Chocolate Covered Halloween Pretzels

❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe

What could be more spooky than a snack filled with ghosts, bats, and other tasty treats? These Halloween Bat & Ghost Pretzels are the perfect recipe to keep your kids satisfied.

• Delicious flavor combination! Salty pretzels combined with sweet, creamy chocolate. Yum!
• They’re easy to make! Just four ingredients.
• They’re as much fun to make as they are to eat.
• Kids love them! It’s amazing how a pair of candy eyes can make a simple treat so much more appealing to kids.

If you love Halloween recipes like this one look no further than this Fall Party Mix recipe.

🥘 Ingredients for Chocolate Halloween Pretzels

You only need a few simple ingredients to help you make this Halloween treat recipe. After one quick trip to the grocery store to grab these ingredients, you will be ready to make this festive treat. 

• Pretzels
• Black Candy Melts
• White Candy Melts
• 48 Candy Eyes 

🔀 Substitutions

Almond Bark: If you don’t have candy melts you can use almond bark. It melts easily and comes in both white and dark chocolate. 

Chocolate Chips: Instead of chocolate wafers, you can use dark and white chocolate chips instead. They will be thicker than melting chocolate though so be sure to add a little bit of vegetable or coconut oil (about 1 tablespoon for a 12 ounce bag).

Halloween Sprinkles: Of course, you don’t have to turn your pretzels into a bat, ghost or mummy to make them Halloween-themed. You can accomplish the same thing by covering them in Halloween sprinkles.

🌈 Variations / Options / Add-Ins

If you want to get really creative, you can add some other toppings to these pretzels. Some fun ideas include: 

Oreo Crumbs: Sprinkle some Oreo crumbs over the pretzel bats to make them look furry. 

Black Chocolate Sprinkles: These extra dark chocolate sprinkles also work great for giving the bats texture.

White Sparkling Sugar: Add some shimmer to your white ghost pretzels with white sparkling sugar. 

If you’re looking for less spooky chocolate pretzels for Halloween, check out these pumpkin pretzels instead.

🥄 Equipment Needed / Helpful Tools

You only need a few kitchen tools to help you make these Halloween chocolate coated pretzels. Gather these tools and get ready to make this crispy treat. 

• Baking sheet or cookie sheet
• Parchment paper or baking mat
• Small bowls
• Fork

🔪 How to Make Halloween Pretzels

Making these Halloween pretzels is simple. Just follow the easy instructions below and you will have a kid-friendly snack that is delicious, and perfect for class parties. 

Step 1: Prepare a baking sheet 

Cover a cutting board or cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.

Step 2: Melt the chocolate 

Place the colored chocolate or candy melts in a microwave-safe bowl (each color in a separate bowl) and heat for 20 seconds. Stir well and reheat as needed, until smooth and completely melted.

Step 3: Dip the pretzels

Use a spoon, fork or candy coating tool to individually dip each pretzel into the melted candy coating, making sure each pretzel is completely covered in chocolate. 

Step 4: Shake off the excess chocolate 

Let the excess chocolate drip back into the bowl before placing the pretzel on the prepared cutting board. Repeat with all pretzels.

Set the pretzels on a piece of wax paper, making sure they don’t touch one another.

Step 5: Add the eyes 

To make mummy or ghost pretzels, add candy eyes in the top two arches of the white chocolate dipped pretzels.

For the black candy-coated pretzels, place the two candy eyes at the base, rounded end, of the pretzel.

Step 6: Allow the chocolate to set

Let the dipped pretzels dry completely before serving or storing, about 30 minutes to one hour.

👩‍🍳 Pro Tips

Here are a few tips to help you make this Halloween snack recipe.

• If you want to make sure that your pretzels are coated evenly, try using a candy-coating tool. This will help you get an even coat of chocolate on each pretzel. 
• Be sure to let the candy coating dry completely before serving or storing these pretzels. Otherwise, the candy coating may become sticky.
• Make sure that you keep these pretzels away from heat sources like the stove because they may melt. 
• If you are adding sprinkles or other toppings to these bats and ghosts make sure to add them while the chocolate is still wet. 
• If you find that your candy melts start to thicken while you are working with them, pop them back into the microwave for 30 seconds to warm them back up. 

❓ Recipe FAQs

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