Garlic Ranch Pretzels

Quick, crunchy, garlicky. These ranch-seasoned pretzels come together in one bowl and about five minutes. Shake to coat, snack right away, or pop them in the oven for a few to make them extra crisp for later. If you love ranch flavor, this snack is for you!

 

Why We Love Garlic Ranch Pretzels

• Five Minutes, One Bowl – This is a five minute or less kind of recipe, but it keeps my kid from asking for the flavored chips. I can adjust it to my family’s tastes, and am not stuck with a half-eaten bag of snacks we don’t love.
• Sometimes Less Expensive Than Premade Snacks – In general a plain pack of pretzels can be found for less expensive than a flavored pack of pretzels or chips. Whether that means you get more pretzels per bag, or you customize the flavor to something you love, making a snack mix can certainly be frugal.
• Clean Out The Pantry – While I’ve made this with pretzels, you can really reinvent into a snack mix with some items that may be already sitting in your pantry.

Ingredients For Garlic Ranch Pretzels

• pretzels – I used small twists, see notes.
• dry ranch seasoning – can use a packet, or from a jar, you could also use a homemade ranch seasoning.
• garlic powder
• onion powder
• dill – dried
• oil – canola, olive or coconut oil, can also use melted butter

How To Make Garlic Ranch Pretzels

1. Place pretzels in a large bowl with a lid. Sprinkle ranch seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder and dill over the pretzels.
2. Cover the bowl and shake well until pretzels are coated. You can stir with a spatula, but I find shaking is quicker and the seasoning spreads more evenly.

3. Pour oil over pretzels. Cover and shake well again. Be sure to gently stir, scraping the seasonings from the bottom of the bowl. Serve and enjoy! I like to let them dry a little before serving, or bake them as I mention in the notes, but they can be enjoyed right away.

Garlic Ranch Pretzels Variation Ideas

Add Cereal – Chex cereal or other corn or wheat puffed cereal can be mixed into this either for half the pretzels, or all of the pretzels.

Try Crackers – Saltine crackers, Ritz crackers or any butter cracker can work in this recipe. I prefer to use a mini cracker like mini saltines, oyster cracker or mini ritz crackers for a snack mix when I can.

Add Nuts – Peanuts, pistachios, or cashews would all be delicious in this snack mix. Get creative with any nuts you have in the pantry.

Sprinkle In Powdered Cheese – Parmesan or even a powder cheddar cheese can be pretty delicious added to this mix. I’ve seen powdered cheddar and white cheddar cheese powder sometimes at bulk type stores, but even popcorn cheese (affiliated) can be used.

Play With Other Seasonings – Try other seasoning blends in place of ranch. While my family likes ranch, I myself like other seasoning! Try and Italian seasoning (pizza flavor, goes great with pepperoni pizza dip!), BBQ seasoning, chili lime (try these with guacamole or pico de gallo!), and everything bagel seasoning are all chef’s kiss delicious. Any seasoning you would enjoy on chips can also transform into a seasoned pretzel snack! I would also hold off on the other spices (garlic powder, onion powder and dill) until you taste your blend first as they may not be needed with other flavors.

Garlic Ranch Pretzel FAQ

How Long Will Garlic Ranch Pretzels Last?

Expect these garlic ranch pretzels will last for about a week if stored in a covered airtight container. If you choose to use butter instead of oil, you will need to either bake the pretzels as I mentioned in the notes below or store them in the refrigerator for longer term storage just for food safety’s sake.