Owl Pretzels
How to make fun chocolate owl pretzels great for Halloween Parties
Servings 12
Equipment
- Cookie Sheets
- Parchment Paper
- Candy Eyes
Ingredients
- 1 Tiny twists Pretzels
- Ghirardelli chocolate wafers
- Mini Chocolate chips
- Candy Eyes
- Golden Yellow royal icing
Royal Icing
- 2 Egg Whites
- 1 C Confectioners Powdered Sugar
- ½ Teaspoon Cream of Tartar
- golden yellow gel food coloring
Instructions
Icing Directions:
- Combine all ingredients except the food coloring in a mixing bowl mixing on medium speed for 4 minutes.
- If icing is not stiff enough add ¼ C powder sugar.
- Spoon the icing into a bowl.
- Add several drops of golden yellow gel food coloring in the large bowl of icing. Stir well to mix the color.
- Spoon the icing into a pastry bag with a small tip.
Chocolate Pretzel Directions
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Using a double boiler place the chocolate wafers in the top pot. Watch carefully as the chocolate wafers begin to melt.
- When the chocolate wafers have melted dip the pretzels into it. Immediately after placing them on the parchment paper-lined cookie sheet.
- While the chocolate covered pretzel is still hot add the mini chocolate chips for the ears and the candy eyes for the owl eyes.
- Allow the chocolate covered pretzel to cool.
- Now using the golden yellow icing draw a triangle going over it again to outline the triangle then fill it in with more of the golden yellow icing.