One of my favorite snack foods has got to be the pretzel. It’s crunchy and salty, it’s tasty on its own, and it pairs well with both sweet and savory ingredients. You can dip it in chocolate or cheese and both will be delicious (just not at the same time… unless you’re really adventurous).

Sometimes it’s fun to pick a favorite snack and then create variations on a theme with it. Here are a few different ideas for bringing Halloween flair to some yummy pretzel treats.

These pumpkin pretzels from Make Bake Celebrate are too cute for words! Chocolate-covered and dipped in sprinkles, they’re the perfect salty-sweet combination. Add leaves and stems with some piped chocolate for added detail.

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You can never have enough chocolate covered pretzels! For a fun variation on the same flavors, you must try these Frankenstein pretzels! Grab pretzel rods, green melting chocolate, black gel icing, chocolate kisses, and shredded coconut. With some simple assembly, you can make the perfect creepy cuties to compliment your bright pumpkin pretzels.

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Finally, let’s finish up with a savory pretzel dish. With some pretzel sticks, string cheese, and chives for garnish, you can create the most adorable witches’ brooms. Cut up the string cheese to act as bristles, stick in a pretzel to be the handle, and tie on a chive if you like (you can skip this last part if you’re not a chive fan).

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Yum! These make perfect Halloween treats, but are also great festive snacks for any time—be it in the classroom, after school, or for a sleepover.

Which of these variations is your favorite? Do you have any other spooky snack ideas?

So it’s the middle of October! Are we preparing for Halloween yet? These creepy crawly spider lollipops from House of Baby Piranha are a perfect treat for the spooky day! They could be great favors or snacks at a Halloween party… or even an extra-special treat for trick-or-treaters.

All you’ll need are your favorite lollipops, black pipe cleaners, googly eyes, and glue. Just twist a pipe cleaner tightly around the base of the lollipop stick (make sure each side is even) and repeat this three more times so you have four pipe cleaners making eight legs. Bend the ends of each spider leg to finish the look. Then glue on two eyes and you’re all done!

Photo: House of Baby Piranha

 Do you have any fun Halloween treats that are both spookily festive and tasty? Any plans to make the most of the holiday that combines all things creepy and candy?

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With Wilton’s Chocolate molds, you can make all sorts of treats- try chocolate covered pretzels, chocolate hearts or triple dipped strawberries! Yumm! Get all the supplies you need in one easy place at Scribbleshop.com!

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