Easter Egg Pretzel Bark – Easter and Easter egg candy treats go hand in hand. In my opinion, so do sweet and salty flavor combinations. This chocolate pretzel bark is simple and festive and a great opportunity to get the kids creativity involved in the preparation. Pretzels and peanuts for the salty, and chocolate and candy for the sweet. This pretzel bark is a peanutty choco delight it doesn’t get much better than that.
Easter Egg Pretzel Bark
Author: Melissa Sperka
Ingredients
- 1 pkg [7.2oz] original flat pretzel crisps [i.e.The Snack Factory]
- 1 pkg [11 oz] peanut butter & milk chocolate chips
- 1 pkg [11 oz] milk chocolate chips
- 3 Tbsp solid vegetable shortening
- 1 cup sea salted cocktail peanuts or salted cocktail peanuts
- 1 pkg [12 oz] of Reese's Pieces Pastel Eggs
- Easter sprinkles
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with wax paper, and spread the pretzel crisps evenly over the pan. It's okay if they overlap.
- Sprinkle the peanuts on top. The peanuts I used were seasoned with sea salt, but, regular salted cocktail peanuts will work perfectly.
- Place the the peanut butter and the milk chocolate chips [both bags] into a double boiler over simmering water.
- Add the shortening, and stir periodically until the chips are completely melted and combined.
- Pour the smooth chocolate over the pretzels and peanuts.
- Use the back of a spoon or an off set spatula to spread the warm chocolate covering the pretzels and peanuts completely.
- Nestle the Reese's Pieces Pastel Eggs into the chocolate while it's still warm. There's no exact way to do this, be creative!
- Fill in with the Easter sprinkles.
- Allow the pretzel bark to set up and harden, then break or cut into pieces.
- Store at room temperature.
What a great recipe Melissa. I’ll have to look for the flat pretzels in my market, don’t think I’m familiar with them. I have such a sweet tooth lately, I might just make these over the weekend!
Hi Linda! You’ll usually find them near the Deli/Bakery section of the store for some reason. My kids love this stuff, have fun cooking this weekend. 🙂 ~ Melissa
I saw you on fb. Love your blog! I am a new follower.
Hi Patsy, I’m delighted to meet you! Feel free to visit anytime and as often as you like. Blessings ~ Melissa
Found you on FB. Going to try this today! I couldnt find the flat pretzels, even though I know what I am looking for, so will try this with pretzel sticks. Will let you know how it turns out!
I think this bark will be good with any shape of pretzels. 🙂 Hope you like it, warning, it’s addicitng! Thanks for stopping by ~ Melissa
Can you use Town House Pretzel Thins crackers?
I’ve never tried it with those honestly. If you try it let me know how it goes.