Witch Finger Pretzels

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A simple and charming no-bake Halloween treat that looks like witches’ fingers and is fun for kids to both make and eat. Great for Halloween goodie bags or a party spread.

Welcome to the 4th annual #HalloweenTreatsWeek! This is a yearly Halloween blogging event that is hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife. It’s a creepy and haunting week-long event filled with some amazingly wicked Halloween treats, recipes, and some frightfully fun giveaways.

Truth be told, I was never really that into Halloween before we had kids. Of course, I thought it was fun when I was little and I got to go trick-or-treating, and then when I got to college and Halloween turned into another excuse to throw a party, but as an adult, my Halloween excitement sort of fizzled.

It wasn’t until our first born, who was only 4 months old at his first Halloween, decided that at 16 months at his second Halloween that trick-or-treating was really fun.

He had only been walking for about 2 months at that time, so we took him out with a stroller knowing we’d likely wind up coming back home shortly before starting out and he wouldn’t really care too much. It was mostly for us.

And then, this toddly little dude refused to stay in the stroller and just wanted to walk as fast as he could to keep up with the big kids we went with and even though he couldn’t really say many words, he still managed to get out some form of “trick-or-treat!” when it was his time to shine.

Ever since then, he has been infatuated with skeletons and zombies and vampires and ghosts, and we listen to Halloween music literally all year long. Even when it’s Christmas time, which he also loves, we have to convince him we’ve moved on from the Monster Mash and it’s time for Jingle Bells.

You can imagine that The Nightmare Before Christmas, which we showed him and our younger son for the first time this year, was a big hit.

I am happy to say that thanks to our kids, these past couple of years of Halloween have been really fun, and I love answering the question “is it almost Halloween???” everyday since my birthday, which is exactly 5 weeks prior. I have told them they aren’t to ask if it’s Halloween until after my birthday, which is very possibly the reason they love my birthday so much.

I couldn’t help but get into the spirit this year and participate in this week of Halloween sweets with a bunch of my fellow food bloggers, and I’m really excited to add some cute and festive Halloween treats to my collection.

Also, it only made sense that a spooky treat was October’s installment of my No Bake of The Month series!

I used AmeriColor electric green because the green candy melts were a little dull for me, and the electric green brightened the color up nicely.

You can also play around with a little more yellow color than blue color if you’re just using basic food coloring.

I also preferred the candy melts to white chocolate in this instance because they tend to melt a little thicker than chocolate, so there was some texture to the “skin.” This is totally your preference.

You could also use regular semi-sweet or dark chocolate, and if you want the color to be really dark, go ahead and add some black gel color to it to get that effect.

Again, totally up to you and the look you’re going for, or maybe whether or not you’ve got little hands helping and want to get the job done faster (I feel you, friend).

You can also use whole almonds if you don’t want to use or can’t find slivered almonds. I do recommend dipping whole almonds, though, if you go that route, rather than leaving them undipped.

(Well that was an interesting phrase…)

You can put your melted green candy into a tall, narrow cup, or you can do what I did and put it into a bowl and use a spoon to get the coating onto the pretzel rod.

Cover about ½ to ⅔ of the pretzel rod, then lay it flat.

Add a nail while the coating is still very wet and press gently to secure it in place.

How fast this coating dries depends completely on what you used, what the temperature and/or humidity is in your house, and what the air flow is like.

I started poking at my first few witch finger pretzels after about 4 minutes to see what texture I was at, and I did need a few more minutes before I could add the lines.

I aimed for 3 small lines just below the slivered almond and then 3 larger lines about halfway down the pretzel rod to look most authentic. I then surrounded the 3 lines with 2 larger arc lines. Get creative and do whatever looks best to you!

It shouldn’t take long for your witch fingers to dry completely, and then they’re ready to go!

Display them in a glass jar, a witch cauldron, a pumpkin, or on a Halloween plate for some spooky presentation. They also make great additions to Halloween goodie bags for a class party (if you are allowed to use tree nuts), and kids and adults alike think they’re pretty cute.

I hope you find these witches fingers a fun addition to your spooky celebration or ghoulish food spread this year, and I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of unique spins you all put on them to make Halloween chocolate covered pretzel rods a little more interesting!