Hey there, snack lovers and unicorn enthusiasts! 🦄✨ Ever wondered what it would be like to munch on a little bit of magic? Well, get ready to have your taste buds dazzled because we're diving into the whimsical world of unicorn pretzels! These aren't your ordinary pretzels - oh no! We're talking about white chocolate-dipped pretzel twists that are transformed into the most adorable unicorns you've ever seen.
Picture this: a shimmering gold modeling chocolate horn, rainbow heart sprinkle manes, and the cutest little pink and white heart sprinkle ears. It's like a party in your mouth and a feast for your eyes!
These magical munchies are so versatile, that they're perfect for Valentine's Day, birthday bashes, or even baby showers. Who knew pretzels could be so enchanting?
The Rainbow of Ingredients You'll Need
- white modeling chocolate (click for the recipe)
- edible gold luster dust
- Jumbo Pink Heart sprinkles
- white heart sprinkles
- melted and tempered pure white chocolate or white confectionery coating (candy melts)
- mini pretzel twists
- mini rainbow heart sprinkles
- black food coloring marker
Whipping Up Your Own Batch of Magic
Watch this video to see how these Pretzel Unicorns are made...
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NOTES for making Pretzel Unicorns:
- You can dip your pretzels in melted and tempered pure white chocolate or use melted White Candy Melts (confectionery coating) as I did in the video. Either works fine. I actually like the vibrant white of the Bright White Candy Melts. Pure white chocolate will be a bit more yellow in color. You can find detailed instructions on selecting and working with the various types of chocolates and confectionery coatings on my Chocolate Making Tips Page.
- Find the recipe for modeling chocolate - here.
- Be sure to use FDA-approved edible gold luster dust to add shimmer to your modeling chocolate unicorn horns.
- Check out my tips for getting your Food Coloring Markers to work well.
- Let the pretzels dry for at least 30 minutes before packaging them.
Packaging these magical unicorn treats
Once all the decorations are added to these unicorn pretzels they can be packaged in clear cellophane bags with a few more pretzels and topped with a "Have a Magical Valentine's Day" printable topper.
You can click on the image below and download the sheet of "Have a Magical Valentine's Day" printable bag toppers. Print them out and cut around each rectangle then tape them onto the bags using double-stick tape.
Variations
If you enjoy making these white chocolate unicorn pretzels, you may also want to make these other decorated chocolate pretzels.
Pretzel Puppies • Pretzel Fish • Pretzel Unicorns • Pretzel Owls
More unicorn recipe ideas
Recipe
- 1 ounces white modeling chocolate
- edible gold luster dust
- 48 Jumbo Pink Heart sprinkles
- 48 white heart sprinkles
- 6 ounces melted and tempered pure white chocolate or white confectionery coating (candy melts)
- 24 mini pretzel twists
- 120 mini rainbow heart sprinkles
- black food coloring marker
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Pinch off pieces of the white modeling chocolate and roll into a thin rope.
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Cut off ½ inch pieces and roll into a cone.
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Twist two of those small pieces together to form a unicorn horn.
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Brush with edible gold luster dust.
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Set aside to dry for 20 minutes.
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Attach one small white heart to one jumbo pink heart using white chocolate.
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Spoon about ½ teaspoon of white chocolate onto a piece of parchment paper.
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Dip one mini pretzel twist in white chocolate then remove and allow excess to drip off.
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Set over top of the spoonful of white chocolate.
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Immediately press one unicorn horn in between the two rounded parts of the pretzel.
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Attach two pink heart ears on either side of the horn.
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Sprinkle 5 rainbow heart sprinkles on the pretzel in between the ears.
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Chill in the refrigerator if using pure white chocolate and in the freezer is using Candy Melts for 3-4 minutes until hardened.
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Repeat dipping and decorating a total of 24 pretzels.
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Barbara Rusch says
Where did you get those tweezers? They look so useful!
Beth says
I love those tweezers. I have really large hands so using tweezers really helps me to pick up tiny things like sprinkles. I've had the tweezers for over 20 years. I've seen curved tweezers available on amazon but haven't seen any with the rubber grippers.
Lisa says
These are so cute! What a fun idea!
Beth says
Thanks! I'm glad you like them. 🙂