Halloween Pretzels: Salty pretzel rods are dipped in sweet, creamy chocolate and decorated to look like ghosts, mummies and spider webs! Get out those Halloween sprinkles and let’s make chocolate Halloween pretzels!
With Halloween just around the corner, we have been sharing Halloween ideas to make your holiday fun and festive! We think Dirt Cupcakes with Gummy Worms, Nutter Butters Mummies and Halloween Snack Mix are perfect for any Halloween bash!
Why you’ll love this recipe
Combine salty pretzels with sweet melted chocolate and you have a delicious, salty sweet Halloween snack! This should please all of the snack lovers in your household!
This is another super simple no-bake recipe. If you can dip, drizzle and sprinkle, then you can make this Halloween dessert!
If you need a sweet little Halloween gift or party favor, just pop these in cellophane pretzel treat bags and tie it closed with a ribbon. Done and done!
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Ingredients for this easy Halloween recipe
Hit the your local grocery store or craft store and pick up the ingredients to make adorable Halloween pretzels!
- 24 pretzel rods
- 6 ounces of white chocolate chips
- 6 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Halloween sprinkles, jimmies or nonpareils
- 1 package candy eyes
See the printable recipe card below for quantities, full instructions and notes.
Instructions
- Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, wax paper or silicone mats.
- Now, melt white chocolte and semi-sweet chocolate in two separate bowls in the microwave in 30-second intervals. Stir between each heating until the chocolate is smooth and creamy.
- Once the chocolate is smooth, transfer it into two medium/tall thin glasses to dip the pretzel rods in.
Let’s make ghost pretzels
- Dip a pretzel rod in the white chocolate, covering about 3/4 of the pretzel. Let the chocolate drip off and transfer the pretzel to the lined baking sheet.
- Next, place the sheet in the refrigerator or freezer so the chocolate sets. This should take about 15 minutes.
- Use a disposable piping bag fitted with a small tip to pipe on dark chocolate eyes and a rounded mouth.
To make Halloween sprinkle pretzels
- First, dip pretzel rods in semi-sweet chocolate, covering about 3/4 of the pretzel. Let the extra chocolate drip off and move the pretzel to the lined baking sheet. Cover with Halloween sprinkles, jimmies or nonpareils.
- Place the sheet in the refrigerator or freezer for about 15 minutes so the chocolate sets.
Make spider web pretzels
- Dip a pretzel rod in melted semi-sweet chocolate until 3/4 of the pretzel is covered. Allow excess chocolate to drip off and transfer to the lined baking sheet. Refrigerate to set, about 15 minutes.
- Next, use a disposable piping bag fitted with a small tip to drizzle melted white chocolate to look like a spider web. Return to the refrigerator or freezer to set.
- Finally, to make the spiders, pipe a large dot of semi-sweet chocolate on a pretzel rod. Use a toothpick to drag a small amount of chocolate out to make 8 legs. (See photo below.)
For the mummy pretzels
- Fill a disposable piping bag fitted with a small tip with melted white chocolate. Drizzle the chocolate back and forth over 3/4 of the pretzel rod to resemble mummy wrappings.
- Then, add two candy eyeballs towards the top of the pretzel rod. Refrigerate for about 15 minutes to allow the chocolate to set.
Mummies, ghosts and spiders, oh my!
Substitutions
Here are few ways to use the ingredients that you have on hand or can find in your area!
- Use candy melts, candy coatings or almond bark instead of the chocolate chips.
- If you can’t find pretzel rods or want smaller versions of these chocolate-dipped Halloween pretzels, use regular pretzel twists or mini pretzel rods.
- For a totally sweet version, use filled cookie sticks like Pirouette cookies instead of pretzels.
Variations
Here are a few fun ways to make even more Halloween pretzel sticks!
- Witch fingers – Use green candy melts to dip the prezel rods. Add a slice almond to the end of each pretzel rod for a fingernail.
- Werewolves – Dip each pretzel rod in melted milk chocolate, add two eyes and lots of chocolate jimmies for werewolf ‘fur’.
- Frankenstein Pretzels – Dip each pretzel in green candy melts, drizzle dark chocolate for hair at the top of each pretzel, add two candy eye balls and mini chocolate chips on the sides of the pretzel rods for his ‘bolts’
- Monster Pretzels – Use orange, blue or purple candy melts to dip the pretzel rods in. Add one large candy eye ball or multiple small candy eyes balls to make each little monster.
- Candy corn pretzels – Dip the pretzel rods in white chocolate. Drizzle stripes of yellow and orange melted chocolate to make the candy corn colors.
Storage
The best way to store these Halloween pretzel rods is in an airtight container at room temperature for up 2-3 weeks. You can freeze them for up to 6 months. If you store these in the freezer, the condensation may cause the candy eyes to smudge so thaw/handle them carefully to prevent the eyes from smudging or running.
Related Recipes
If you love fun Halloween treats like these, then you’ll also love these candy corn treats, this candy corn cake, these mummy rice krispy treats and mummy oreos!
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📖 Recipe
Halloween Pretzels
Ingredients
- 24 pretzel rods
- 6 oz White chocolate chips melted
- 6 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips melted
- Halloween sprinkles
- 1 package candy eyes
Instructions
- Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper, wax paper or silicone mats.
- Melt white chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate in two separate bowls in the microwave in 30 second intervals. Stir well between each heating until the chocolate is smooth and creamy.
- Transfer the chocolate into 2 medium-tall thin glasses to dip the prezel rods in.
Let's make ghost pretzels
- Dip a pretzel rod in the white chocolate, covering about 3/4 of the pretzel. Let the excess chocolate drip off and transfer the pretzel to the lined baking sheet.
- Place the sheet in the refrigerator or freezer so the chocolate sets. This should take about 15 minutes.
- Use a disposable piping bag fitted with a small tip to pipe on dark chocolate eyes and a rounded mouth.
To make Halloween sprinkle pretzels
- Dip pretzel rods in semi-sweet chocolate, covering about 3/4 off the pretzel. Let extra chocolate drip off and move the pretzel to the lined baking sheet. Cover with Halloween sprinkles, jimmies or nonpareils.
- Place the sheet in the refrigerator or freezer so the chocolate sets. This should take about 15 minutes.
Make spider web pretzels
- Dip a pretzel rod in melted semi-sweet chocolate until 3/4 of the pretzel is covered. Allow excess chocolate to drip off and transfer to the lined baking sheet. Refrigerate to set, about 15 minutes.
- Use a disposable piping bag fitted with a small tip to drizzle melted white chocolate to look like a spider web. Return to the refrigerator or freezer to set.
- Finally, to make the spiders, pipe a large dot of semi-sweet chocolate on the pretzel rod. Use a toothpick to drag out a small amount of the chocolate to make 8 legs.
For the mummy pretzels
- Fill a disposable piping bag fitted with a small tip with melted white chocolate. Drizzle the chocolate back and forth over 3/4 of the preztel rod to resemble mummy wrappings.
- Add two candy eyeballs towards the top of the pretzel rod. Refrigerate for about 15 minutes to allow the chocolate to set.
Notes
- If you don’t have disposable piping bags and tips, use a small ziploc bag and snip off a corner to pipe the melted chocolate.
- Instead of using melted chocolate for the mummy eyes and spiders, you can use food decorating gel or purchased decorator icing.
- Use regular pretzel twists or mini pretzel rods for smaller versions of these Halloween dipped pretzels.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
Michele says
These were easy to make and the kids had fun decorating them. Thank you for this cute recipe!
jess says
this is precious and the best thing for halloween parties! thank you for sharing
Kristen says
These were so cute, I just could not wait until Halloween to make them so I decided to go ahead and make some now. They were great and super simple to make.