I usually try and do something creative for all of my mini-me’s class treats when it comes to holidays. Last year for Halloween we did fangs with a cute note that said “I hope you have a Fangtastic Halloween!” So this year I decided to do something with Mummies. I like for them to still get a treat, but for it not to just be plain old candy…they’ll get enough of that come Halloween night if they trick or treat. So I decided to do Mummy Pretzels. I figured the salty sweet snack was sure to please.
Shopping List:
Mummy Pretzels
– Pretzel Rods
– White Vanilla Bark Coating
{I get mine at Walmart in the baking section}
– Chocolate Bark Coating
– Sprinkles
– Clear Favor Bags
– Ribbon
Royal Icing Eyes
– Meringue Powder
– Water
– Sugar
– Light Corn Syrup
– Clear Extract {optional}
To begin you will need to make your royal icing eyes, I used this recipe from Bake at 350 found HERE. It is an awesome and easy recipe for royal icing. {note: I cut my recipe in half for this projects for the royal icing, and I had more than enough eyes with plenty to save for a later date} You can see the original tutorial for the royal icing eyes HERE from How Does She, hers are much prettier than mine. I’m thinking the squeeze bottles would have worked nicer than my piping bags. Reserve a small amount in of white royal icing in an airtight container, you will need this to attach your eyes to the pretzel rod.
Next lay several sheets of wax paper on your surface. I started with the chocolate dipped pretzels first. Take your chocolate bark and melt it per the directions on the back of the package in a glass bowl. You can begin with half the package if your not doing a large amount of pretzels. When the chocolate is ready begin dipping two pretzels at a time and shaking excess chocolate off the rod {I use a spoon to help coat the pretzels}. Lay the rod on the wax paper and add your sprinkles. Continue coating the pretzels two at a time until you have enough of the chocolate covered pretzels. Let dry.
Now on to the Mummy Pretzels. Melt your vanilla bark according to the back of the package, again start with half the package if your doing smaller quantities. You can always use the rest of the package if you need it. Begin by placing two royal icing eyes on the rod towards the top, use your left over white royal icing and a toothpick to adhere them to the rod. When your bark is ready use a small spoon to gently spoon the vanilla bark back and forth over the pretzel rod. Careful to not cover the awesome eyes you made. Place carefully on your sheet of wax paper to dry. It usually seems that the vanilla bark takes longer to harden than the chocolate so I’d give it a good two hours to harden. If you have broken pieces of pretzels left over break them in to 1″ pieces and dip them in any remaining bark coating and keep them for yourself!
Once all the pretzels are done you can package them up and pass them out. These would be great for a Halloween party too! Hope you enjoy!
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BOOtifully delicious!!
SUPER cute!
YUMMY!!!!!
I want some!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!
So cute! I love the mummies eyes…so fun!
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BOOtifully delicious!!