Target is one of my favorite stores to shop at. I buy food, cleaning supplies, toothpaste, etc. I’m also guilty of checking out all the clearance end caps and spending waaaay too much time wandering the aisles aimlessly. Last week my wandering paid off and led me to a wonderful discovery … pretzels on the cookie aisle! I suppose that’s not really weird, but I never would have found them … thank goodness for my wandering! These pretzels aren’t your everyday normal ones, they’re Tic Tac Toe Pretzels. However, my mind is in Valentine’s Day mode and it was obvious to me … Hugs and Kisses Pretzels!!! I knew immediately that they would come home with me and be used to create Hugs and Kisses Snack Mix … XOXO ♥
Those pretzels worked perfectly … just had to open the bag and add some other goodies!
Candies and yogurt covered raisins added the Valentine’s Day colors! The flavor combo of salty pretzels, raisins, almonds, dark chocolate and cherry was a winner!
Scoop some mix into a jar and add a Valentine card to make a cute little gift for someone! Make treats for the classroom by using cello bags and adding a printable tag … found some cute ones here.
This is what I used to make the snack mix …
To the best of my knowledge, Market Pantry is a Target brand and that is only place to buy these pretzels. If you know of any other sources … please share.
Hugs and Kisses Snack Mix
- 1 1/2 pounds of tic tack toe pretzels (about 12 cups or 1/2 of the 3 pound bag)
- 1 bag (12.6 ounces) m&m’s dark chocolate – Valentine colors
- 1 bag (9 ounces) Gimbal’s Cherry Lovers candy (heart-shaped)
- 6 ounces vanilla Yogurt covered raisins
- 1 1/2 cups almonds (I used roasted-unsalted)
Pour all ingredients except pretzels in a medium bowl and stir to combine. Use a very large bowl and layer pretzels, candy mix, pretzels, candy … repeat until everything is combined. Scoop into bowls, jars or bags and give to your Valentine ♥ Note: the candies have a tendency to sink to the bottom of the bowl, just give the snack mix a stir!
Since I only used half of the bag of pretzels … bet you can guess … I’ll be sharing more ideas using these pretzels soon! Come back and visit again 😉
P.S. There is still time to enter the Heart Pan Giveaway … be sure to check out the comments … you won’t believe what some people have done with cake pans!
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Those X & O pretzels are perfect for Valentines Day – thanks for the tip off on where to buy them. Target has stuff other stores just don’t carry so it’s one of the first places I stop when looking for the unusual. Now see that it’s their store brand – Market Pantry – ah ha.
World News said Target just closed all 133 (?) of their stores in Canada so we’ll keep our fingers crossed that they remain in the US.
Oh yes – I can imagine you’re going to come up with even more delish ideas for the Xs and Os.
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Thank you Tavette 😉 Target must remain in the U.S. … one of my “go-to” spots! Hope you don’t get tired of the XOXO pretzel projects 😉
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Perfect for Valentines day or even for one’s lover on his or her birthday .
What a cute little item to give to my 9 grandkids. That is providing all I don’t eat all the yogurt covered raisins before hand.
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Colleen … thank you for the birthday idea! Great gift for the grandkids … with or without the raisins 😉
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Love the X & O’s! They are perfect for this! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you Lisa … couldn’t resist them 🙂
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uhoh. looks like target is now on my to do list for those pretzels…what a cute mix you made! gosh darn i have soooo many bags of treats than i can count but those pretzels are calling my name! :>O
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Too funny Lisa 😉 Those sneaky little pretzels called my name, too! I will say that it’s one of my best purchases recently.
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