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As much as I love to bake, I don’t generally make nine thousand different types of Christmas cookies. I’m actually pretty boring when it comes to Christmas cookies. I make my mama’s super delicious butter cookies, some peanut butter blossoms, and I always, always, always make buttons. Buttons really aren’t cookies though, and, actually, I don’t personally make them. I recruit my kids for that.
Buttons are the simplest treats you can make, they take minutes to prepare and bake, and then you just have to wait for the chocolate to harden up. My four year old and nine year old can do these completely by themselves. Best of all, people just gobble these up!
All you need are round pretzels, also called pretzel rings, Hershey kisses, and m&m’s.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spread the pretzel rings out in a single layer. Plop a Hershey’s kiss in the center of each pretzel and bake at 200 degrees for about 5 minutes. The kisses hold their shape, so don’t wait for them to melt or you’ll burn your chocolate! Remove from the oven and smoosh an m&m right down on top of the Hershey’s kiss. Let them cool long enough for the Hershey’s kiss to harden back up and then go ahead and devour all of them.
Go make these. Your holiday just isn’t complete without them!
I’ll be back later in the week to share the recipe for those scrumptious little chocolate cookies covered in powdered sugar “snow” that you see in the above photo!
Buttons
Ingredients
- 40 pretzel rings
- 40 Hershey's Kisses
- 40 M&M’s
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Lay all the pretzel rings out and place a chocolate candy in the center of each ring.
- Bake for 3-4 minutes or until the chocolate is shiny and wet looking.
- Remove from the oven and immediately press an M&M into the top of the chocolate and smoosh it down so that the chocolate fills the center of the pretzel.
- Cool completely before removing from the pan.
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Updated to add: A lot of people have emailed me to say that they are having a difficult time finding the pretzel rings. I always buy the Kitchen Cooked brand, but even then I can only find them for a few weeks around Christmas. If you can’t find the rings, just buy the little square grid shaped pretzels (I think they are made by Snyder’s) and put the kiss right on top of the pretzel. They won’t look like buttons, but they are just as cute and yummy!
CherylK says
I’ve never heard of these, believe it or not, but they look awesome and I do believe I’ll add them to the list of things to do when my 3 year old twin grandkids come. They love baking with me and this will be less messy than most of our projects – ha! Plus yummy…thanks!
Alison says
Totally going to make these! And the “chocolate crinkle cookies” (thats what we call them) are my all time favorite christmas cookies. Yum.
God, I need to stop eating so many cookies. We haven’t even hit Christmas…and then there is New Years. Shit.
Barbara says
What a fun project for the kids! And so colorful as well as delicious. Super idea!
rachel-asouthernfairytale says
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I do these with mini pretzels, peanut butter cups and walnuts ๐
Phoebe says
This is great! Love it!
Jill says
I just thought of something else awesome about this recipe. You can use it for every holiday — just change up with the Easter, Valentine’s Day, etc. M&Ms.
Swee says
Oh this is the 2nd time I’m seeing Holiday M&M’s that’s just green and red in colour!! I wished there are some in Malaysia..
amy2boys says
I am so making these with my kids! Thanks!
Michelle says
These add a cute and festive crunch to your cookie trays!
grace says
what a cute idea, and you executed it really nicely! i love treats that’re so festive yet easy and completely delicious. bravo.
natalie says
yum! i’m going to make these for christmas this year! i’ve tried the pretzel squares with rolos on top that are yummy too!
Laurie says
ok the way I see it.. 8 hrs to eat all the delicious recipes you share and 16 hrs at the gym… or.. wait 16 hrs to eat and 8 hrs to sleep..
phew~~ scared myself for a minute..
Merry Christmas Karly
MamaBug says
Ooh! Nice, fancy new blog graphics!
I will try these with the boys next week and I’ll try with the striped peppermint kisses, too. Yummmm.
Thanks for sharing. Hope you have a super Christmas!
Shannon says
Ok, you really need to stop posting so many yummy Christmas things!!! I actually have a roster of yummy Christmas things that I traditionally bake but I’ve been trying out a bunch of the stuff you have posted and really, I’m just going to get colossally fat this xmas!
Alanna says
I always make these, but I love to make them with hugs instead of kisses – it gives them the cutest stripes ๐