These 10 Halloween pretzels treats are as much fun to make as they are to eat! Each design is made with just a few items, and they can all be put together in less than a hour.
There are three types of pretzels used to make these recipes: pretzel rods, stick pretzels, and crisscross pretzels. No matter which type you have on hand, you’ll be able to find some Halloween pretzel ideas that work for you!
Each of these Halloween party treats comes with instructions, an ingredients list and a photo. Keep reading to learn how to make each of these creative Halloween pretzels recipes.
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Ghost pretzels recipe
You can make this ghost snack with the following supplies:
To make these ghost pretzel rods, melt white chocolate melting wafers and dip the pretzel rods into it. Place them on a sheet of parchment paper and allow the white chocolate to dry.
Once the white chocolate layer is dry, use a food-safe black edible ink marker to draw two eyes and a mouth on each pretzel rod, to finish this ghost pretzel recipe.
Pretzel skeleton cupcakes
You’ll need the following supplies to make each of these skeleton pretzel cupcakes:
- 1 chocolate cupcake
- 3 yogurt covered pretzels
- 2 marshmallows
- 3 black pearl sprinkles
- 1 cake pop stick
You can use store bought or homemade chocolate cupcakes to make this Halloween party treat. Start by inserting a cake pop stick into the chocolate cupcake, which will be the base for your skeleton body.
Then slice a marshmallow in half. Put one yogurt covered pretzel on the cake pop stick, then layer with half of the cut marshmallow, another yogurt covered pretzel, the other half of the marshmallow, and finally the third yogurt covered pretzel.
Put a whole marshmallow on top of the cake pop stick and press three black pearl sprinkles into the marshmallow to make the eyes and mouth of the skeleton cupcake topper.
Witch finger pretzels recipe
Use the following ingredients to make these witch fingers pretzel rods:
To make this Halloween recipe, spread green frosting onto your pretzel rods in a circular pattern. You can be messy with the icing, it adds to the spooky look of the fingers.
For a more realistic look, make sure to put a little extra icing where the knuckles of the pretzel rod fingers would be.
Once you’re happy with how they look, add an almond to the top of each one, with the point facing upwards. Arrange them on a plate so they look like a hand, with one of the outside pretzels below the others, to look like a thumb.
String cheese broomsticks
You’ll need just three ingredients to make this healthy Halloween snack:
Cut the string cheese into 5 pieces about 1 ½ inches long. Use a knife to make multiple cuts about halfway up one end of the string cheese.
Insert the pretzel into the other end of the piece of string cheese. Tie one of the chives around the top end of the broomstick.
Use your fingers to spread out the cheese. Display the string cheese broomsticks standing up on a plate.
Halloween pretzel rods
You can make this Halloween dessert recipe with the following supplies:
- Pretzel rods
- Orange melting wafers
- Purple melting wafers
- Orange and black sprinkles
- Black bat sprinkles
- White ghost sugar decorations
- White moon sprinkles
- White star sprinkles
- White bat sprinkles (black bat sprinkles dipped in melted white chocolate melting wafers*)
To make these DIY Halloween pretzels treats, melt the orange melting wafers and purple melting wafers. Dip the pretzel rods into the orange melting wafers and set them on a sheet of parchment paper.
Immediately drizzle the melted purple melting wafers over the pretzels and shake the orange and black sprinkles onto them. Then press the bats, ghosts, stars and moons onto the Halloween pretzel rods.
Allow the pretzels to dry and set, and then transfer to a plate to serve.
*Note: If you want to add white bat sprinkles to your Halloween pretzels, you can dip black bat sprinkles into melted white chocolate melting wafers to change their color. Do this step first, and allow them to dry before assembling this Halloween pretzel recipe.
Mummy pretzels
You’ll need the following supplies to make this Halloween mummy dessert:
Melt the white chocolate melting wafers and dip the pretzel rods into it. Transfer them to a sheet of parchment paper and press two edible eyes into the white chocolate layer while it is still wet.
Let the white chocolate mummy dessert dry, and then drizzle more melted white chocolate in a zigzag pattern across the Halloween pretzels rods to resemble bandages wrapped like a mummy around the pretzels.
Allow the mummy pretzel rods to dry and then serve.
Halloween pretzel broomsticks
These Halloween broomstick snacks need the following supplies:
Each DIY witches’ broomstick treats needs 4 stick pretzels, cut in half.
Spread some chocolate frosting on the top of a thin breadstick. Arrange the cut stick pretzels around the top of the thin breadstick and press them into the frosting.
Tie a fresh chive around the pretzel sticks to hold them in place. Allow the frosting to dry and then display this Halloween pretzel recipe in a clear jar with the ends of the broomsticks facing up.
Pretzel witch fingers recipe
You can make these witch finger pretzel rods with the following supplies:
- Mini pretzel rods (or regular sized pretzel rods cut in half)
- White chocolate melting wafers
- Green melting wafers
- Blanched almonds
Start by melting your white chocolate melting wafers and dipping the mini pretzel rods into it. Transfer them to a sheet of parchment paper.
Add a dot of the melted white chocolate to the back of the blanched almonds, and then stick them to the bare end of the pretzel rods.
Melt the green melting wafers and drizzle them on top of the white chocolate layer in a zigzag pattern. Allow this Halloween pretzels recipe to dry, and then serve.
Halloween pretzel snacks
Some Halloween pretzel ideas are super easy to make. This one needs the following supplies:
To make these cups of Halloween pretzels treats, mix your edible ingredients (popcorn, candy corn, and pretzels) in a large bowl. Stir until the ingredients in this snack mix are distributed evenly.
Transfer the mixture to rocks glasses and decorate each glass with either a plastic spider, or a witches hat cocktail pick.
These decorations are not edible, so make sure to omit them if you’re serving this recipe to little kids.
Peanut butter cup broomsticks
To make this Halloween pretzel treat, you’ll need these items:
Unwrap the peanut butter cups and place them upside down on a plate.
Use the pointed end of the bamboo skewer to poke a hole through the end of the peanut butter cup that’s facing up.
Add a dab of chocolate frosting into the hole you just made and insert the pretzel stick. Let your witches broom pretzel treats dry, and then serve.
More Halloween party snacks
If you enjoyed making these cute Halloween pretzel treats, here are a few other Halloween recipes to try:
- Monster Mouth Apple Snacks – Make these healthy snacks for Halloween this year.
- DIY Halloween Gumball Machine – This easy craft project is a festive candy holder.
- Halloween Dirt Cups – Let the kids help put together this no-bake Halloween dessert.
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