These homemade pretzel wrapped hot dogs are a fun treat any time of year. Make your own dough or use frozen bread dough instead. Served up with a delicious homemade honey mustard sauce for dipping!
If you’re getting tired of the usual hot dogs, why not try a pretzel wrapped hot dog! Wieners are wrapped in an easy homemade dough, then boiled and baked up to delicious, salty goodness. And to finish it off, whip up an easy Honey Mustard Sauce for dipping. Delicious!
I used a homemade dough for my pretzel dogs, but you could easily skip the homemade dough and buy frozen bread dough instead. Simply thaw and roll it out per the instructions in the recipe and go from there. Don’t skip the boiling though. That’s what makes it “pretzel” :)
Ingredients and Substitutions
Wieners – use whatever wieners you enjoy!
Yeast – you can use either Active Dry Yeast or Instant yeast.
Recipe Tips
- When wrapping your pretzel dogs, you can either stretch and overlap as you wrap or wrap it with a bit of space in between. If you overlap, the wiener will cook inside, but not as be as well cooked as if you leave space between the dough. If you like a well-cooked wiener, leave some space. If you like lots of dough and don’t mind a just-cooked wiener, go with the overlap method.
- These pretzel dogs are best enjoyed when freshly baked. If you’d like to make a little ahead, after you boil them, allow them to cool a bit, then cover and refrigerate on the baking sheet, then bake when you’re ready to heat. You could probably do this a couple of hours ahead.
Get the Recipe: Pretzel Wrapped Hot Dogs
Ingredients
Honey Mustard Sauce (optional):
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
- 1 Tablespoon white vinegar
- Pinch cayenne pepper
Pretzel dough:
- 3/4 cups water, lukewarm (about 105F)
- 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry or instant yeast
- 1 teaspoon white granulated sugar
- 2 - 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon Kosher salt, less if using fine salt or salted butter
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
For filling:
- 8 regular wieners, or 5 extra long wieners
For boiling:
- 1/4 cup baking soda, for boiling rolls
For baking:
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten (for brushing rolls before baking)
- Pretzel, Course or Kosher salt (for sprinkling before baking)
Instructions
- For the Pretzel Rolls: In a large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment, add the water, yeast and sugar. Stir and let rest 5-10 minutes until foamy.
- Add 1 1/2 cups of the flour, the salt and the melted butter. Mix using the dough hook or a spoon until combined well. Add additional flour in 1/4 increments until you have a smooth dough that is moist but not sticky. Remove dough to a greased bowl. Cover with a plastic wrap and allow to rise in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled.
- Line 1 large sheet pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- Gently deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll in to a rectangle as wide in inches as the number of wieners you have (so 8-inches wide if using 8 regular wieners or 5-6 inches wide for long wieners) and two times as long as the length of your wieners. Using a sharp knife (or a pizza cutter!), working with the short edge, cut in to 1-inch strips.
- Take 1 wiener and wrap with a strip of dough, leaving a bit of the end of the wiener exposed. You can overlapping the dough slightly as your wrap if you like or leave space between. The wiener will cook more inside if you don't overlap, if you like a well cooked wiener or you will get just cooked and more dough if you overlap. Place on parchment lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining wieners. Cover and let rest for 15-20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 425° F. and place oven rack in the middle position.
- In a large stock pot or Dutch oven, bring 2 quarts of water to a boil. Slowly add the baking soda (*slowly, as it will bubble up a lot!).
- Place 2-3 of the pretzel rolls at a time into the water. Boil for 30-45 seconds and then carefully turn the roll over and boil for another 30-45 seconds. Remove with a slotted spoon to the same parchment lined baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining rolls. Once all rolls are boiled, using a pastry brush, brush each roll with the beaten egg, making sure to coat all sides completely and then sprinkle each roll with a little pretzel or coarse.salt.
- Bake in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes, rotating pan once half way through baking. Bake until deep golden brown. Enjoy warm, with honey mustard dipping sauce.
- For the honey mustard sauce: combine all ingredients in a small bowl and stir until smooth. Can be made ahead and refrigerated.
Notes
Hi! I’m Jennifer, a home cook schooled by trial and error and almost 40 years of getting dinner on the table! I love to share my favourite recipes, both old and new, together with lots of tips and tricks to hopefully help make your home cooking enjoyable, stress free, rewarding and of course, delicious!
I made these tonight. These were delicious! The recipe was easy to follow. I only had yellow mustard, not Dijon, but the sauce was still really good. I will definitely make these again! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed them, Niki :) Thanks!
I’m so down for these and I think I could cut them into bite-sized pieces to help entice my boys, which actually, they wouldn’t need much enticing. Who can say no to a pretzel dog?!? Love it!
Thanks so much, Cindy and yes, they are a delicious treat, for sure. Your boys would love them :)
Pretzel dogs are so good and I love that these are homemade!
Thanks Laura :)
Nothing like a good ol’ pretzel dog!! But really, there isn’t. These. Look. AMAZEE!
Thanks so much, Karly :)
I love pretzel dogs and have been wondering how to make the pretzel part. Will surely try this soon!
Thanks Trish and enjoy!
I’m a total closet hot dog lover, ~ corn dogs, pretzel dogs, even better! These looks perfect for fall!
Thanks Sue! I love them all ways :)
With football season about to begin, I’m thinking these will be a huge hit at our tailgates! My family will love them! So fun!
Thanks Annie and yes, great football watching food, for sure :)
I would eat the whole tray Jennifer! These look amazing! I’ve always been a hot dog lover. Need to try these for college football season!
Thanks Mary Ann and I have always loved a good hot dog, too :) These were yummy!
I’ve never been a big hot dog fan but I think you just changed my mind. These look fantastic!
Thanks Chris and yes, these can change minds, for sure :)
Yum! I am pretty sure you made these for Chris and I. Please don’t burst my bubble. Wieners wrapped in pretzel or pretzel stuffed with Wieners, these look so delicious!
Thanks Milena :) These are well worth the extra step of boiling. They were delicious and I loved them with the sauce. Great with a great beer, too!
It’s been forever since I’ve had a hot dog and now is an excuse to do so! What a yummy idea wrapping these in pretzel and dunking in honey mustard! I would definitely make up for not eating them in so long with these :) Pinned!! Have a great week, Jennifer!!
Thanks Dawn and yes, it’s a great way to enjoy a hot dog :)
I should know better than to visit you before I’ve had my breakfast! Absolutely drooling over these fun and gorgeous dogs. Love that sauce too – my family will flip for these! Great photos Jennifer
Thanks Tricia and I know what you mean. I’ve been oddly craving these at 8am this morning ;)
While I’m not a huge hot dog person, I do love a good corn dog, and I absolutely loooooove anything involving a pretzel! Aaaand, I’m seriously very tired of watching my husband shove the same boring ketchup and mustard topped hot dogs into his pie hole (legit, he eats them at least three times a week. Ugh). SO, I kinda feel like you made these pretzel dogs just for us, Jennifer! I mean, you did right? LOL. These are beyond fabulous!! Can’t wait to make them! Pinned!!
Lol! Yes, these are absolutely for you and your husband. He would love them :)