This has been on my Pinterest to-do list for the longest time. I’ve been holding off making it for a time when I literally have less than 15 minutes to spare and I want to make something delicious for the people I care about.
My week has been jam-packed. Apart from going to school for the whole day, I also went skiing for the second time in my life Saturday (it’s weird. Last time I went skiing was two weeks ago and I’m already hooked!) It was great because I went with my boyfriend and his two brothers, and it was both my birthday and my boyfriend’s brother’s birthday, so I got to ski for free.
Apart from the never spoken about but always in the back of my mind fact that my boyfriend was leaving for Russia the next day for 4 months, it was the best birthday I have ever had. I even skied beside some guy in nothing but shorts and an Australia flag as a cape, yelling “Happy Australia day!” How could you not have fun on one of those days..
So while I had a lot of fun, I wanted to make something that is both delicious and easy to make after a long day of skiing. And these Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites make the perfect treat. Even though this was really quick to make, these sweet and salty treats disappeared even quicker.
Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites Ingredients
You just need a handful of ingredients to make a batch of these peanut butter pretzel bites. The 5 ingredients that you need are:
- smooth peanut butter
- salted butter
- confectioners’ sugar (also called powdered sugar)
- crunchy pretzels
- semi-sweet chocolate chips
Tips & Variations
Switch up the chocolate! Some of my favorite things to use for the melted chocolate is dark chocolate, milk chocolate and peanut butter chips. For birthday parties, I love topping the chocolate coating with colorful sprinkles, or a sprinkle of sea salt for something more fancy.
Using different types of peanut butter. Crunchy peanut butter is a good replacement for regular peanut butter in this recipe. However, if you want to use natural peanut butter, you will need to add in a little bit more powdered sugar to make the peanut butter balls hold their shape.
Storing these sweet and salty pretzel bites. Store the bites in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 7 days, or up to 2 weeks in the fridge.
More No Bake Dessert Recipes
Like these Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites? Then you will love these delicious recipes for no bake treats:
- White Chocolate Cranberry Nutella Cups – This is my favorite no bake recipe to make over the holiday season, using only Nutella, coconut oil, white chocolate and dried cranberries.
- Chips Ahoy Truffles – Made with cookies, cream cheese, chocolate and coconut oil, this easy recipe makes a great last minute treat. The perfect combination for a next level dessert idea.
- No Bake Cranberry Chocolate Quinoa Cookies – The perfect snack made with simple ingredients for busy days. No need to turn on the oven when you have this recipe.
If you make these pretzel peanut butter bites, let me know how you liked it! Rate it, leave a comment and tag me with #atasteofmadness on Instagram! I always love seeing what you are creating!
Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites
Ingredients
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 tsp salted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup icing sugar
- pretzels
- 1 1/3 cups chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, mix together the peanut butter and butter with an electric mixer. Add the sugars and mix until fully combined.
- Scoop 1 teaspoon of the mixture, and roll it into a ball. Sandwich the ball between two whole pretzels. After all the balls are sandwiched between the pretzels, place the sandwiches on a tray and freeze for around half an hour.
- Place the chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl and heat at 30 second intervals, stirring occasionally until completely melted. Remove the pretzel sandwiches from the freezer and quickly dip each one halfway into the melted chocolate. Return to the tray and repeat with remaining sandwiches. Once they have all been dipped, return the tray to the freezer to set completely. Store the sandwiches in the fridge until serving time.
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These look super tasty! I love anything with chocolate and peanut butter! YUM!
love these….so yummm!
What tasty little bites!
What yummy looking little morsels!!
Oh..I can imagine how addictive these things are.. 😀
Oh these are far too dangerous to even contemplate! Pretzels, chocolate and peanut butter are always a win.
I want these so much right now 😀
Cheers
CCU
omg- need these in my life!
yum those look delicious! I am sorry to hear your boyfriend will be gone so long.
This looks like it`ll be VERY addicting!
They look absolutely to die for!
Cathleen , those pretzels look pretty delicious ! Love everything in there . …4 months in Russia ? Cold er cool 😀
These are amazing!!
Peanut butter, salty pretzels, and chocolate? Yes, please. Good stuff – thanks.
This is pretty much a combination of all things good in this world!
I’ll pin it for next summer!
These would be great for the superbowl this weekend!
Oh my goodness, what's not to like? I love it all – what a perfect and easy sweet treat!
These look cute and must be yummy!
i like salty sweet bites ^^ and they are so cute too!
You can never go wrong with the peanut butter & chocolate combo! I just love how easy these are to make. 🙂
So glad you liked it!!
These are straight up dangerous, I could eat the entire batch in one sitting! I’ll definitely be making these whenever I need a nice treat. Peanut butter and chocolate is one of my favorite flavor combos!
Definitely dangerous! So glad you liked it!
Such a wonderful last minute treat! My kids will love these little bites so much and I love how easily they come together.
Me too 🙂
Fun treat to make with kids, easy and couldn’t keep hands off of them.
It’s so hard to eat just one!
Looks great! I’m going to make these for our kid’s birthday party this weekend!
Yay! Let me know how it goes!