These little Pretzel Kiss M&M treats from Kinzie’s Kreations (an idea she adapted from TaDa! Creations) should be so easy – just put a chocolate kiss on a pretzel, warm it up in the oven, and press an M&M into the softened kiss. The hardest part is not eating all the M&Ms while you’re waiting for the oven to preheat, right?
Not according to reader Cairsten.
Let me first say I’m pretty bad at baking. I love to cook but baking calls for too much precision for my liking or patience. With that in mind, I figured even I could accomplish these cute little pretzel, Hershey kiss, and M&M creations with a super easy set of directions. Well, I couldn’t. The kisses never melted even after 20 minutes in my oven and the M&M’s just broke most of the pretzels underneath the stone cold kisses. For the M&M’s that didn’t crush the pretzels, they instead created a sink hole of cracked chocolate. Oh well, maybe next time? My students got a good laugh and every single broken one was eaten.
You aren’t kidding, Cairsten! Those sweet, salty treats look a little like they’ve been beaten with a hammer. But if your students all agree they were still delicious, that’s an A+ in my grade book.
If you’d like more laughs visit Robyn at her blog, Hollow Tree Ventures - where the failure is funny, but usually not edible
these things are fickle ive made them a lot the kisses dont melt like you think they do, they retain their shape no matter how long you bake them the trick is a 350 oven for about 10 min and then press the m&ms fast
I wonder if it’s because they used those holiday kisses that are milk chocolate “hugged in white chocolate”. Since white chocolate has a higher fat content, maybe it melts better.
i think issues is they used what looks liek the white kisses or hugs as ther were once called which do melt a lot easier than a normal kiss.
I if you wanted you could probably use melting candies instead it would take alot less time and still give similar effect
Great tips, everyone! Thanks for commenting, because even though this not-so-successful attempt was the first time I’d seen this idea, I was thinking of trying it with my kids. I’ll be sure to use your suggestions!
I tried doing this with rolos and white chocolate buds.. what a disaster! looked like dog poop baked on to wax paper!
I have made these for years. The kiss is not suppose to melt and start running. It is just suppose to get soft which only takes 3-4 minutes in a 250 degree oven. Take them out of the oven and gentle press the m&m into the kiss. Then i place the whole cookie sheet somewhere cold so the chocolate hardens. Outside works great during the winter.
I love the Craft Fail site, and I promise I’m laughing with you, not at you. :) I’ve made these little snacks many times over the years. I think the main problem was not using the Hershey Hugs and instead using the Hershey Kiss. In my past experience the Hugs have always melted very nicely.
I make these often and have never had a problem. I put my oven on about 200 or 250 and just watch them…they will still hold their shape but will start to become shiny and a little droopy after about 4 minutes, and then I typically stick an m&m on one of them in the oven to make sure it’s soft all the way through. This Christmas I made some regular and some of the white chocolate with chocolate stripes that are pictured above and those were much more melty! After about 3-4 minutes they had almost completely flattened into a puddle. Still delicious though! I’m not sure what went wrong with yours…especially since they were in for 20 minutes and it should only take 4! They really are simple!
I do these every year but instead of the kisses I use rolos! They are so delicious! They melt so easy and the sweet caramel combined with the pretzel is just perfect.
@Jackie, that is the. Best. Idea. Ever! I’m definitely trying them with Rolos, if I can keep myself from eating all the Rolos in the car on the way home from the store.
The thing about Hershey kisses is that they dehydrate in the oven and become (delicious) crunchy cookie-like candies. I discovered this years ago because my kids like the chocolate from the middle of snowball cookies, but not the cookie. So I tried just baking Hersey kisses, and voila- it was the texture of freeze dried ice cream. Definitely gotta catch these suckers at just the right time.
i don’t use the oven, I just put wax or parchment paper on my microwave plate, microwave for 25-30 seconds and press the MnM on, fast and easy. Slide the wax paper off the plate so it can cool/set on the counter and I can do 15-20 per time.
These are my favorite thing EVER!!! If you use the melting chips you can find in any craft store or even walmart, they melt in a few mins and taste wonderful!
Hey just wanted to validate what others said. Bake kisses at 300 for 3 minutes or you’ll burn the chocolate – I also make with rolos bake the same – use pecans instead and you’ve got yourself some chocolate turtles – by the way once my guests found the rolo m’s they wont go back to the kisses and m’s – so make plenty!
Hey just wanted to validate what others said. Bake kisses at 300 for 3 minutes or you’ll burn the chocolate – I also make with rolos bake the same – use pecans instead and you’ve got yourself some chocolate turtles – by the way once my guests found the rolo m’s they wont go back to the kisses and m’s – so make plenty!
I actually back at 200 degrees for like 3 minutes. They just need a bit of heat to soften so you can push whatever kind of topping you have down on top. I have made these several times and have not had a problem once; even with Kisses that had a filling. Hope this helps!
Use Rolos! Much yummier! Warm in oven for no more than 5 minutes! I make these several times a year… Rolos melt better, stay soft longer, giving you time to push in the m&m. Enjoy!