A quick and easy Halloween Recipe your kids can help make. Sweet and salty Halloween choc covered pretzels designed to look like Halloween Mummies and Ghosts. Perfect on their own or use as cupcake decorations.
HALLOWEEN PRETZELS
This is a great Halloween recipe for busy Mums with not a lot of time, they can be made in just minutes. Great for cupcake decorations or just popping in your kids lunchboxes for a Halloween theme.
Great as something the kids can make themselves.
WHERE TO BUY EDIBLE EYE BALLS
I was able to buy the googly eyes from my local Coles in Australia, you can also get them from Amazon.
INGREDIENTS FOR HALLOWEEN PRETZELS
- PRETZELS – the smaller the better, they need to have small gaps so the eyes can sit in.
- WHITE CHOCOLATE – buttons are best as they melt evenly.
- COCONUT OIL – helps the chocolate melt more smoothly and makes it the perfect consistency for dipping. Don’t add too much or the chocolate won’t set as hard as the fat content has been increased.
- EDIBLE EYEBALLS – small or medium size work great.
STEP ONE
Place white chocolate buttons in a very dry microwave safe bowl.
STEP TWO
Melt the chocolate in 20 second intervals in the microwave stirring between each, stopping once just melted.
Or place over a saucepan with a small amount of boiling water and stir until just melted.
STEP THREE
Drop pretzels into melted chocolate.
STEP FOUR
Lift out with a fork and place onto baking paper.
STEP FIVE
Drizzle some with extra chocolate to look like Mummies, leave the ghosts plain.
STEP SIX
Add eyeballs to each before chocolate dries.
TIPS FOR MAKING HALLOWEEN PRETZELS
- Have a tray ready lined with baking paper.
- Melt chocolate in microwave with 1/2 teaspoon of coconut oil. Best on low power if possible and no longer than 20 second intervals between stirring. You want to stop just before all the buttons melt so you don’t push the chocolate too far, then it will harden on the bottom. The same if you are using the double boiler method with a saucepan, remove from heat before they all melt. The last 10% will melt from the heat of the chocolate.
- If the chocolate starts to harden while you are still making, place bowl back in the micorwave for 10 to 20 seconds to heat slightly, which will soften again.
- Press the eyeballs on straight away so they set in the chocolate.
HALLOWEEN PRETZELS
- Total Time: 3 minutes
- Yield: aprox 24 1x
Description
Halloween Choc Covered Pretzels
Ingredients
- 24 Mini Pretzels
- 375g White Chocolate Buttons
- 1/2 teaspoon Coconut Oil
- 24 edible Eyeballs
Instructions
Line a tray with baking paper.
Mix white chocolate with coconut oil then melt;
MICROWAVE:
Use 50% power and 20 second intervals stirring between each. Stop when 90% is melted then just stir until they all melt.
SAUCEPAN:
Place a bowl over a saucepan with about a centimetre of water. Make sure no water splashes into the chocolate and keep it at a gentle simmer, stirring until 90% of the buttons have melted. Remove from heat and continue stirring until all melted.
Add eyeballs to the ghosts.
To make the Mummies, use a fork to drizzle extra chocolate across the pretzel, then add the eyes.
Let set completely.
Notes
Make sure your bowl is completely dry, any water will seize the chocolate.
Don’t over melt the chocolate this will also cause it to seize.
- Prep Time: 1 minute
- Cook Time: 2 minutes
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