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Chocolate Covered Pretzels for 4th of July

Arina Habich
These red, white, and blue chocolate-covered pretzel rods are the ultimate no-bake 4th of July treat—quick to make, super festive, and perfectly sweet-salty. With just a few candy melts, sprinkles, and pretzels, you’ll have a batch ready in under 30 minutes. They’re easy to customize for any holiday, hold up great in the summer heat, and make adorable gifts when packaged in treat bags. Whether you're throwing a big party or just want a fun kitchen project with the kids, these colorful pretzels bring the sparkle—no sparklers required!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Decorating 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 30 pretzel rods
Calories 2 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
 
 

Instructions
 

  • Start by measuring out all of your ingredients and lining a baking sheet with parchment or wax paper. This makes cleanup easier and helps the pretzels set nicely.
    Overhead view of ingredients for patriotic chocolate-covered pretzel rods, including pretzel sticks, white candy melts, red and blue melts, coconut oil, and red-white-blue sprinkles in glass bowls on a marble countertop.
  • Add the white candy melts and 2 teaspoons of coconut oil to your candy melting pot. Melt on high while stirring regularly with a heat-resistant spatula until smooth and silky.
    Close-up of white candy melts and a scoop of coconut oil inside a purple candy melt pot, ready to be melted for chocolate-covered pretzels.
  • Once melted, pour the white candy into a tall glass or dipping container. This gives you a cleaner, more even dip.
    Tall paper container filled with melted white candy coating, ready for dipping pretzel rods, with a candy melt pot and spatula in the background.
  • Dip each pretzel rod into the melted white coating, then lay them out on the parchment-lined sheet. Pop the tray into the fridge for about 10 minutes so the candy can firm up.
    Pretzel rods coated in white candy melt, neatly arranged on parchment paper to cool and set.
  • While the white layer is setting, rinse out and dry your melting pot. Next, melt the blue candy melts with ½ teaspoon of coconut oil, stirring until smooth.
  • Pour the blue coating into another clean tall container.
  • Dip the top third of each chilled pretzel rod into the blue candy and immediately add your red, white, and blue star sprinkles. Chill again to help everything set.
  • Clean and dry the melting pot one last time. Then melt the red candy melts with ¼ teaspoon of coconut oil, stirring gently until smooth.
  • Transfer the red candy into a piping bag and secure it with a piping tie. Snip off just a tiny bit—about ⅛ inch—from the tip so you can easily drizzle.
  • Drizzle the red candy diagonally over the white portion of the pretzel rods. Let them sit until fully hardened before serving or packaging.
    Red, white, and blue chocolate-covered pretzel rods decorated with patriotic star sprinkles and red candy drizzle, arranged on parchment paper.

Notes

If you want to skip the piping bag step, ChocoDrizzlers are a great shortcut. They’re easy to melt and ready to go, perfect for beginners or when you’re short on time. Just keep in mind they’re slightly more expensive and don’t yield as much candy.

Nutrition

Calories: 2kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 1mgPotassium: 1mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gCalcium: 1mgIron: 1mg
Keyword baking, chocolate, independence day, july 4th, pretzel, pretzel rods, salty
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