White chocolate pretzel trees are easy to make and delicious. Perfect for snacking, holiday treat platters, or cake and cupcake toppers. This post was originally shared in 2015 and now includes a step-by-step video.
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Looking for a delicious holiday snack? How about a fun addition to a holiday cookie box? These pretzel trees are the perfect combination of sweet and salty and are EASY to make. I make mine with pastel colors which gives them a winter wonderland appearance.
White Chocolate Pretzel Trees Are
- Easy to make: Under 30 minutes start to finish.
- Inexpensive: Pretzel sticks and almond bark are both affordable ingredients!
- Easy to Customize: Make them any color you'd like and any sprinkles you'd like.
- Have a long shelf life. If stored in an airtight container, these pretzel trees will stay fresh up to 3 weeks.
Pretzel Tree Ingredients
Almond Bark
You can make these out of almond bark, white melting candies, or white chocolate chips. You can purchase candy melts in any color of the rainbow or tint your own.
Pretzels
Mini pretzels sticks are what you're looking for. You can make larger pretzels with mini pretzel rods, but it would take a lot more candy to cover them and they'd be a lot larger trees.
Pretzel tree Sprinkles
I love using these mini white candy pearls. They look just like snow!
How To Tint Almond Bark
One 24 oz. package of almond bark will make 36 pretzel trees. I cut my almond bark into squares, melt it in small bowls, and then tint it with food coloring. Now, you can't just start tinting it with any kind of food coloring willy-nilly or it will seize (get chunky and unusable).
I use this kind of Wilton gel food coloring. For whatever reason it works the best and, when used in small amounts, won't cause your candy to seize like other types of food coloring. You can also use Wilton candy coloring which is made just for this type of recipe. DO NOT USE anything that is water based like regular food coloring, or most gel food colorings.
I dip a toothpick into the coloring and then stir it into the melted almond bark. For pastel colors, a little dab will do ya.
How To Make Chocolate Pretzel Trees
Melt white chocolate chips or melting wafers in the microwave for 30 seconds. Stir. Repeat until smooth and completely melted.
If making multiple colors of trees, divide melted candy into ziploc baggies. Trim corners and drizzle back and forth over the pretzel base, starting at the top and working your way to the bottom.
Add sprinkles, if desired. Allow pretzel trees to stand until set, about 20 minutes.
White Chocolate Pretzel Trees
Chocolate Pretzel Trees
Ingredients
- 24 oz. almond bark or candy melts
- 108 mini pretzel sticks
- sprinkles if desired
Instructions
- Arrange pretzel sticks in an arrow formation for your base on a wax paper-lined baking sheet.
- Melt white chocolate chips or melting wafers in the microwave for 30 seconds. Stir.Repeat until smooth and completely melted.
- Spoon melted almond bark into a ziplock baggie. Make a small cut in the corner of the bag with scissors.
- Drizzle melted almond bark over the pretzel trees, starting at the top and working your way down to the bottom. Repeat to fill in any blank areas.
- Sprinkle with mini sugar pearls.
- Allow pretzel trees to set up, about 20 minutes.
Ekc says
These look so cute! And tell your hubby thanks for his service! We love the Coast Guard.
Brandy says
I will! And thank you for such a sweet comment! 🙂
Jess | Union Shore says
Ok, this is adorable! And so easy! The pretzel trees are great idea!
The Mad Mommy says
This is so beautiful and looks delicious! It would also look amazing on a Christmas table!
henatayeb says
lovely cake. those pretzel trees are genius.
janetvinyard says
Lovely cake and the pretzel trees are so cleverly made! Thanks for sharing! Blessings, Janet
Sandra Garth says
This is so cute!
valerie sobus says
awesome, thanks so mich 😀