Chocolate Pretzel Spiderwebs are absolutely perfect Halloween treats! They're easy as pie to make and all your little trick-or-treaters will be crazy about them.
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 2 minutesminutes
Cooling/Setting Time: 4 hourshours
Total Time 4 hourshours12 minutesminutes
Servings 6servings
Ingredients
1cupwhite chocolate chips
60pretzel sticks(amount needed will vary; suggest purchasing a 16 ounce bag)
1tubeblack writing gel
20M&MsHalloween "Ghoul's Mix"
3teaspoonscoconut oil
Instructions
Line a baking or cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Position pretzel sticks like the spokes in a wheel for as many webs as you can fit on a cookie sheet. suggest no fewer than 8 pretzels for stability. I often use a dozen or more. Form a circle with them with the ends of all the pretzels meeting in the center.
Place 1 cup of the chocolate chips and 3 teaspoons of coconut oil in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 20 seconds. Carefully remove the bowl from the microwave and stir. Continue microwaving and stirring in 20 second increments until the chips are melted.
Fill your piping bag or zip-top bag with the melted chocolate pressing it down into the bottom or into one corner. The easiest way to do this is to place the bag into a cup and fold the sides down over the cup. Scoop the melted chocolate into the bag and pull up the sides to close. If using a ziplog bag, cut a tiny snip off of one corner.
Drizzle the melted chocolate in a circular motion to form the web, placing an extra dollop in the center to hold the pretzel ends together.
Place a dollop of melted chocolate where you want to make a spider. Add an M&M on top and use black writing gel to draw on the legs.
Place in the refrigerator to allow the chocolate to set up for 2-4 hours or, if you're in a hurry, place them in the freezer for one hour.
After the webs have set up and the chocolate is firm, very carefully remove them from the parchment paper using a thin, flat spatula. Store them loosely in a large container with a tight fitting lid. I find it helpful to place a sheet of parchment between each layer of treats.
Notes
Store in a tightly closed container with parchment paper between layers of spiderwebs.
Can these be made gluten-free? I don't specialize in any particular dietary needs, but it's my understanding that there are gluten-free brands of pretzels available. My research also shows that all the Nestle brand chips (except butterscotch) are gluten free.