These garlic ranch pretzels are one of my favorite seasoned pretzel recipes. They're made with simple ingredients like ranch seasoning, garlic powder, dill weed, and olive oil, and have a delicious flavor. You have to make this addicting snack for your next party or as school snacks for kids! And if they love this recipe, they'll love comeback crackers too!
I love making this garlic ranch pretzels recipe during football season as part of your game day spread, or really any time of year. They're one of those easy snacks you can put on repeat because you (and everyone else) will love them!
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Equipment
- Large baking sheet - a standard 15x10" or 17x11" baking sheet will be perfect. You want the pan to big enough to spread the pretzels out in an even layer!
- Large resealable plastic gallon size bag - I love using a big bag to toss all of the ingredients in, however a large bowl will work too!
- Medium bowl (optional) - if you want to whisk the oil and seasonings separately in a medium bowl before pouring over pretzels, you can do that. Or you can just combine everything in the plastic bag before adding the pretzels!
Ingredients for Garlic Ranch Pretzels
Full ingredients, measurements, and instructions can be found in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Sourdough pretzels - I like using the box of hard sourdough pretzels, however you can use your favorite bag of pretzels! If you can find pretzels made with wheat flour, those would be a great option too.
- Olive oil - olive oil will help the pretzels absorb all of the garlic ranch flavor.
- Ranch dressing mix - ranch mix gives these garlic ranch pretzels so much flavor! You can use more than one ranch packet for extra ranch flavor.
- Garlic powder - an obvious ingredient in this salty snack. You can use granulated garlic or garlic powder!
- Dill weed - dill compliments the ranch and garlic flavors so well to make these pretzels the perfect snack. I would use dill weed over fresh dill!
- Black pepper (optional) - if you want a subtle kick!
How to Make Garlic Ranch Seasoned Pretzels
1: Combine oil and seasonings in a liquid measuring cup or medium bowl.
2: Place pretzels in a large resealable gallon size bag and seal. Crush with a rolling pin or sturdy sauce pan.
3: Spread pretzels onto a large baking sheet in an even layer and drizzle the seasoning mixture over them. Toss until evenly coated.
4: Bake for an hour at 250 degrees Fahrenheit, tossing every 15-20 minutes. Let cool and enjoy!
Variations & Substitutions
- You can use melted butter, melted coconut oil, vegetable oil, popcorn oil, or canola oil in lieu of olive oil. I prefer olive oil because of the unsaturated fat content! Butter and coconut oil have a higher saturated fatty acid content than olive oil!
- Other flavor variations instead of garlic ranch:
- Cinnamon sugar - cinnamon sugar pretzels are extremely addicting and a great variation if you love sweeter pretzels!
- Lemon pepper - using lemon pepper will give a tangy flavor to pretzels
- Garlic salt - you can use garlic salt in lieu of garlic powder, but the end result may be a little saltier than normal
Pro Tips & Storing These Seasoned Pretzels
- Let the pretzels marinate in the seasoning oil mixture for longer than an hour or overnight to get extra flavor!
- These pretzels are perfect on their own but would also be great as croutons in a salad or as a soup topping, and on a charcuterie board! The smaller pieces are great breadcrumbs for breaded chicken too.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 7 days (if they can even last that long!).
Recipe FAQ
The hard sourdough pretzels work best and really absorb the flavor but the smaller pretzels should work too!
Absolutely! I'm a fan of making these the day beforehand and letting the pretzels sit in the seasoning and oil mixture, then baking the day of (although you can definitely bake them ahead of time as well!).
Yes, of course! Toss in a couple of teaspoons of red pepper flakes or cayenne pepper to give the pretzels a little heat.
These pretzels are perfect on their own but would also be great as croutons in a salad or as a soup topping! We've thought about grinding the pieces really small to make breadcrumbs for breaded chicken. They also go really well on a charcuterie board.
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PrintGarlic Ranch Pretzels
These garlic ranch pretzels are one of my favorite seasoned pretzel recipes. They're made with simple ingredients like ranch seasoning, garlic powder, dill weed, and olive oil, and have a delicious flavor. You have to make this addicting snack for your next party or as school snacks for kids! And if they love this recipe, they'll love comeback crackers too!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: 4 cups 1x
- Category: Appetizer, Snack
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1-16oz bag (453g) sourdough hard pretzels
- 1 cup (220g) olive oil
- ⅓ cup (43g) Ranch seasoning (~3 packets)
- 1 Tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dill weed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250° and line large baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Place pretzels into a resealable plastic bag. Gently smash a rolling pin or sturdy sauce pan into the bag to crush the pretzels until they're broken into small chunks.
- Pour onto baking sheet and set aside.
- In a liquid measuring cup, add olive oil and seasonings. Whisk until combined.
- Pour oil mixture over crushed pretzels.
- Bake for 30 minutes, toss, and then bake another 30 minutes.
- Let cool on baking sheet and enjoy!
Notes
- Let the pretzels marinate in the seasoning oil mixture for longer than an hour or overnight to get extra flavor!
- These pretzels are perfect on their own but would also be great as croutons in a salad or as a soup topping, and on a charcuterie board! The smaller pieces are great breadcrumbs for breaded chicken too.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 7 days (if they can even last that long!).
- You can use melted butter, melted coconut oil, vegetable oil, popcorn oil, or canola oil in lieu of olive oil. I prefer olive oil because of the unsaturated fat content! Butter and coconut oil have a higher saturated fatty acid content than olive oil!
- Other flavor variations instead of garlic ranch:
- Cinnamon sugar - cinnamon sugar pretzels are extremely addicting and a great variation if you love sweeter pretzels!
- Lemon pepper - using lemon pepper will give a tangy flavor to pretzels
- Garlic salt - you can use garlic salt in lieu of garlic powder, but the end result may be a little saltier than normal
Nutrition
- Serving Size: ¼ cup
- Calories: 229
- Sugar: 0
- Sodium: 590
- Fat: 14
- Saturated Fat: 2
- Unsaturated Fat: 12
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 24
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 3
- Cholesterol: 0
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