Because so many of our desserts for the restaurants are plated and served by a surly kitchen of 99.9 percent men, we wanted to come up with a deep, malted, surly crunch. This pretzel crunch straddles the line between savory and sweet. Toss this into some Chex Mix on Super Bowl Sunday, or serve it solo in a bowl at your next cocktail party.
Ingredients
makes about 250 g (2 cups )
Step 1
1. Heat the oven to 275°F.
Step 2
2. Pour the pretzels in a medium bowl and crush them with your hands to one-quarter of their original size. Add the milk powder, malt powder, sugar, and salt and toss to mix. Add the butter and toss to coat. As you toss, the butter will act as glue, binding the dry ingredients to the pretzels and creating small clusters.
Step 3
3. Spread the clusters on a parchment- or Silpat-lined sheet pan and bake for 20 minutes, at which point they should look toasted, smell buttery, and crunch gently when cooled slightly and chewed.
Step 4
4. Cool the pretzel crunch completely before storing or using in a recipe. Stored in an airtight container at room temperature, the crunch will keep fresh for 1 week; in the fridge or freezer, it will keep for 1 month.
- In a pinch, substitute flour for malt powder, but part of the malty depth will be lost.
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Reviews (10)
Back to TopFor those who are looking for other uses -- we put it in chocolate chip cookies so my nephews (who have severe peanut allergies) can enjoy them with everyone else. Soooo good -- gives a nice crunch to satisfy the nut lovers but won't send any toddlers into anaphylactic shock.
Anonymous
Santa Cruz, CA
7/1/2016
What a simple and satisfying recipe. I made this with my 6 year old daughter. And it was a great end to the weekend. I think some of the "sweetness" confusion comes from the reference in the text of the recipe for adding salt; although there is none in the ingredients list. Before baking, I added about 1/2 tsp of Malden Salt, springled over the top. While cooling I added a handful of small chocolate chips.
stevensegalas
Hillsdale, NJ
10/4/2015
I made this for Super Bowl 49, and i just couldn't get the brown sugar to melt in. I eventually had to take it out of the oven as the bottom was getting too brown. It clumped nicely as it cooled, and I tossed in Reese's Pieces. So happy I made a bigger batch, used the entire 16 oz bag of pretzels. It was literally devoured. Definitely will make again. I think I will keep the pretzels a little bigger.
sweetiepetitti
Memphis, TN
2/2/2015
First, I loved this recipe and have made (double recipes of) it again and again. However, I don't think it's quite as described. The into says this recipe goes for "a deep, malted, surly crunch. This pretzel crunch straddles the line between savory and sweet." When made to the recipe, I found this was mostly sweet, and not very surly and savoury. I've experimented with doubling the pretzels but leaving the other ingredients exactly the same. I also plan on experimenting with doubling the pretzels and the malt powder, but leaving everything else the same. Regardless, great recipe!
bronwynmaye
Vancouver, BC
9/28/2014
warned-once你开始吃这个你不能停下来p. We call it snack crack, too. It's a must for Super Bowl.
cara_w
Seattle, WA
2/2/2014
This is an irresistible snack, and its really easy to make.
AlexaTru
Wisconsin
1/21/2014
OMG!!! We can't stop eating this. And it's so easy to make. I used Carnation Malted Milk powder and it worked amazingly well. Now, I'm trying to come up with more uses for it.
jodivanbreda
NYC
11/24/2013
Made this for the Superbowl and it was so good we called it "Snack Crack". Made a double batch of Pretzel Crunch and mixed with one bag of original Chex Mix and one bag of halved mini Reese's Pieces (they come already unwrapped). This will be our standard snack mix from now until forever.
Anonymous
Texas
2/5/2013
EXCELLENT! added some chopped up reese's peanut butter per the same recipe in food and wine (after the mix cools). next time, will probably add some salted nuts as well. recipe is a keeper!
patramis
1/28/2012
excellent! read the same recipe in food and wine - in which they added some reese's peanut butter cups cut up after mix cools. so good. next time will probably add some salted nuts to it as well. simple to make and a crowd pleaser.
Anonymous
1/28/2012
