More of our favorite Christmas candy recipes. Baking, making candy is one way we have always prepared ourselves for the Christmas holiday.

This recipe is a relatively new one, from just the past two or three Christmas seasons. Chocolate-Caramel-Pretzel Treats are easy and delicious, a combination of sweet and salty flavors.
<p style="text-align: left;">We like to use the Christmas-shapes pretzels, but any small pretzels would work. Start by turning your oven on to a "warm" setting. Then assemble the ingredients: pretzels, Hershey Kisses (we prefer the caramel ones), M&amp;Ms and pecans.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ChocCarmelPretzelingred.jpg"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-846" title="ChocCarmelPretzelingred" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ChocCarmelPretzelingred.jpg" alt="Christmas-shaped pretzels, caramel Kisses, red and green M&amp;Ms, and pecans" width="479" height="291" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Spread the pretzels out on a cookies sheet.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Unwrap the Hershey Kisses and place one Kiss on each pretzel.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kissesonpretzels.jpg"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-850" title="kissesonpretzels" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kissesonpretzels.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="535" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Slide the pan of pretzels/kisses into your warm oven. Set the timer for two minutes - just enough time to begin to melt the Kisses.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Pull the pan out of the oven and press either a red or green M&amp;M or a pecan half onto each kiss.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/MMpecans.jpg"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-851" title="MMpecans" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/MMpecans.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="360" /></a>We took this entire pan-full to church last night, for Trinity's Live Nativity (more on that as a family Christmas tradition in a later post). They were eaten immediately! They are a nice blend of salty and sweet, and very attractive, too.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Our friend Karen Tucker makes a variation of this treat, putting a second pretzel on top, and using milk chocolate Kisses.  You may make your own variation, using any of the many varieties of Hershey Kisses.</p>
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