A few weeks ago, I was casually glancing through a family fun magazine and saw some adorable paranormal pretzels. I instantly decided that those would be in our candy dish for the month of October. I loved the look the colored candy melts created, but I also don’t have those on hand in my pantry. I wanted to make a simplified version of these treats using things that I usually have within my pantry. So, on Saturday night when Kevin was at the Priesthood Session of General Conference the boys and I got to work on our version of these ghoulish treats. Here is how we did ours. . .
Ingredients
- Yogurt Covered Pretzels
- Chocolate Chips
- Mini M&M’s
- Cookie Sheet
- Silicone Mat or Parchment Paper
Directions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Layout your pretzels on the silicone mat that is on the cookie sheet.
Step 2
Place chocolate chips point-side down inside the “eyes” of the pretzels. Having the flat side of the chocolate chip facing up gives the “eyes” a more uniform look.
Step 3
Place the cookie sheet into the oven for 1-3 minutes {Note: I did 1-1/2 minutes.}. Watch carefully. The chocolate chips won’t look melted, but when you touch them with your finger you will see they are melted.
Step 4
Pull cookie sheet out of the oven and immediately start placing, and gently pushing, the mini M&M’s on to the melted chocolate chips. {Caution: Be very careful the yogurt coating will also be melted. So if you touch it, it will create a blemish or even remove the white coating.}
Be careful! Can be smeared kind of easily.
Step 5
Once all the M&M’s are placed. Put the cookie sheet into the fridge or freezer for 10-15 minutes. {Note: I placed ours into the fridge for 15 minutes. I tried 10 minutes, but the back side of the “eyes” weren’t set yet.}
Step 6
ENJOY! My boys love these treats. They like how they can see right through the “skeletons” mouth.
