Are you looking for fun patriotic snacks for Fourth of July or Memorial Day? Then you will want to make these cute American Flag pretzels. They are adorable and easy to make with just 5 ingredients and a microwave. This recipe makes about 14 pretzels and takes about 30 minutes. The full printable recipe is below.
Ingredients-
2 Cups white candy melts
1 Cup blue candy melts
1 Cup red candy melts
Star sprinkles (sort out the white ones)
Pretzels rods
You will also need-
Parchment paper
3 microwave safe bowls
Ziplock style bag
3 mixing spoons
Directions-
1. In three separate microwave safe bowl’s, microwave your candy melts on 50% power for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until Melted
2. Lay a piece of parchment paper down on the table
3. Dip your pretzel rod into your white chocolate to cover almost all the way (leave a spot to hold the pretzel) and place onto you parchment paper to harden
4. Once hardened, dip the end of your white pretzel rod into your blue chocolate and placed back on your parchment paper
5. Sprinkle on your star sprinkles while the blue chocolate is still soft
6. Pour your melted red chocolate into a plastic Ziploc bag and cut a very small tip off the corner
7. Drizzle your melted red chocolate over the white part of your pretzel and let harden. This doesn’t have to be perfect you can see in the pictures that we just went back and forth a few times and they look great.
The last step is to enjoy your patriotic snacks with friends and family. These are so simple to make that older kids can even help but they look like you were slaving in the kitchen.
If you are looking for more ideas for a Fourth of July party, be sure to check out this red,white and blue dessert or these cute red, white and blue jello stars.
- 2 Cups white candy melts
- 1 Cup blue candy melts
- 1 Cup red candy melts
- Star sprinkles sort out the white ones
- Pretzels rods
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In three separate microwave safe bowl's, microwave your candy melts on 50% power for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until Melted
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Lay a piece of parchment paper down on the table
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Dip your pretzel rod into your white chocolate to cover almost all the way (leave a spot to hold the pretzel) and place onto you parchment paper to harden
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Once hardened, dip the end of your white pretzel rod into your blue chocolate and placed back on your parchment paper
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Sprinkle on your star sprinkles while the blue chocolate is still soft
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Pour your melted red chocolate into a plastic Ziploc bag and cut a very small tip off the corner
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Drizzle your melted red chocolate over the white part of your pretzel and let harden
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Theresa says
This would be fun to try. Thanks for sharing how to!
Kim~madeinaday says
Cute & easy treat to take for a party! Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Sharing on FB! Have a great week!
Kim
Julie Briggs says
Hi Melissa! These pretzel rods are adorable, and what a fun idea for the summer holidays. Thank you for linking up to #HomeMattersParty this week.
Gloria Murray says
I made these today as a 4th of July surprise for my grandkids. I’m sure that they will LOVE them! They turned out great! Thanks for the idea and pictures.
Melissa says
I hope they loved it! Happy Fourth of July!