These Chocolate Covered Pretzels Pumpkins are the perfect Halloween party food. They’re quick and easy to make and oh, so cute!
Why This Recipe for Chocolate Covered Pretzels Pumpkins Works
These easy Chocolate Covered Pretzels Pumpkins are so simple and adorable. They are the perfect addition to your Halloween party snacks.
With only a few simple ingredients and about 30 minutes, you can whip up a bunch of these Halloween snacks. These taste just like a chocolate covered pretzels recipe.
How to Make Chocolate Covered Pretzel Pumpkins
This easy recipe has only three simple ingredients – pretzels, chocolate candy melts
and chocolate coated candies
. I prefer to use the square, checkerboard pretzels
. Even though they aren’t round in shape, you can easily give the illusion of a round shape with the candies on top.
This is one of my favorite Halloween snack recipes because it’s so easy to make. Simply melt the chocolate candy melts following the directions on the package. Then dip the pretzel in the chocolate and top with orange and green candies. Allow them to dry before packaging them.
Expert Tips for Making These Halloween Snacks
Here are some expert tips and ways you can mix up this recipe to suit your needs.
- Only dip one side of the pretzel in the chocolate. You don’t want to cover the entire pretzel.
- Swap out the candy melts and use peanut butter instead. I just love the chocolate peanut butter combo.
- Want a fruitier option? Swap out the M&Ms for Skittles
. - If you can’t find the square pretzels, you can use small regular pretzels, however you will have to make sure the entire pretzel has a chocolate base.
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Tools Use to Make Chocolate Covered Pretzel Pumpkins
Double Boiler
: Melting chocolate is super easy with this handy tool!
Parchment Paper
: Allow your candies to dry on these.
Candy Tweezers
: These help me carefully place the candies so my fingers aren’t in the way.
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Chocolate Covered Pretzels Pumpkins
Ingredients
- 30 pretzels - checkerboard shape
- 1 cup chocolate candy melts - orange
- 210 orange M&Ms
- 30 green M&Ms
Instructions
- Melt chocolate according to package directions.
- Dip one side of the pretzel into the chocolate so that it has a thick coating.
- Place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Immediately place 7 orange M&Ms in a circle around the pretzel with one candy in the center.
- Place a small amount of chocolate between two orange M&M's and stand up one green M&M on its edge to form the stem.
- Allow chocolate to harden for at least one hour before packaging.
Nutrition
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- When a recipe call for House Seasoning Blend, you can use this recipe or substitute salt and pepper to taste.
- I always use unsalted butter in my recipes.
- I always use a meat thermometor to test for doneness when cooking meat. This one is my favorite.
- When a recipe is made in the oven, it should be pre-heated to the temperature in the recipe, unless otherwise noted.
- The nutritional information provided in this recipe is an estimate. Learn more on how I calculate nutritional information for my recipes.
Candi Elm says
You can’t go wrong with this recipe. They are so cute.
Sandra says
LOVE these! I am always looking for last minute holiday recipes and these are perfect for that (I’m using these for Thanksgiving, as well). PLUS! Chocolate and salty pretzels together… YUM!
Crystal Lopez says
You had me at chocolate! These are so cute and a perfect fall treat so easy that my kids can help make them! Thanks for the idea!
Lydia says
Such a fun fall party idea! And I love how easy they are too.
Wilhelmina Wessel says
This is so cute and creative! I am always looking for recipes that my little kitchen helper can manage and she will LOVE this! Thank you!
Lisa says
My kids are asking to make these. Since today is a holiday from school, we are going to do them this afternoon! Let’s see if they eat more than they save.