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Our simple 5 ingredient pretzel toffee is a delicious blend of sweet and salty flavors – a no-fail treat perfect for sharing!
A Pretzel Version
We love to make treats, and especially candy around the holidays. One favorite is this EASY pretzel toffee. We’ve tried it with white chocolate and a regular chocolate version. Both were hits with the whole family!!
Not only is this great to serve at parties, or to make “just because” but we love to gift it to others too. It can easily be packaged in containers and wrapped with a pretty bow for friends, neighbors, teachers, and more. And to be honest – it’s always a hit!
If you love regular toffee, you’ll love this pretzel version. And if you love candy, you’ll also love our Christmas crack or our Homemade Turtle Candy.
WHY WE LOVE IT:
- A time saver. It only takes about 30 minutes of active work and the rest is letting it chill. It’s that simple!
- Only 5 ingredients. Toffee doesn’t get any easier than that!
- Giftable. Who doesn’t love toffee? This is an easy recipe for gifting, and everyone loves that sweet and salty flavor!
Ingredients
PREP TIME: 15 minutes
COOK TIME: 10 minutes
COOL TIME: 1 hour 20 minutes
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar – light or dark brown sugar
- 1 cup chocolate chips – milk chocolate chips or dark chocolate chips
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 2 cups pretzels – We used pretzel twists, but you could easily use pretzel wafers or thin pretzel crisps.
- 1-2 cups toffee bits, optional – or sprinkles, chopped nuts, crushed graham crackers, sea salt, toasted coconut
How to make Pretzel Toffee
- PREP. Preheat oven to 350°F. Add parchment paper to a baking sheet.
- ASSEMBLE. Spread 2 cups pretzels in a single layer over the parchment paper and set aside.
- Melt 1 cup butter and 1 cup brown sugar in a pot. Cook on medium heat for 7-8 minutes or until a tan-ish brown color.
- BAKE. Pour toffee mixture over pretzels making sure to cover all the pretzels. Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.
- TOPPINGS. Sprinkle 1 cup chocolate chips over half of the pan. Sprinkle 1 cup white chocolate chip over the other half of the pan. Let chips melt for a few minutes and spread with a spatula to cover the toffee layer. Sprinkle with any desired toppings.
- CHILL. Let cool at room temperature for 1 hour, then refrigerate until hardened. Break into pieces and store in an airtight container in the fridge.
PRO TIP: PREVENT GRAINY Toffee
To help the sugar dissolve, stir the butter and sugar very gently during the first 4-5 minutes being careful not to get sugar on the sides of the pot. Once dissolved do not stir while it actively simmers for the last 3 minutes.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup chocolate chips, (milk, or dark chocolate)
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 2 cups pretzels
- 1-2 cups toffee bits, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Add parchment paper to a cookie sheet. Spread the pretzels in a single layer over the parchment paper and set aside.
- Melt butter and brown sugar in a pot. Cook on medium heat for 7-8 minutes or until a tan-ish brown color.
- Pour toffee mixture over pretzels making sure to cover all the pretzels. Bake for 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle chocolate chips over half of the pan and the white chocolate chips over the other half. Let chips melt for a few minutes and spread with a spatula to cover the toffee layer. Sprinkle with any desired toppings.
- Let cool at room temperature for 1 hour, then refrigerate until hardened. Break into pieces and store in an airtight container in the fridge.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe FAQ
Store in an airtight container separating layers with wax or parchment paper. Store in the fridge for 1-2 weeks.
Just made the pretzel toffee. The “toffee” went from fluffly stuff to part liquid again. Did I cook it too long? I still had some usable stuff, it’s setting in the fridge now. I’m sure it will be tasty!
Looks like pieces of Heath bits toffee or pretzels ???
What type of pretzels did you use, the twists or the sticks; and did you vreak up the pretzels or leave them whole?
Thanks!
What are the little chips on top of the chocolate topping?
There are some chips on the chocolate, is it broken peanuts?
Well hello and Happy Holidays! I have just gotten so excited by finding some of your recipes here on Facebook. I haven’t been online here in quite awhile I have been uneed the weather. Haven’t felt much like doing anything but trying to get better actually. These recipes have certainly got me into a better mood today already too! Its going to be a wonderful Christmas season this year I have been praying it would. These recipes will be on hand to make sure everyone that comes by will get the chance to try them out that’s for sure. The fact that they are so simple means a lot to me right now also. Just that one thing certainly factors in even if I wasn’t a little weak at times like I tend to be now. Please rest assured I will be sharing them with my two precious daughters and my gorgeous and stunningly beautiful granddaughter too! She goes to the University of Alabama but loves to cook and bake most anything when she gets to go home especially during the holidays. Thanks again for giving me a chance to get back to doing some of the things I really love most to do. That of course is cooking and baking its something both me and my sister were taught by a mother that knew how to cook the best special and delightful foods too! Something one always remember most when that person is no longer with us but her legacy will always be. Its the wonderful memories of our being together not only in the holidays for the great recipes she always used but also for each and everyday she cooked for me my four siblings and my dad when we were growing up that have a place in each of our hearts still today. Please have a wonderful Christmas too this year and an even better New Year! There’s so much to be thankful for here in our country this year less think on the good things after all its us that makeup the entire being of the better part of our country anyway don’t you agree? Simply, Susan
Can you use real butter? Most recipes that say butter really mean margarine.
Margarine is not real butter and I no longer use it for anything.
It looks like you added Heath BitsOBrickle to the top before the chocolate hardened. It’s not in the ingredients list. I make a similar version of fake toffee but line a pan with Saltine crackers instead of the pretzels. Always a hit! I’ve never thought about using white chips though so I’ll try that this year too! Thanks for sharing!
your pretzel toffee looks amazing, but just wondering if the sugar you call for in the recipe should be Brown sugar instead of white sugar? thank you
Toffee is one of my favorites! Pinned!
YUM! This looks amazing (and easy)! Thanks for sharing! xo