Shamrock Pretzel Pops – Easy Treats For St. Patrick’s Day!

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These Shamrock Pretzel Pops are the perfect dessert for celebrating St. Patrick’s day! Green and delicious – a salty and sweet treat!

Shamrock Pretzel Pops decorated with green and white sprinkles on a table

Shamrock Pretzels

These Shamrock Pretzel Pops are the perfect treats to make for St. Patrick’s Day! They are a sweet and salty treat with a crunch that everyone will love! 

These green, candy coated pretzel pops are great because they are shareable and don’t make a mess. They are vegetarian, egg-free, and nut-free, so a fun idea for those classrooms that allow homemade treats if you are looking to send something to school with the kids. 

While these St. Patrick’s pretzels aren’t bite-sized, they are a light idea that won’t ruin anyone’s appetite. Plus, any no-bake desserts are a great way to make a bunch of goodies at once! 

Another great part about this festive St. Patrick’s Day treat is that the entire thing is edible. There is no lollipop stick to throw away – everything is made out of pretzel pieces with a green candy coating.

If you love how these shamrock pretzel treats taste, make them work for any holiday where you need a fun dessert! If you changed the colors of the candy melts you used, you could come up with red, white, and blue or other fun dessert favors for various other holidays!

A sweet and salty snack that is perfect for your St. Patrick’s Day party, you can also wrap them as holiday treats that you can pass out at school for the kids. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 

One Shamrock Pretzel Pop on a wooden table with a St. Patrick's Day placemat underneath

How To Make Shamrock Pretzel Pops

Shamrock Pretzel Pop Ingredients:

1 bag light green candy melts 12 oz
1 bag bright green candy melts 12 oz
45 mini pretzel twists
15 small pretzels sticks
Green and white sprinkles

Supplies Needed:

Parchment paper or wax paper
Small microwaveable bowl
Kitchen spoon

Pretzels, sprinkles, and melted green chocolate on top of a St. Patrick's Day placemat

Directions:

Step 1: Lay out a piece of parchment paper or wax paper on your counter or a baking sheet.

Step 2: In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine 1/2 cup light green and 1/2 cup bright green candy melts and heat for 3-4 minutes, stirring between 30 second intervals until melted.

Pretzels covered in green chocolate in a shamrock shape on parchment paperStep 3: Dip one of your small pretzel twists in your chocolate at a time and lay three in a group, with the bottoms touching each other in the shape of a shamrock.

Try to shake off any excess candy melt so that you have enough for all of your remaining mini pretzels. A small spoon can help if your candy melt texture is a little gloopy. 

Three shamrock pretzel treats drying on a piece of parchment paper next to a clear bowl of green melted candy meltsStep 4: Dip 3/4 of a pretzel stick into the melted chocolate and carefully press in between the three pretzels that are your shamrock shape.

A Shamrock Pretzel Candy drying on a piece of waxed paper on a wooden tableStep 5: Top each three leaf clover with sprinkles – from the top to the bottom of the shamrock stems – and let them set for about 30 minutes at room temperature.

If you need this special treat faster, place them on a sheet pan and put them in the freezer. 

This recipe will yield approximately 15 pops if you let the excess chocolate drip off each pop before placing each pretzel on the parchment paper. Enjoy!

Five Shamrock Pretzel Pops on a white table with a shamrock placemat

How Should I Store These Delicious Shamrock Pretzels?

Because they are coated in candy melts, you’re best off storing these pretzel shamrocks in a resealable bag in the refrigerator or an airtight container on the counter for a few days (provided it isn’t too warm in your house. You don’t want your little clovers to melt!). 

Five Shamrock Pretzel Pops on a white table

Can I Decorate These Shamrock Pretzel Treats With Sprinkles I Have At Home?

Yes! If you have white and green sprinkles or jimmies on the shelf, use them! You don’t need to make a special purchase for these sweet treats.

Use sprinkles, green sugar, mini green M&M’s, chocolate candies, shamrock shaped candy, or whatever else you have on hand if that’s what is easiest.

If worse comes to worst, you could even use Lucky Charms cereal for these festive treats. We all know what holiday they belong to!

A Shamrock Pretzel Pop on a shamrock placemat on a white table

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Yield: 15 Pretzel Pops

Shamrock Pretzel Pops

Shamrock Pretzel Pops

These Shamrock Pretzel Pops are the perfect dessert for celebrating St. Patrick's day! A delicious clover that everyone can eat!

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 4 minutes
Additional Time 30 minutes
Total Time 44 minutes

Ingredients

  • Light green candy melts bag 12 oz
  • Bright green candy melts bag 12 oz
  • 45 small pretzel twists
  • 15 small pretzels sticks
  • Green and white sprinkles

Instructions

  1. Lay out a piece of parchment paper. 
  2. In a small microwave safe bowl, combine 1/2 cup light green and 1/2 cup bright green candy melts and heat for 3-4 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted.
  3. Dip one pretzel twist in your chocolate at a time and lay three in a group with the bottoms touching each other in the shape of a shamrock.
  4. Dip 3/4 of a pretzel stick into the melted chocolate and carefully press in between the three pretzels.
  5. Top with sprinkles and leave them to set for about 30 minutes at room temperature.

Notes

This recipe will yield approximately 15 pops if you let the excess chocolate drip off each pop before placing each pretzel on the parchment paper.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

15

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 195Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 64mgCarbohydrates: 48gFiber: 0gSugar: 29gProtein: 0g

This calculation is intended for informational purposes only. I am not a doctor or dietitian. This calculator is a guide, but makes no guarantee of being exact or fully accurate.

Shamrock Pretzel Pops in two different photos

Two pictures of Shamrock Pretzels on a wooden table

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