The first time I saw this simple and delicious treat was at Christmas time years ago. My great friend Jacalyn always made them. Then I started seeing them for fall or halloween treats with candy corn instead of red and green M&Ms.
Well… I went to the store to make these for the fall… I got excited by the cooler weather and our trip to northern Wisconsin… but it seems I was a bit ahead of the game. The grocery store didn’t have any candy corn out yet!!! AHHHHHHHHH!
I was totally bummed, but then decided to try Reese’s Pieces instead. They’re already the perfect colors for fall, right?! And ya know what? Amazing. Way better than what I’d imagine they taste like with candy corn. I mean… you’ve got sweet and salty and you’ve got CHOCOLATE AND PEANUT BUTTER. FTW.
These are soooo easy to make, too. I made this batch in between cooking lunch for Ryan. The most time consuming part is unwrapping all the chocolates, so if you have kids that like to help–perfect!!
What you’ll need:
~bag of pretzels (I use the flat square-shaped ones)
~bag of Hershey’s Hugs
~bag of Reese’s Pieces
How to make them:
~Heat oven to 350 degrees
~Unwrap ALL the Hershey’s Hugs
~Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper
~Cover the cookie sheet with pretzels, place the unwrapped Hugs on top
~Put in the oven for 5 minutes, at most. I checked on mine after a few minutes… you’ll know they’re done because they’ll still have some shape to them, but they’ll look soft and shiny.
~Immediately place Reese’s Β Pieces on top of each one–I put two on some π
Let cool (if you can) and EAT! I’ll warn you that it’s really hard not to eat 20 at a time. ENJOY! π
YUM! I love sweet/salty combos and these look SO good!
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Mrs.C Reply:
September 18th, 2015 at 11:57 am
I make these all the time and my coworkers request them at christmas. I make them at christmas using christmas colored m&ms and the milk chocolate kisses. The Hugs do look better. They all taste the same. Change this up for each holiday. For valentines day use kisses with red m&ms or cinnamin hearts.
St Patricks day use only green M&Ms. Its a yummy treat that can be changed up by colors.
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Sweet and salty is the perfect combination! Great recipe π
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Nom. Nom. Looks great, and relatively easy to make.
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I made candy similar to this last christmas. I used rolo candies though, and nuts on the top. I used pretzels for some of the bottoms, and animal crackers for some. The rolos were tasty with the caramel, but those hugs look so pretty that I might have to use them next year.
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This sounds so good! Thanks for the easy recipe and idea. i’ll definitely be making it for this halloween. it’ll be my baby’s first halloween so we’ll be celebrating π
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Well that looks like an easy treat to make. I bet my kids would love these.
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how cute! and yummy
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Sounds delicious I Pinned this one for sure.
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Looks fun and yummy!
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These look so bad for you but oh so good. I love chocolate covered pretzels and the kids like Reese’s pieces. Sounds like a great treat for halloween or change it up and use M&M’s at christmas time.
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I made these and they did not harden, they stayed soft. I followed the directions to a t, and they came out soft after cooling. Why? What did I do wrong?
Thanx
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