Recipes Everyday Cooking Quick and Easy Quick and Easy 9 Salty-Sweet Pretzel Desserts By Mary Claire Lagroue Mary Claire Lagroue Mary Claire Lagroue is the Commerce Editor at Food & Wine. A former associate editor at Allrecipes, she joined Dotdash Meredith in 2019. She has written about food since 2017, covering everything from product reviews to recipes to restaurants. Her work can be found in Cooking Light, Southern Living, and more. Allrecipes' editorial guidelines Published on February 1, 2021 Close Photo: COOKINGNUT Though you may be tempted to munch on crunchy, salty pretzels until you're left with nothing but crumbs, this staple snack makes an amazing addition to sweets. From brownies and cookies to pies and dessert salads, the following nine recipes will put the pretzels in your pantry to (very) good use. 01 of 09 Frozen Margarita Pie View Recipe Deb C Trade a salted rim for a salted pretzel crust with this Frozen Margarita Pie, which tastes just as refreshing and zesty as the drink that inspired it. 02 of 09 Pretzel Turtles View Recipe France C The size and shape of mini pretzels make them the perfect base for caramel candies and nuts in these easy, 15-minute Pretzel Turtles. 03 of 09 Baileys Chocolate Mini Cakes View Recipe thedailygourmet Bake these cupcakes with fudgy chocolate cake mix for a shortcut so you can devote your time to dipping pretzels and potato chips into chocolate and butterscotch. Can you think of a more decadent topping? 04 of 09 Judy's Strawberry Pretzel Salad View Recipe Judy's Strawberry Pretzel Salad What would a Jell-O salad be without a lightly toasted pretzel crust? "I've made this several times for work potlucks," home cook Jill Enabnit says. "I would make it the night before and it always turned out beautifully. It's a big hit!" 05 of 09 Caramel Pretzel Brownies View Recipe COOKINGNUT Caramel, toffee bits, and pretzels would all taste delicious on brownies, so it's no wonder this recipe combining all three earns top-rated reviews. 06 of 09 Pineapple Pretzel Salad View Recipe jillvanberkom This twist on the traditional strawberry version takes just as little effort, replacing Jell-O with pudding mix and strawberries with pineapple. "I also often use banana cream flavored pudding for a whole tropical flavor," home cook connorsmom says. "Never lasts long at our house." 07 of 09 Cookies All Dressed View Recipe naples34102 This big-batch recipe packs in chopped pretzels, oats, crispy rice cereal, shredded coconut, chopped pecans, toffee bits, and chocolate chips. "The perfect combination of sweet and salty, chewy and crisp," home cook larkspur says. 08 of 09 Salted Caramel Pretzel Bark View Recipe leeanmac Homemade caramel sauce (just butter and sugar!) and melted chocolate chips combine to form a bark around mini pretzels. The most difficult part of this easy recipe has to be waiting two to three hours for the bark to harden in the fridge. 09 of 09 Pretzel Smoochies View Recipe sanzoe Topped with Hershey's Kisses and M&M's, these mini pretzels will be an instant hit for movie nights at home and beyond. "Make these for a game day party or any get-together, and you will be very popular," recipe submitter KTJ2268 says. More M&M's Desserts Dotted With Your Favorite Candy See our entire collection of Dessert Recipes. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit