Halloween Pretzels: Easy Halloween Treats For Kids!
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If you’re looking for fun Halloween treats to make with your kids, these Halloween Pretzels are perfect! This easy treat comes together fast and the best part? It won’t keep you in the kitchen all day!
These spooky Halloween pretzels are simple, delicious, and so much fun to make! The little kids will love helping out and designing their own treats!
With just a few ingredients, these candy-coated pretzel rods come together quickly and are a hit at any Halloween party—whether at home or school.
Skip the complicated desserts and enjoy these easy, kid-approved treats! They’re sure to become your favorite treat this spooky season!
Why You’ll Love These Halloween Pretzels
- Super fun children’s Halloween snack and a blast for them to decorate their own!
- Fast, festive treats using very little ingredients.
- Salty pretzels and sweet chocolate are the perfect combination of flavors.
- A safe Halloween party snack to bring to school for a class party (just make sure to read the labels and get nut-free ingredients).
- Perfect for Halloween party snacks for kids (and adults)!
Ingredients for Halloween Pretzel Treats
You only need a few simple ingredients to make the delicious Halloween chocolate covered pretzels that are as fun to make as they are to eat.
Various Colored Candy Melts or White Chocolate Chips – Candy melts can be found at the craft store or sometimes in the grocery store in the baking section.
Pretzel Rods – A 12 ounce bag of Snyder’s Pretzel Rods (or other brand) will give you about 30 good halloween pretzels.
Assorted Halloween Sprinkles and Candy – This is for decorating! You can use candy corn, Halloween M&Ms, spooky sprinkles, and any other decorations that fit the Halloween theme! The sky is the limit for this spooky treat!
Step by Step Instructions
Follow these simple step by step instructions for one of the easiest Halloween snacks you’ll ever make.
Step 1
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or wax paper and set aside.
Step 2
Melt your chocolate and/or candy pieces
Microwave Method: In a heat proof, microwave-safe bowl or measuring cup, microwave the chocolate melts for 1 minute and give a stir. Continue to melt in 15 seconds bursts , stirring until completely melted and smooth.
Double Boiler Method: Candy melts and white chocolate chips can be placed in a heatproof bowl set over a small saucepan of barely simmering water. Stir until melted.
Hint: If microwaving white chocolate chips, melt for about 45 seconds at first. Stir and keep heating in 15-second bursts until the chips are melted and smooth.
Step 3
Once the chocolate is melted, spoon the coating over the pretzel rods, covering about 3/4 of the pretzel. Leave the bottom uncoated so they can be held easily.
Step 4
Shake off excess chocolate or candy coating back into the dish. The coating on the pretzel stick should be even and smooth.
Set the coated pretzel on the parchment paper lined sheet pan and continue coating the pretzel rods until you run out of chocolate.
Tip: if the chocolate starts to become too set to dip the pretzels, microwave for another 15 seconds until melted.
Step 5
While the coated pretzels are still wet, add the sprinkles and decorations.
Step 6
Once decorated, let the candy coating harden on the prepared baking sheet for about 15-20 minutes at room temperature, or pop the pretzels in the fridge to set in half the time.
Serve and enjoy!
Topping Options for Halloween Pretzels
The sky’s the limit for how to top or decorate these chocolate-dipped pretzels! Add colored sugar, chopped Halloween candy, Halloween themed sprinkles, candy eyes, chopped candy corn, or even marshmallow spider webs. Check out my Halloween Spider Cake for easy instructions on how to do that last one.
Substitution Options
- Use gluten-free pretzel rods for an easy gluten-free treat.
- Use milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, or colored chocolate pieces
- White chocolate or almond bark can be colored with oil-based candy food coloring if you don’t want to use candy melts!
- Use dairy free chocolate pieces if you have a dairy allergy or avoid it.
Variations
For Witch Finger Pretzels: Dip your pretzel rod in green candy melts, and add a sliced almond at the tip for a fingernail. You can use chocolate jimmies or black candy melts to make wrinkles or the “knuckles” on the pretzel finger.
For Halloween Pretzel Mummies: Dip your pretzel rod in white chocolate or white candy melts. Add two candy eyeballs and add a mini chocolate chip or dot of black candy melts below the eyes to make a mouth. After making the mummy’s face, drizzle white chocolate back and forth across the head and “body” of the chocolate covered pretzels for the bandages
Tips & Tricks
I like making Halloween snacks for kids super simple, but these few little tips and tricks make life even easier!
- Add the decorations while the candy coating is still tacky, that way they’ll stick easily!
- Don’t dip the whole pretzel. You need to leave some space for the pretzel to be held.
- Shaking off the excess candy coating gives the pretzels a smooth finish and allows you to coat more pretzel rods!
How to Serve Halloween Candy Pretzels
Serve these festive Halloween party snacks as part of a charBOOturie board with other fun Halloween candies and treats. Here are my favorites:
- Cookies and Cream Muddy Buddies
- Pumpkin Hand Pies
- Candied Maple Walnuts
- Pumpkin Whoopie Pies or Classic Chocolate Whoopie Pies
- Chocolate Graveyard Brownies
How to Store Extra Halloween Pretzel Rods
Store extra Halloween dipped pretzels in an airtight container at room temperature or in the fridge for up to a week!
More Halloween Snacks For A Party
These are some of my favorite Children’s Halloween Snacks to have at any party!
Check out my complete list of kids Halloween snacks and tips for stress-free cooking with kids!
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Halloween Pretzel Rods
Ingredients
- 8 ounces 1 1/2 cup of various colored candy melts or white chocolate chips
- 16 pretzel rods
- Assorted Halloween sprinkles and candy for decorating candy corn, Halloween candy, candy eyeballs.
Instructions
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Melt the white chocolate chips or colored candy melts
- Microwave Method: In a heat proof, microwave safe dish (I use a pyrex measuring cup) microwave the melts for 1 minute and give a stir. Continue to melt in 15 seconds bursts , stirring until completely melted and smooth. Tip: If using white chocolate chips, melt for about 45 seconds at first and keep heating in 15 second bursts until melted and stirred smooth.
- Double Boiler Method: Candy melts and white chocolate chips can be placed in a heatproof bowl set over barely simmering water. Stir until melted.
- Once the chocolate is melted, Spoon the coating over the pretzel rods, covering about 3/4 of the pretzel.
- Lightly shake off excess chocolate or candy coating back into the dish. The coating on the pretzel rod should be even and smooth.
- Set the coated pretzel on the parchment paper lined sheet pan and continue coating the pretzel rods until you run out of chocolate.
- While the chocolate or candy coating is still wet, add sprinkles and decorations.
- Once decorated, let the candy coating harden for about 15-20 minutes at room temperature, or pop the pretzels in the fridge to set in half the time.
- Serve and enjoy! Store any leftovers in an airtight container for up to 10 days.
Notes
- This is the amount needed to make sixteen Halloween Dipped Pretzels. This formula can easily be doubled or adjusted to fit your needs!
- 4 ounces of candy melts will cover 8 pretzels. This means you can choose an assortment of different colors to dip your pretzel rods. A 12 ounce bag of pretzel rods will give you about 30 (non broken) pretzel sticks.
- If the chocolate starts to become too set to dip the pretzels, microwave for another 15 seconds until melted.
