Looking for a festive and tasty Halloween treat? Try making these chocolate spider pretzels! They are perfect for a spooky party,
These chocolate spider pretzel webs are a fun treat and perfect for a Halloween party. Made with jusst a few simple ingredients, this Halloween treat recipe only takes a few minutes to put together. You just have to allow some time for the melted chocolate to set.
This is a fun treat for kids to get involved in the creation process.
This fun Halloween spiderweb snack is so much fun and one of our easy Halloween treats you will want to bookmark for later.
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Spider Web Pretzels Ingredients
- Milk Chocolate Melting Wafers - I used brown but you could also use white candy melts or black candy melts. My favorite brand is these.
- Pretzels sticks - use the small pretzel sticks
- M and M candies or similar
- candy eyes - you can use various sizes of candy eyeballs
- Halloween Sprinkles (optional)
Substitutions
- You can use a raisin or candy spider in place of the m and m.
- You can use different types of candy or sprinkles for a unique twist.
Equipment
- baking sheet or cookie sheet
- wax paper or parchment paper
- piping bag
- round piping tip
How to Make Pretzel Spider Webs
Step 1: Prepare The Pretzels
Spread wax paper on work surface or cookie sheet. Break each pretzel in half carefully and arrange in groups of six.
Step 2: Melt The Chocolate
In the microwave, melt the candy melts in a microwave-safe bowl per package instructions. Use a spoon to stir the melts.
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Place the melted chocolate into the pastry bag with the round piping tip
Add a small circle of melted chocolate to the center of each of the 6 pretzel pieces. The inner edge of each pretzel stick should be covered.
Step 3: Assemble The Spiders
Carefully add the chocolate candies and candy eyes to the center of each web.
Step 4: Making the Web
Starting from the center continue piping in a circular motion to the outer edges of the pretzels.
Let the pretzels set about an hour before moving to a serving tray.
Serving And Storing Suggestions
Store the pretzels in a single layer in an airtight container.
Tips For Making The Perfect Chocolate Spider Webs
You can make the spider webs in circles or in a web pattern. Either one looks great.
You can chill in the refrigerator to help them set faster.
Store the pretzels in a single layer in an airtight container.
You can make these a day ahead for a Halloween event
More Halloween Treats
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📖 Recipe
Pretzel Spider Webs
Equipment
- 1 Cookie sheet
- Wax paper
Ingredients
- 72 pretzel sticks
- ½ bag chocolate melts
- 12 m and m candies
- 24 candy eyes
Instructions
- In the microwave, melt the candy melts in a microwave-safe bowl per package instructions. Use a spoon to stir the melts.
- Place wax paper on a baking sheet or kitchen counter.
- Cut pretzels in half and set six pretzels in circles with spokes going out. Don't worry if the pretzels roll a bit, you will be securing then soon.
- Place the melted chocolate into the pastry bag with piping tip.
- Using the pastry bag, add a small circle of melted chocolate to the center of each of the 6 pretzel pieces. The inner edge of each pretzel stick should be covered. Repeat for all spiderwebs.
- Add one chocolate candy and two eyes to each chocolate circle.
- Make the webs. Starting from the center of the "webs" pipe chocolate web in a circular motion to the outer edges of the pretzels, using a spiral motion.
- Let spiderwebs set for at least an hour. Test one before moving with a spatula.
Notes
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