Marshmallow creme is basically the generic way of saying Marshmallow Fluff (which is a brand name). They’re made by a little bit of a different process, but the result is very similar. So, if you want to save a little bit of money, just buy the generic instead of the brand name product.

Marshmallow creme can be really sticky when you’re using it in a recipe. But, in this case, you’re not actually touching it (or, at least, you shouldn’t be).

You’re just putting the marshmallow creme on a knife, then using that knife to spread it over the pretzel. Since the pretzel is warm, it may try to slide a little if you put on too much at once. Just grab it with the knife and move it back to the top of the pretzel.

When you do that, you may notice the marshmallow creme isn’t smooth anymore, but just give it a couple seconds and it will smooth itself out.

You can make these soft pretzel s’mores a few minutes to an hour ahead of time, but we don’t recommend letting them sit any longer than that.

You definitely can’t leave them overnight, even in an airtight container.

Actually, that’s a weird phenomenon. I tried that, just to answer this question. The marshmallow creme basically melts away. It falls completely off the pretzel onto the bottom of the container. But, the weird part is that it doesn’t take any of the drizzled chocolate or graham cracker. Those stay exactly where they originally were, so it looks like the marshmallow creme just … evaporated into thin air.

It doesn’t, of course, because you can see its sticky remains below the pretzel. But. Still. It’s wild.

I love using chocolate or vanilla almond bark rather than milk or white chocolate chip, respectively. It just melts a lot easier than chocolate chips do. And it burns less easily, so it’s just easier to work with.

Plus, it tastes just like melted chocolate, so you really don’t notice a difference.

If you wanted to use chocolate chips, by all means, go ahead. Just be really careful that you don’t burn them while you’re melting them.

If you have a piping bag, you can use that to pipe the melted chocolate on top of the marshmallow creme. But, personally, I think a plastic bag works better in this recipe. You’re only using a small amount of melted chocolate almond bark, so it’s easy enough to just use a plastic bag.

You can skip the bag all together and use a fork to drizzle the chocolate on top, but taking the extra time to hand pipe it just makes the pretzel so much prettier. And if you’re like me and you really care about presentation when you’re making a recipe, then piping is the way to go.