Pretzel Owls - Cute Valentine's Day Treats with Printable Bag Toppers

Whoooo wouldn't love these cute Pretzel Owls? Each chocolate dipped mini pretzel twist is decorated with heart sprinkles and will make the sweetest Valentine's Day treat. Top bags of these homemade candies with printable bag toppers to make the extra special.

Pretzel Owls

Today I'm sharing the final pretzel in my series of chocolate dipped pretzel animals for Valentine's Day. Not that I won't create more in years to come, but this year I've designed 4 of these sweet chocolate dipped mini pretzel twists to share with you.

Make sure you take the time to watch the video tutorials to make Pretzel Unicorns, Pretzel Puppies, and Pretzel Fish. They are all so cute and I've shared printable bag toppers with punny Valentine's Day sayings for each treat. Have you chosen your favorite design? I'd love to hear in the comments below which you like best.

I know many of you have told me that your kids can't bring homemade snacks to school for their Valentine's Day parties but perhaps these would be fun to make for a girl or boy scout troop, a Sunday school class, a sport's team, or just for family and friends.

How much do you love that silly owl pictured at the bottom in the image above? With it's googly eyes, it looks a bit crazed, but cute nonetheless.

Each of these pretzel owls starts with a mini pretzel twist dipped in light pink Candy Melts. Then you'll decorate the pretzel with heart sprinkles. Use jumbo pink heart sprinkles for the wings and smaller heart sprinkles for the ears, beak and feet.

I perched my owls on a chocolate dipped pretzel stick. I used Snyder's of Hanover Dipping Pretzels. They are between 3 and 4 inches long and are about ¼ inch thick, much thicker than a traditional pretzel stick. You can use regular pretzel sticks but you might want to double dip them in chocolate to make them look like thicker branches.

Watch this video tutorial to see how you can make these pretzel owls.

NOTES for making your Pretzel Owls:

• Use melted Light Pink Candy Melts or tint melted and tempered pure white chocolate using oil based candy coloring. See my chocolate making tips page for detailed instructions.
• Use ½ inch candy eyes if you want big expressive eyes like I did. Smaller eyes will look alright but won't give you that big owl-eye look.
• Use pretzel dipping sticks (about 3 inches long by ⅝ inch thick) if you want your pretzel owls to like like mine. You can use the larger thicker pretzel rods, but you'll want to break them into shorter lengths. If you use traditional pretzel sticks that are really skinny, double dip them in the chocolate to make them look thicker.
• Be sure you immediately attach the pretzel owl to the wet chocolate dipped pretzel stick. If you wait too long, just use a bit of chocolate to glue the owl to the pretzel branch.
• I use tweezers because I have very large hands. It makes adding the sprinkles and candy eyes much easier. You may not need them. If you do use them be sure they are for kitchen use only. Don't just grab a pair from the medicine chest that has been used to pluck anything!

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Pretzel Owls - Cute Valentine's Day Treats with Printable Bag Toppers

Prep Time

30 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

Mini pretzel twists dipped in pink candy melts and decorated using candy eyes and heart sprinkles to look like adorable owls sitting on a chocolate dipped pretzel tree branch. 

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chocolate covered pretzel, owl pretzels

Servings: 24

Author: Beth Jackson Klosterboer

Ingredients

• 6 ounces light pink candy melts, melted
• 24 mini pretzel twists
• 48 jumbo pink heart sprinkles
• 48 (½ inch) candy eyes
• 48 pink heart sprinkles
• 6 ounces melted and tempered pure milk chocolate OR melted light cocoa candy melts
• 24 pretzel dipping sticks
• 48 red heart sprinkles

Instructions

1. Spoon about ½ teaspoon of pink candy melts onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
2. Dip one mini pretzel twist in pink candy melts then remove and allow excess to drip off.
3. Set over top of the spoonful of pink candy melts.
4. Immediately attach two candy eyes, two jumbo pink heart sprinkle wings, and two heart sprinkle ears.
5. Chill in the freezer until hardened, about 3-4 minutes.
6. Repeat creating a total of 24 pretzels owls.
7. Dip a pretzel dipping stick into milk chocolate then set on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
8. Immediately press one pretzel owl along the top edge of the chocolate dipped pretzel making it look like the owl is perched on a branch.
9. Add two red heart sprinkle feet.
10. Repeat.
11. Let the pretzels dry completely before packaging.

PRINTABLE BAG TOPPER

Click on the image of the Owl Valentine's Day Tags below and you will be redirected to a PDF that you can download or print.

If you make these Pretzel Owls and share them online be sure to link back to this blog post, mention Hungry Happenings, and use #hungryhappenings. Do not reproduce the bag toppers to share online. They are for personal use only.

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If you love these owl pretzels, you might also like to make some cute Little Birdie Pretzel Snacks! They're fun, festive, and great to decorate with your kids!

Hi everyone, I'm Michelle from the blog Sugar Swings! Serve Some and I'm so excited to be here to share these fun little colorful birdie pretzel snacks while Beth is on her European adventure! Beth has definitely inspired me over the years with all of her creative food and dessert ideas, so it's really a treat to be sharing over here.

I wanted something simple that everyone could make, so I decided on these fun little pretzel snacks.

Little Birdie Pretzel Snacks

Ingredients:

• Jelly beans (I just love all the flavors and colors they come in!)
• Square Pretzels
• Candy melts or chocolate (I used light blue for the background, yellow for the bird accents, and regular melted chocolate chips for the nest/branches and eyes)

Instructions:

Assembly is so easy.  Melt the candy melt in a zip lock bag, snip an end and "pipe" on the blue background.  Add your jelly bean birds.  Then pipe on the rest of the accents.

See easy and so cute! (I think it took maybe ½ hour to put these together)

Have an awesome week, and hope to see you over on my Sugar Swings! Serve Some blog soon.  Beth, thanks for the invite over, I can't wait to hear about your trip - I'm sure you're getting tons of inspiration!

Pretzel Puppies •  Pretzel Fish •  Pretzel Unicorns •  Pretzel Owls

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Hi, I'm Beth Jackson Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com

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