👻 Silly Monster Halloween Pretzels
Making funny monster Halloween Pretzels 👻🥨 is my new favorite thing! There are no rules...only candy melts, pretzel rods, and creativity! 🎃🎨
Equipment
- 1-4 small bowls
- 1-4 spoons or small spatulas
- baking sheet or tray
- wax paper or parchment paper
- 1-4 small Ziploc bag optional, to make a DIY piping bag
Instructions
- SETUP: Lay out 2 sheets of parchment or wax paper. Place one directly on your counter with a handful of pretzels rods on top; this is your decorating area. Place the second sheet on top of a tray, cutting board or baking sheet; this is for your finished, dipped pretzels.
- PREPARE THE CANDY MELTS: Pour a handful of white melting wafers into a small, microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 45 seconds, stir, and repeat once more. For a specific color, pour a couple drops of food coloring into your bowl, and stir. Make as many colors as you like!
- COAT PRETZELS: Dip a pretzel into the melted candy bowl to coat the tip. Then use a spoon to coat a pretzel with the melted candy. Lightly tap the dipped pretzel against the edge of the bowl to discard the excess. Leave the bottom 1/3 of the pretzel undecorated, so you have a place to hold the pretzel.
- ADD SPRINKLES: If you want to add sprinkles, do it while the pretzel coating is still wet. The sprinkles will stick directly to the dipped pretzel.Â
- LET PRETZELS DRY: Lay the coated pretzel(s) on your tray and put tray in fridge for 5 minutes to harden. Or just leave tray on the counter until pretzels seem dry.
- DRIZZLE! After your pretzel coating hardens, you can add a fun drizzle. Dip a spoon into some melted candy and hold it above the pretzel, moving the spoon side-to-side to drip down in whatever design you like.
- OTHER DECORATION IDEAS: You can make monsters by adding several different-color drizzles, lots of sprinkles, and/or candy eyeballs in funny places. Or make a mummy by coating a pretzel with white candy melt, let dry, do a white candy melt drizzle on top, and then attach 2 eyeballs 👀 near the top of the pretzel. OR make whatever spooky designs you like!
Notes
- If the wafers still haven't fully melted after microwaving for 2 rounds of 45 seconds, heat the bowl in 10 second increments and stir, until all wafers have melted.
- You don't have to refrigerate your dipped pretzels to harden the coating, but it does speed up the process. Just leaving them out on the counter to air-dry is fine.
- For a finer drizzle on the pretzels, make a DIY piping bag using a small Ziploc bag. Just cut a tiny hole in the bottom corner of the bag, add some melted candy wafers to the bag, and squeeze to drizzle.
- Remember that the candy melt acts like a glue. So, you can attach any fun, edible decorations to a wet pretzel.
- Start with 2 pieces of wax paper, but know you may need more, as this craft can get messy.