Description
Sweet, salty, buttery, and perfectly crunchy, these Butter Toffee Pretzels are an easy recipe for parties, holiday gifting, dessert boards, quick snack ideas, and simple food ideas when you want something homemade without much effort. Crisp pretzels are coated in a rich brown sugar toffee glaze, baked until glossy, then cooled into irresistible crunchy clusters that taste like caramel candy with a salty twist.
Ingredients
4 cups mini pretzels
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup melted chocolate, optional
1/3 cup chopped pecans, optional
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 300°F and line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Spread the pretzels evenly on the prepared baking sheet.
3. In a medium saucepan, combine the butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, and salt over medium heat.
4. Stir until the butter melts and the mixture begins to bubble, then let it simmer for 3 minutes while stirring often.
5. Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract and baking soda.
6. Pour the hot toffee mixture over the pretzels and gently stir until the pretzels are well coated.
7. Bake for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes to coat the pretzels evenly.
8. Remove from the oven and spread the pretzels into an even layer.
9. Let the pretzels cool completely, then break apart any clusters.
10. Drizzle with melted chocolate and sprinkle with chopped pecans if desired, then let set before serving.
Notes
Let the pretzels cool completely before storing so the toffee coating becomes crisp instead of sticky.
Stir the pretzels every 10 minutes while baking to prevent toffee from pooling in one spot.
Add chocolate only after the pretzels have cooled, so the drizzle sets neatly and does not melt into the warm toffee.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Snack, Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/12 of recipe
- Calories: 245
- Sugar: 17g
- Sodium: 310mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 29g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
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