twists) so you have plenty of surface area to make the flowers!
- Easter M&M’s – You can find these on the seasonal aisle in your grocery store. If you’re not able to find them, regular M&M’s will work fine, your flowers just won’t be super “springy”.
- White Candy Melts – White candy melts works easiest in this recipe, but if you can’t find them you could use white chocolate chips.
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How to Make M&M Pretzel Bites
While your oven is preheating, line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place pretzels even spaced on the baking sheet.
Place one candy wafer melt on top of each pretzel. Pop them in the oven for 2 minutes, just until the candy is slightly melted.
Place an Easter M&M in the center of your pretzel and then place six more M&M’s around it to create a flower!
Allow the pretzels to set for about 30 minutes, then enjoy!
How long do Flower Pretzels last?
You can store your flower pretzels in an airtight container at room temperature for 7 days.
Pro Tips for the best Flower Pretzels
- Be sure to work quickly while decorating these spring flower pretzel bites so that the candy does not set before you place the M&M’s. If you are making these by yourself, work in batches and melt the candy 8-10 pretzels at a time.
- Don’t overheat the candy melts! You want them to be just softened, not melted enough that they are dripping through the pretzel.
- Separate your M&M’s into colors before you decorate so you can easily find the color you are looking for.
April showers bring May flowers…and your kitchen can bring flower pretzels!
More Spring Recipes and Activities You’ll Love
- These Spring Sugar Cookies are delicious and fun to make!
- I love making these Coffee Filter Butterflies around springtime.
- This Easter Egg Watercolor Painting is the perfect, simple Easter activity.
- Need a really quick Easter activity? Download these Easter Secret Messages!
Flower Pretzels
Equipment
Ingredients
- 42 square pretzels
- 42 candy melts white
- 10 ounce bag Easter pastel M&M’s
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 250°F and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the square pretzels evenly separated on the prepared baking sheet.
- Next, place a white candy melt on each of the pretzels. Place the baking sheet into the oven and bake for 2 minutes or until the candies are slightly melted. You want to avoid melting them to a point where they melt through the pretzel.
- Remove them from the oven and place the Easter M&M’s on the softened white candy melt in a circular flower pedal design. Choose your favorite color combo.
- Allow the pretzel bites to dry for at least 30 minutes or until the candy is hardened.
- Serve on your favorite platter and ENJOY!
