Buckeye Pretzels

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A super-easy sweet treat for your next holiday gathering. I love chocolate-covered peanut butter balls, also known as Buckeyes. This is a different take on the traditional Buckeyes. Buckeye Pretzels deliver the same great chocolatey, peanut buttery goodness but with an added bonus, a crunchy salty pretzel.

Begin by softening the butter in the microwave. Do not melt the butter, just soften it enough so it will blend well with the peanut butter. Next, combine the creamy peanut butter with the softened butter in a stand mixer, or use an electric hand mixer.

Slowly, add the brown sugar and the powdered sugar to the peanut butter mixture.

Next, roll the peanut butter mixture into small balls and sandwich between two mini pretzels. If the mixture is too sticky to roll without sticking to your fingers, add more powdered sugar to the mixture to make it less sticky. I did notice the longer the mixture sat at room temperature, the stickier it became. Place the pretzel sandwiches on a cookie sheet. Be sure to line the cookie sheet with wax paper, parchment paper, or silicone mats.

Melt half of the bag of chocolate chips in the microwave at 30-second intervals. Stir at each 30-second interval until the chips are completely melted. I prefer to use dark chocolate chips. Semi-sweet chocolate chips are a good choice as well if dark chocolate isn’t your thing.

Once the chocolate chips are melted, dip half of the pretzel in the melted chocolate and return to the cookie sheet. Chill in the refrigerator for at least one hour to set the chocolate.

Enjoy!!!

For more peanut butter treats, check out these recipes: Peanut Butter Cookies, Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites, and Peanut Butter Cookie Layer Dessert.

Recipe adapted from Sweet Peas Kitchen.