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These Halloween Pretzels, shaped like spiders, come together with just four ingredients for a sweet-and-salty treat that’s perfect for the spooky season! Prep them ahead of time for parties, lunch boxes, or afternoon snacks.
Whether it’s spooky snacks or spooky strawberries, spider-themed foods are always a hit with my kids for Halloween. So, naturally, these pretzel spiders were an instant favorite, too.
Foolproof to prepare, they’re a fun way to get little ones in the kitchen and can easily be customized with different chocolates and toppings. I like to set out all the ingredients and let everyone build their own treats. No matter how you make them, you really can’t go wrong.
Halloween Pretzels Ingredients
- Dark chocolate: I use a 55% baking dark chocolate, but you can use any you prefer.
- Pretzel sticks: Both rods or sticks will work.
- Candy eyes and sprinkles: Candy eyes are available in large supermarkets or online. Use large or small eyes, or combine them for even more fun.
How to Make Halloween Pretzels
- Arrange the pretzel stick on a piece of parchment. Pipe the chocolate spider on top using a piping tool or bag.
- Spread out the chocolate into an oval-shape with a toothpick.
- Top with candy eyes.
- Add the eight chocolate legs, pipe the chocolate v-shape on top of the eyes, and add rod sprinkles for fangs.
Tips for Success
- Pipe the spiders on parchment paper or wax paper for easy removal after setting.
- If your chocolate is thick, add a small teaspoon of neutral coconut oil for a better consistency for piping.
- Pipe chocolate on top of the candy eyes in a V-shape for that mean look.
Possible Variations
- Chocolate: Use milk or white chocolate. Even flavored chocolates will be delicious.
- Pretzel sticks: Lolly sticks, Mikado sticks, or skewers.
- Candy eyes: You can make these yourself with white and dark chocolate, or try round sprinkles.
- Sprinkles: Use a variety of sprinkles to make different expressions. You can even use flaked almonds, pine nuts, chia seeds, or pumpkin seeds.
- Add-ins: Add a spoonful of peanut butter and top with chocolate so the spider will set properly. Or add Halloween sprinkles for a fun touch!
- Shape: Instead of a spider, shape a ghost, pumpkin, or mummy.
Recipe Tip
You can make each spider look different, by piping chocolate eyebrows, using curved sprinkles for smiles, and pink disc sprinkles for rosy cheeks.
How to Store Leftovers
Keep leftover spiders in an airtight container at room temperature unless it’s very hot in your kitchen. In that case, stick them in the fridge so the chocolate won’t melt.
FAQs
Enjoy them with in 4 days.
Yes. They make a delicious treat straight from the freezer.
Kids will love to help shape the chocolate spiders and add all the fun details.
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 100 grams dark chocolate
- 5 pretzel sticks
- 10 large candy eyes
- 10 white rod sprinkles, or flaked almonds
Instructions
- Melt the dark chocolate and pour it into a piping utensil or bag.
- Place the pretzel stick on parchment paper.
- Pipe an oval shape at the base of the pretzel stick as well as eight curved legs.
- Stick the candy eyes onto the spider.
- Draw a v-shape on the top of the eyes to make the spider look angry.
- Insert two rod sprinkles for fangs.
- Allow to set.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
