My husband thought I was crazy when I told him I was going to make Chocolate Owls out of pretzels…but didn’t I prove him wrong?  I love the way these turned out and they were so easy and inexpensive. My kids LOVE these things.  It’s a nice little snack that isn’t too junky I created these owls for my HOOT! Owl Birthday Party (which you MUST check out because it’s adorable!)

What you will need:

• Mini pretzels (I used Snyder’s because they seemed more round)
• Colored Melting Chocolate (I used blue and pink)
• White Melting Chocolate
• Milk Chocolate Melting Chocolate
• Wax Paper
• Piping bags
• Small Round Piping tip
• Plastic Sandwich Bag *Optional

Directions:

1. Lay out a piece of wax paper and lay the pretzels on top of it, salt side up.
2. Prepare your piping bags before you begin melting the chocolate.  I used three and I just cleaned the same tip in between uses.
3. Melt the colored chocolate according to package instructions and spoon it into the piping bag. I used about a half a bag of chocolate for 3 dozen pretzels.
4. Pipe the chocolate into the holes of the pretzel.  You want to put as much as you can so it’s smooth on the bottom.  I moved the tip around in the chocolate a little bit to let out any air.
5. This is optional, but I wanted the back to be as flat as possible, so I smoothed over some of the chocolate with a knife.
6. Melt some of the milk chocolate according to package instructions and add it to another piping bag. You really don’t need to much.  Probably 1/4 cup for 3 dozen pretzels. Make the beak by blobbing a small amount of chocolate at the “top” of the pretzel.  Go back and forth until it’s almost as thick as the pretzel. Be sure to press the chocolate out softly.
7. Let them cool for about 15 mintues and flip over *gently*
8. Melt the white chocolate (again, a little bit goes a long way) and add to the next piping bag. Add white dots to to the center of each side of the pretzel to make the eyes. The chocolate will peak a little so when they are a little dry, softly smooth out the peaks with a knife. Let cool completely before the next step.
9. Melt a little more milk chocolate (about 1/8 cup for 3 dozen pretzels). Add it to a plastic bag and cut a VERY small hole in the tip of the bag. Add small dots to the whites of the eyes and let cool.

It’s pretty painless and easy to make a ton in one sitting.  I made 8 for this tutorial and it was just as much work…but to give you an idea of how easy it was, I cooked dinner during the cooling times.

Be sure to check out my cute Owl Party!  You can purchase the printables here or at my etsy store:

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