Looking for a fun and easy Halloween treat? These spooky Halloween chocolate covered pretzels are perfect for parties, trick-or-treat bags, or a festive snack at home.
With just a few ingredients, you can turn simple pretzel into a crowd-pleasing sweet-and-salty treat that both kids and adults will love. Dip the pretzels in melted chocolate, then decorate with candy eyes, spooky sprinkles, or drizzle colored white chocolate to give them a fun Halloween twist. Best of all, they take just minutes to make, but they look and taste like you’ve spent all day creating them!
These Halloween chocolate covered pretzels are fun and spooky chocolate and so easy to make. Topped with sprinkles, colorful sugar, candy eyes and more they are a perfect treat for Halloween. Here’s what you’ll need to make these treats.
Chocolate Covered Pretzel Ingredients
Pretzels – use mini pretzels to make these as bite sized treats.
Candy Coating, Candy Melts or Candy Wafers – these easy to melt discs of chocolate or white chocolate can be used as they are or colored with candy coloring. You can find them in your local craft store as well as Walmart. You’ll want white candy melts since it can be colored to make a variety of Halloween pretzel monsters.
Chocolate Chips – you’ll use the melted chocolate chips to create your owl pretzels. You can also use Dark Chocolate, Chocolate candy melts instead.
Chocolate Food Coloring – be sure to look for food coloring made for chocolate. Some food colorings are water based and the addition of water will cause the chocolate to harden. Food coloring made for chocolate will prevent that from happening. You’ll need orange and purple food coloring.
Candy – you’ll want to use a variety of candy and toppings to decorate your Halloween monster pretzels. These include candy eyes, Skittles and festive sprinkles.
Colored Sugar – look for coarse colored sugar, often called sanding sugar, in the bakery department. Look for white or a colored sugar to match the Halloween themed pretzels. Orange for pumpkins, purple for monsters, white for ghosts and gold for the owls.
How to make Halloween Chocolate Covered Pretzels
Wrap a cutting board or baking sheet with plastic wrap or use parchment paper to make removing the chocolate dipped pretzels easier.
Prep the ingredients:
Cut the Skittles in half and set aside.
Melt the white candy melts according to the instructions on the package. If you find that the melted candy isn’t thin and easy to dip your pretzels try adding in a teaspoon of coconut oil to help improve the consistency.
Melt the chocolate chips by placing them in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at 50% for 30 seconds. Stir the chocolate chips. Continue to microwave at 50% for 15 to 30 second intervals until the chocolate is melted and smooth.
To make Pretzel Ghosts:
Dip the pretzels one by one in the white chocolate allowing the excess chocolate to drip off back into the bowl.
Place the dipped pretzels on the prepared board and decorate with candy eyes.
Place the pretzels into the refrigerator to allow the chocolate to harden. Once hard, remove from the board or baking sheet and enjoy!
To make Pretzel Owls:
Dip the pretzels one by one in melted chocolate chips allowing the excess chocolate to drip off back into the bowl.
Place the dipped pretzels on the prepared board and decorate with candy eyes. Press a half of a Skittle between the eyes to create a nose. You can swap out the Skittles for a slivered almond to use in place for a nose.
Place the pretzels into the refrigerator to allow the chocolate to harden. Once hard, remove from the board or baking sheet and enjoy!
To make Pumpkin Pretzels:
Start by coloring the white melted chocolate. Add 2 drops of orange dye to the melted white chocolate and stir the mixture.
Dip the pretzel, place on a prepared board and before the chocolate cools, place a round green candy on the pretzel to be the pumpkin stem. If you find green sprinkles that are shaped like a leaf you can use those.
Sprinkle each pretzel with orange or white sanding sugar.
Place the pretzels into the refrigerator to allow the chocolate to harden. Once hard, remove from the board or baking sheet and enjoy!
To make Monster Pretzels:
Start by coloring the white melted chocolate. Add 2 drops of purple dye to the melted white chocolate and stir the mixture.
Dip the pretzel, place on a prepared board and before the chocolate cools a one eye, two eyes or even three eyes on your Monster pretzel.
Sprinkle each pretzel with some colored sprinkles.
Place the pretzels into the refrigerator to allow the chocolate to harden. Once hard, remove from the board or baking sheet and enjoy!
Create Green Monsters: use green dye in place of purple to make green chocolate or swap out the white chocolate for green candy melts. Add candy eyes and sprinkle with green sugar or some colored sprinkles.
Create Mummy Pretzels: follow the directions to make ghost pretzels. Add eyes and cool the pretzels until the chocolate has hardened. Remove from the refrigerator and drizzle white chocolate over the pretzels, avoiding getting it on the eyes, to create bandages.
To serve these Halloween Pretzels:
Transfer the finished pretzels to a serving plate for your Halloween party, add to a Halloween snack board, include them in Halloween snack bags or just grab a handful to snack on as an easy treat.
To store leftover Chocolate Covered Pretzels:
Place any leftover chocolate covered pretzels into an airtight container and store at room temperature.
Try these other Halloween Treats:
Halloween Charcuterie Board Ideas
Pumpkin Frosting Dessert Board
Skull Frosting Charcuterie Board
Leftover Halloween Candy Cookies
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Halloween chocolate covered pretzels
Equipment
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
Ingredients
- 2 cups Mini Pretzels
- 1 cup white chocolate melts melted
- 1/3 cup semi sweet chocolate chips melted
- 2 tablespoons Holiday Colored Sprinkles
- candy eyes
- 1 tablespoon Colored Sugar
- 10 Skittles
- Orange Dye
- Purple Dye
Instructions
- Wrap a cutting board or baking sheet with plastic wrap or use parchment paper to make removing the chocolate dipped pretzels easier.
- Melt the white candy melts according to the instructions on the package. If you find that the melted candy isn’t thin and easy to dip your pretzels try adding in a teaspoon of coconut oil to help improve the consistency.
To make pretzel Ghosts:
- Dip the pretzels one by one in the white chocolate allowing the excess chocolate to drip off back into the bowl. Place the dipped pretzels on the prepared board and decorate with candy eyes. Place the pretzels into the refrigerator to allow the chocolate to harden.
To make pretzel Owls:
- Dip the pretzels one by one in melted chocolate chips allowing the excess chocolate to drip off back into the bowl. Place the dipped pretzels on the prepared board and decorate with candy eyes. Press a half of a Skittle between the eyes to create a nose. Place the pretzels into the refrigerator to allow the chocolate to harden.
To make pretzel Pumpkins:
- Color the white melted chocolate by adding 2 drops of orange dye to the melted white chocolate and stirring well. Dip the pretzel, place on a prepared board and before the chocolate cools, place a round green candy on the pretzel to be the pumpkin stem. If you find green sprinkles that are shaped like a leaf you can use those. Sprinkle each pretzel with orange or white sanding sugar. Place the pretzels into the refrigerator to allow the chocolate to harden.
To make pretzel Monsters:
- Start by coloring the white melted chocolate. Add 2 drops of purple dye to the melted white chocolate and stir the mixture. Dip the pretzel, place on a prepared board and before the chocolate cools a one eye, two eyes or even three eyes on your Monster pretzel. Sprinkle each pretzel with some colored sprinkles. Place the pretzels into the refrigerator to allow the chocolate to harden.
Nutrition
You might also enjoy some of these recipes with your Halloween treats:
Easy Pumpkin Chili – the pumpkin gives this traditional chili an amazing texture. Perfect for adding extra nutrition. No one will even know its in there!
Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte – save yourself a bundle of cash and make your own pumpkin spice latte during Halloween or any time of the year with this recipe.
Crockpot Ravioli Lasagna – If you love lasagna but hate how much time it takes to make it, then you will want to try this easy crock pot ravioli lasagna recipe. It’s so amazingly good!
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