Chocolate Pretzel Spiderwebs

White 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

Cook Time 2

Cooling/Setting Time: 4

Total Time 4 12

Servings servings

Ingredients

▢ 60 pretzel sticks (amount needed will vary; suggest purchasing a 16 ounce bag)
▢ 1 cup white chocolate chips
▢ 3 teaspoons coconut oil
▢ 20 M&Ms Halloween "Ghoul's Mix"
▢ 1 tube black writing gel

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. I'd 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.
60 pretzel sticks
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.
1 cup white chocolate chips, 3 teaspoons coconut oil
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.
20 M&Ms, 1 tube black writing gel
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.

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