Rose Garden Flower Pretzel Bites

Make Valentine’s Day special with easy Rose Garden Flower Pretzel Bites! Fun, festive, and perfect for kids, your special Valentine, or a Galentine’s get-together!

A delightful way to surprise your special Valentine, share some love with your kids, or add a sweet touch to a Galentine’s Day get-together, our Rose Garden Flower Pretzel Bites are super charming and delicious! These pretty treats combine crunchy pretzels, white chocolate and M&M’s into an irresistibly beautiful sweet-and-salty bite. The festive Red, Pink and White M&M’s add a burst of color, making them just as pretty as they are tasty. Easy to make and with just three ingredients, they’re perfect for prepping ahead which should help out with your to-do list. Whether you’re treating your little ones to a fun snack, packaging them up as a love-filled gift, or sharing them over laughs with friends, these charming Pretzel Bites are sure to melt the hearts of those special some-ones in your life.

Ingredients You Will Need

Preparing the M&M’s

We used the special Valentine’s Day Holiday Blend bag of M&M’s that had Pink, Magenta, Red and White M&M’s. This particular version of the Holiday M&M’s usually start being available in stores around in January and can be found with the other Valentine’s Day candy in your grocery store.  You can also pull the Red M&M’s out of a regular bag of M&M’s and you can buy bags of white and pink M&M’s at party stores, online on Amazon and from the M&M website.

How to Make the Flower Pretzel Bites

Steps 1-2: For the pretzels, we like to use the square “snaps” or the round “waffle” pretzels because we think they hold the melted chocolate with less dripping but you could make Mini Pretzels work too if that is all you can find at the grocery store.  First, place 7-8 Pretzel Snaps on a paper plate. Cover the pretzels with a Wilton Candy Melt. Place the paper plate in the microwave and heat for approximately 45-50 seconds. The exact timing will take a bit of trial and error.  You want the candy melts to be melted enough to press the M&M’s into, but not so melted that the candy melt loses its’ shape.  In the picture above you can see that the white candy melts have a sheen to them – this is what they look like when they are the melted the perfect amount.  The exact time in the microwave will depend on how many pretzel/candy you do at one time, how powerful your microwave is, the type of pretzels you are using, etc.  For us, 7-8 pretzels snaps take 50 seconds to melt to the right consistency.

Steps 3-10: Start by pressing an M&M down in the center of the melted candy melt.  Now create the flower petals with contrasting colored M&M’s – we used six M&M’s for the petals.  

We created three coordinated colored versions of the Rose Garden Flower Pretzel Bites – Red with a White center, Pink with a White Center and Magenta with a White Center. Let them cool for a couple of hours so that the White Chocolate fully sets up and the M&M’s are firmly attached to the pretzels.

Storage Instructions

You can store Pretzel Bites in an air-tight container for a very long time so this is a great make-ahead party food.  Your goal is simply to keep the Pretzels from getting stale, the chocolate and M&M’s will be fine for a long time.  We have kept them in a container in the pantry for weeks and they still taste great.  You can freeze them but we don’t recommend it. Sometimes, during the defrosting process, the M&M’s lose their shiny coat.

Other Valentine’s Day Desserts You Will Love

• Valentine’s Day Popcorn
• Valentine’s Day M&M Cookies
• Valentine’s Day M&M Rice Krispie Treats
• Valentine’s Day Marshmallow Wands
• Valentine’s Day Cupcakes