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
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.
Linda says
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!
Melissa says
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
Patsy says
I saw you on fb. Love your blog! I am a new follower.
Melissa says
Hi Patsy, I’m delighted to meet you! Feel free to visit anytime and as often as you like. Blessings ~ Melissa
Anonymous says
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!
Melissa says
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
Anonymous says
Can you use Town House Pretzel Thins crackers?
Melissa says
I’ve never tried it with those honestly. If you try it let me know how it goes.
Patricia says
What size pan did you use? And the chocolate looks really dark…can you use semi-sweet chips?
Melissa says
You can use any chocolate you like. I used a jelly roll pan but, feel free to use any standard size baking pan that you have on hand.