Spooky Pretzels

I wouldn’t be a kids’ food blogger if I didn’t post something about Halloween.  Everyone’s favorite time of year to load up on sugar and sweets.  It’s also a really fun time of year to get silly in the kitchen and come up with spooky treats.  There are clementines peeled into pumpkins, oreo’s made into spiders, cheese-sticks as broomsticks and bananas decorated as ghosts.  I wanted to get the girls in on the action, so we tried to come up with something different this year.  I wasn’t focused on creating something made out of broccoli and over the top healthy, but also wasn’t interested in making ridiculously sweet cupcakes or cookies.  My compromise, white chocolate-covered whole-wheat pretzels.  Why white pretzels?  Because in 1995 I saw the movie Scream and it absolutely terrified me. The mask the villain wore can still give me nightmares (I know, I’m so lame).  Have you ever really looked at a yogurt or white chocolate covered pretzel?  They look A LOT like that mask.  And there you have my inspiration.

These pretzels are spooky, but also kinda cute if you ask my 4 year old.  They’re really simple to whip up; they’re moderately sweet (white-chocolate is considerably less sweet than the yogurt ones, which are basically nothing but confectioners sugar), they last for days in an airtight container, they’re perfect for a Halloween party, and best of all, kids love making them!  If you make them, I’d love to hear how they came out.  Happy Halloween!!