Pretzel Bites with Cinnamon & Sugar are a dessert made with pizza dough, and are flash boiled, and baked. They are then brushed with butter and rolled with cinnamon and sugar. Served with homemade icing, they are a delicious sweet treat.
I don’t know about you, but whenever I pass the pretzel kiosks at the mall my mouth waters. The heavenly scents of butter, cinnamon, and sugar waft through the air, and I am automatically sucked in to buy a cup of cinnamon & Sugar pretzels.
Then, I get stuck having to buy the extra icing cup because who doesn’t want to dip their warm, sugary bites into a sticky, white pool of awesomeness?
Honestly, the thought to make Pretzel Bites with Cinnamon & Sugar at home never crossed my mind. I might have even thought pretzels were fried up until last month–oops!
It was only until my younger two children participated in summer cooking camp that I realized that pretzels were not fried.
My kids brought home the cook book of treats they made each day in camp and I was begged to recreate the Pretzel Bites recipe. Although the recipe was for traditional pretzel bites, I made them my own with the cinnamon, sugar, and icing.
Pretzel Bites Ingredients
Making pretzel bites at home takes a little bit of a time commitment, but the use of canned pizza dough really helps make the recipe a bit fool-proof. You know I love my crescent dough recipes like these Cream Cheese Danish, but I have never really dabbled much with canned pizza dough.
- 1 can of pizza dough- I used Pillsbury thin crust pizza dough and cut it into two strips.
- 1/2 cup baking soda
- 1 egg, beaten
- water
- butter
- cinnamon
- sugar
Pretzel Bites Icing Recipe
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 1 tablespoon of water – add in teaspoon increments if too thick.
How to Make Pretzel Bites with Pizza Dough
Start out by heating 3 quarts of water with the 1/2 cup of baking until boiling.
Unwrap pizza dough and stretch the dough out into two long strips.
Cut out nuggets size chunks of dough.
Add half the dough to the boiling water, and boil for 30 seconds.
Once first batch is done, remove using a slotted spoon and place them on a paper towel; repeat until all dough is flash boiled.
Dip each chunk into the egg wash and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Bake at 425 degrees fahrenheit for 14-15 minutes.
Whisk cinnamon and sugar together in a medium bowl.
Once bites are done in the oven, brush each warm piece of dough with butter, and coat with cinnamon and sugar.
To make icing, whisk ( with a fork) the powdered sugar and water. If it is to thin add a tablespoon more of sugar, and if it is too thick and a teaspoon more water.
Place them in a bowl and serve warm with icing.
More Canned Dough Recipes You’ll Love
- Pepperoni Cheese Bombs
- Apples & Brie Bombs
- Meatball and Cheese Bombs
- Garlic Bread Cheese Bombs
- Bacon Egg & Cheese Bombs
Pretzel Bites with Cinnamon & Sugar
Ingredients
- 11 oz pizza dough
- 1/2 cup baking soda
- 3 quarts water
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup white sugar
Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar add more if too thin
- 1 tbsp water add more if too thick
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degree fahrenheit.
- Add 3 quarts of water and baking soda to a medium stockpot and heat to a boil.
- Unwrap pizza dough and stretch the dough out into two long strips.
- Cut out nuggets size chunks of dough.
- Add half the dough to the boiling water, and boil for 30 seconds.
- Once first batch is done, remove using a slotted spoon and place them on a paper towel; repeat until all dough is flash boiled.
- Dip each chunk into the egg wash and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Bake at 425 degrees fahrenheit for 14-15 minutes.
- Whisk cinnamon and sugar together in a medium bowl.
- Once bites are done in the oven, brush each warm piece of dough with butter, and coat with cinnamon and sugar.
- To make icing, whisk ( with a fork) the powdered sugar and water. If it is to thin add a tablespoon more of sugar, and if it is too thick and a teaspoon more water.
- Place them in a bowl and serve warm with icing.
Hi, I always feel like all fresh pretzels kind of have this taste. You can reduce the baking soda by 50% which I have done and they still come out good, or try to scoop them up using a large slotted spoon faster. The long they sit, the more prevalent the taste will be.
Just made a batch, kids loved the process. But, you can really taste the baking soda in them. Have you experienced this?
These look so good I would tear them up. Not sure if I can make them though
I love the easy recipe! Would love to make these this weekend for a quick snack during a movie.
I have to try this recipe! My daughter is obsessed with pretzel bites.
We love Pretzels at our home! I can’t wait to make your recipe and surprise our son!
What a great snack! This is also a super easy recipe which will help me a lot! Making it next week for sure.
My mouth is already watering. I think this has a great amount of taste and flavor. Cinnamon is a game changer.
My kids LOVE pretzels of all kinds and this looks so easy! I’ve never made homemade pretzels or bites, but this would be a fun after school snack.
These look like the perfect bite-sized snacks. I can’t wait to make them this upcoming weekend.
I had no idea that Pilsbury made pretzel dough. This is very dangerous knowledge for me to have.
SO good! We buy a similar version at the mall but they are so dry. Making them at home would be so much better!
These look really good. I love how simple they look to make too. I’ll have to make some of these with my daughters. I bet we’re going to love them.
YUM! I am printing this out to make for the kids (and me) sometime this week. I bet they are SO good!
What a great combo! I’d love to make these for our movie night
They look so mouth watering! I want to try making them at home too. I am not really a good baker, but this recipe is easy enough to follow I think I will be successful this time.
The way to my heart is definitely through my stomach!!! These sound SO good.
This looks and sounds like a wonderful snack! And, it also appears to be an easy recipe, which is always a plus.
I love the smell of the pretzels at the mall but cant enjoy them due to my dairy allergy. I can make these with vegan butter and enjoy them.
Okay, this is dangerous information! LOL These look way too good for me to make them at home! So delicious!