I am fascinated by miniature things and things that are the “wrong size”. Miniature (and usable) frying pans and oversized clothespins are right up my alley. I especially love miniature cookware and miniature food. So once I became an adult, I indulged and decided that miniature things were good for me because it helped me cut down on my portion sizes. Also, mini things are just really, really cute.

Thus I will introduce you to my first miniature inspired recipe: Mini Chocolate M&M Pretzels

Every year around the holidays, my mom would recruit my brothers and I to help her make various dessert foods for the many holiday parties that we would attend as a family.

One of my favorites, for its ease of creation and deliciousness, were pretzels with a melted chocolate kiss and m&m on top. Usually these were topped green and red m&ms to commemorate the holiday. They looked something like this but had milk chocolate kisses.

Mini Chocolate M&M Pretzels

Prep time: 5 minutes

Cook time: < 2 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 tube of mini M&Ms
• About 1/4 cup of chocolate chips
• 1 cup mini pretzels

Instructions

1. Place pretzels on a microwave safe plate. Put as many as you can fit on the plate.

   

2. Place chocolate chips on top of pretzels, flat side down. Try to place in the very center of the pretzel.

   

3. Place the plate with the pretzels topped with chocolate chips in the microwave. Microwave for 20 seconds and then again for 20 seconds. (See notes at bottom for alternatives to microwaving)

4. Pull the plate out carefully as it may be hot, then place on a trivet. For each pretzel, push a single mini m&m into the melted chocolate chip.

   

5. Place in the freezer for 5-10 minutes (until the chocolate chips hardens again)

6. Enjoy!

Allergy information:

• M&Ms:
  • Contains Milk and Soy
  • Processed in a factory that produces peanuts
• Chocolate chips:
  • Contains Milk and Soy
  • Varies based on what brand and flavor of chips you want to use.
• Mini Pretzels:
  • No allergy information available. Try looking up the brand and calling :(

Notes:

• For those of you who don’t like microwaves, you can also use the oven or a toaster oven (not a plain bread slot toaster though). Just be sure to use an oven safe surface (like a baking sheet) when putting pretzels into the oven.
  • I used Whole Foods 365 brand semi-sweet chocolate chips, but any brand that you can get a hold of will do. It doesn’t even have to be semi-sweet chocolate, it can be white chocolate, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, peanut butter chips or anything else that comes in a general “chocolate chip” shape.
• The pretzels I used, I actually saved from flying. I saved all those little airline sized snack bags for a few months. You can actually buy them online, which is a cheaper alternative to flying somewhere just to get mini pretzels. Search around to see if you can get them in larger containers instead of individually wrapped bags.