Valentine's Day Pretzel Hearts

These Valentine's Day pretzel hearts make a perfect sweet and salty holiday snack using only three simple ingredients! They're a fantastic kid-friendly, finger-food treat that the entire family can help make. You can enjoy them at home, put them into bags for class parties, or gift them to friends.

I have many delicious Valentine's Day dessert recipes, such as chocolate-covered strawberries, maraschino cherry cake, and puff pastry hearts.

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• 🥘 Ingredients
• 🔪 How To Make Pretzel Hearts For Valentine's Day
• 💭 Angela's Pro Tips & Notes
• 📖 Recipe Card
• 💬 Reviews

Valentine's Day is the perfect occasion for whipping up sweet treats. I love everything from festive heart-shaped desserts to chocolate maraschino brownies and classic red velvet cake.

These pretzel hearts have the ideal balance of sweet and salty flavors and are easy to make in a pinch. I enjoy making these for my daughter's class parties, but they work for potlucks or practically any Valentine's Day event.

🥘 Ingredients

• Pretzels - Mini pretzel twists are the classic variety everyone knows and loves. They're the base for my easy homemade candies.
• White Chocolate Chips - White chocolate chips will be melted and used as glue to hold everything together and make your heart shape.
• Conversation Hearts - These Sweetheart brand heart-shaped candies are everywhere around Valentine's Day.

*Be sure to see the free printable recipe card below for ingredients, exact amounts & instructions with tips!*

🔪 How To Make Pretzel Hearts For Valentine's Day

These hearts are so simple that you can let your kids make them all independently. You only need a baking sheet, parchment paper, a microwave-safe bowl, a plastic bag, and a silicone spatula.

This recipe will yield 48 pretzel hearts, making it perfect for parties or large groups.

Step 1: Prepare. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and line up 48 mini pretzel twists by making six rows of eight pretzels on the baking sheet.

Step 2: Melt the chocolate. In a microwave-safe bowl, melt 6 ounces (170 grams) of white chocolate chips, stirring to ensure they don’t burn every 30 seconds. Transfer melted white chocolate into a parchment bag or zip bag, cutting a small hole in the tip of the bag.

Step 3: Assemble. Pipe melted white chocolate inside the pretzel to form a heart shape and immediately add one of the 48 Valentine's Day conversation hearts in the middle. Repeat the process with the remaining ingredients.

Step 4: Set. Chill pretzels until set, about 30 minutes. Separate from parchment paper and store in a dry, airtight container or bag as treats.

💭 Angela's Pro Tips & Notes

• Add more decorations. To make these extra festive, you could use food dye to color the melted white chocolate before piping it onto the pretzels. Or, add some sanding sugar or sprinkles after placing the conversation hearts.
• Don't burn the chocolate. Make sure to stir your chocolate every 30 seconds. This prevents it from burning.
• Let the chocolate harden. Allow your hearts to be fully set before trying to move them. To speed up the process, place them into the refrigerator. 
• Store them for later. Keep your pretzel hearts in an airtight container at room temperature for 1-2 weeks. 

📖 Recipe Card