Chocolate-Covered Halloween Pretzel Rods (Easy Recipe!)
These Halloween Pretzel Rods are the cutest dessert you'll make all season! Easy, fun, and perfect for kids' parties! Ghosts, Witch's Fingers, Frankenstein, and Monsters await!
Servings: 30 pretzel rods
Calories: 149kcal
Ingredients
- 30 pretzel rods
- 30 oz chocolate candy melts (I used about 10 oz each of dark chocolate, white chocolate and green chocolate candy melts)
- 1 package Halloween sprinkles
- 40 candy eyes
- 10 slivered almonds
- 15-30 pieces candy corn
Instructions
- Prepare a large baking sheet by placing a sheet of wax paper over the top. This is where you will place your dipped pretzel rods.
- Make the Witch's Fingers and Frankenstein pretzel rods first. Melt the green chocolate in a small saucepan or in the microwave (follow the melting instructions).
- Place the melted chocolate into a tall cup, then dip each pretzel into the cup, allowing any excess chocolate to fall back into the cup.
- Place the chocolate-dipped pretzel rods on the wax paper.
- For the Witch's Fingers, place a single slivered almond onto the top to serve as the fingernail. For the Frankensteins, add black sprinkles to the top of the pretzels and then add the candy eyes.
- Next, make the Ghosts. Melt the white chocolate according to the packaging, then, following the instructions above, add it to a tall cup and dip your pretzels into the cup.
- Add the candy eyes to the Ghost pretzels and set aside.
- Finally, make your Monster pretzels. Melt the dark chocolate according to the package instructions, then add it to a tall cup and dip your remaining pretzel rods.
- Use your imagination to create Halloween Monster pretzels. Add sprinkles, extra candy eyes, candy corn, or other Halloween candies to the pretzels.
- Add the remaining melted dark chocolate to a piping bag and create mouths on the Frankensteins by adding a thin squiggly line. Create mouths on the Ghost pretzels by adding a simple oval or circle.
- Allow all the pretzels to set for 20-30 minutes at room temperature to harden. (Or place them in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes.)
Notes
- Use a tall cup to place the melted chocolate in and dip the pretzel rods in that for easy coverage.
- Place the dipped pretzel rods on wax paper when allowing to harden.
- Don't let the chocolate harden too quickly before decorating, or else your decorations won't stick.
- Get the chocolate to harden faster by placing the baking tray of chocolate-dipped Halloween pretzel rods in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
Calories: 149kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 14mg | Potassium: 86mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 0.003IU | Vitamin C: 0.02mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 0.1mg
