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Sweet & Salty Christmas Hug Cookies

By Susie Weinrich · Date Nov 28, 2022· 1 Comment · May contain affiliate links.

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Christmas Hug Cookies are delicious little one or two bite treats made with 3 simple ingredients – Hershey hugs, pretzels, and M&M’s! This is such an easy Holiday cookie that the kids can definitely get involved. It is the perfect sweet and salty, crunchy and creamy treat.

christmas hug cookies on a black slate background with holiday M&M's scattered

They make a great sweet for a Holiday cookie swap.

If you love this easy dessert recipe you will also love these Pretzel Turtles, another easy 3 ingredient recipe.

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1 Ingredients
2 How to Make Christmas Hug Cookies
3 Make Ahead
4 Free Gift Printable
5 More Christmas Treats
6 Did you make this recipe?
7 Christmas Hug Cookie

Ingredients

You only need 3 ingredients for this recipe:

  • Pretzels – grab any salty pretzel shape that you like. During the holidays you can even find snowflake shaped pretzels in some stores!
  • Hershey Hugs – the hugs are white chocolate and dark chocolate stripped kisses.
  • M&M’s – I like to grab the red and green holiday bags for this recipe.
a bowl of pretzels, Hershey hugs, and M&M's all labeled

You can snack on all the leftover ingredients. If you have a lot of pretzels you could make these yummy peanut butter pretzel chocolate chips cookies!

How to Make Christmas Hug Cookies

Star by preheating your oven to 200 degrees and prepping a baking sheet with parchment paper or a reusable silpat.

Lay the pretzels out so they are now overlapping.

Pop a Hershey Hug on top of each pretzel.

three images showing how to make Christmas Hug Cookies - pretzels, topped with hershey hugs, M&M's pressed into the top

Bake in the oven for 3-4 minutes, just until the hugs are shiny and soft, but NOT melting.

Grab the pan out of the oven and press an M&M in the top of each chocolate.

If the pan is cool enough pop it in the fridge for about 15-20 minutes to help the chocolate set.

Serve up your Christmas Hug Cookies! They go fast!

Make Ahead

You can make these about a week ahead during the busy holidays! Just keep them in the fridge in an airtight container until you are ready to eat them or give them as a treat.

Free Gift Printable

If you are giving these as an edible gift print this cute free gift tag to attach:

free red and white gift tag printable for Christams Hug Cookies

I recommend printing it on a card stock or firmer paper so you can cut them out and have them stand nicely on the package. Also, print in color : )

More Christmas Treats

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    Saltine Toffee (Christmas Crack!)
  • a Buckeye Ball with a bite taken out, showing the center
    Peanut Butter Buckeye Balls
  • a pile of brownie brittle pieces and a glass of milk
    Chocolate Brownie Brittle
  • peppermint bark oreos in a pile with a bite taken out of two cookies
    Homemade Peppermint Bark Oreos

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christmas hug cookies on a black slate background with holiday M&M's scattered

Christmas Hug Cookie

A Christmas Hug is a delicious little one or two bite "cookie" made with 3 simple ingredients – Hershey hugs, pretzels, and M&M's! This is such an easy Holiday treat that the kids can definitely get involved. It is the perfect sweet and salty, crunchy and creamy cookie.
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 4 minutes minutes
Total Time: 14 minutes minutes
Servings: 35 Cookies
Author: Susie Weinrich

Ingredients

  • 30 Pretzels - mini classic pretzel shape, or mini squares, snowflakes if you can find them!
  • 30 Hershey Hugs
  • 30 M&M's - holiday colors!

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 200° and line a baking sheet with parchment or reusable silpat.
  • Lay the pretzels out on the baking sheet so they are not overlapping.
  • Top each pretzel with an unwrapped Hershey Hug.
  • Bake for 3-4 minutes. They should just be shiny and soft, not melted.
  • Press 1 M&M into the top of each Hershey Hug.
  • Pop the whole tray into the fridge for about 15-20 mins to let the chocolate set.
  • Enjoy this sweet holiday treat! They go fast!

Recipe Tips and Notes:

Make Ahead
These can definitely be made a week ahead. Prepare completely and then pop in the fridge in an airtight container. 
Free Printable Gift Tag
Use this FREE PRINTABLE GIFT TAG if you are giving these as an edible gift!
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About Susie Weinrich

Susie Weinrich is the recipe developer, food photographer, and content creator behind Mom's Dinner. She has over 20 years experience in the food industry. Currently, Susie shares all her recipes and food knowledge on Mom's Dinner. You will find her recipes are easy to follow and full of tips and tricks to make sure the recipe you are making turns out perfect!

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  1. John says

    November 19, 2020 at 8:09 am

    5 stars
    These are hard to put down. The saltiness of the pretzel and the sweetness of the Hugs and M&Ms are perfect together!

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