Zombie Pretzel Cookies
This is a terrific recipe for the "melting chocolate challenged" folks, like me because they don't have to be perfect! They're Zombies! They're supposed to look cock-eyed and a little disheveled. My kids loved them, said they tasted like Mother's Circus Animal Cookies! That's a win in my book!...not that I'm keeping score or anything.
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Zombie Pretzel Cookies
(Makes 12)12 Rold Gold Pretzels, Pretzel Thins
1/2 bag of light green candy melts plus 3 chips of black to darken the green to a moldy hue
black melting chocolate
red melting chocolate
white melting chocolate
24 candy eyeballs
Chocolate jimmies
Prepare the Zombie Eyes:
From the pack of Candy eyeballs, pick out the misshaped candy eyeballs and some that are off-center. Pair these wonky ones with the small perfect eyeballs. Mixing the big and the small eyeballs will make for great zombie eyes. Set aside.
Now, place 10 or so black candy melts chips in a small zippered sandwich bag and melt in microwave for one minute at half power. Knead until melted. Cut small hole into a corner of the plastic bag. On a separate piece of parchment paper, Squeeze out small dots of black chocolate and then place a candy eyeball onto the black chocolate. Refrigerate until set.
Melt two white chocolate chips on a piece of parchment for about 20 seconds in the microwave. Using a butter knife, smooth out the chocolate into a thin coating. Let harden. Using a sharp knife, cut white chocolate into small irregular squares. These will be the zombie teeth. It's okay if they break or look jagged, that adds to the zombie feel of the cookies. Plus you can now proudly state that they're supposed to look like that and not worry that you've done them wrong. We'll call it dramatic license. :)
Prepare Zombie Dipping Chocolate:
Prepare the moldy green chocolate by heating 1/2 bag of light green chips plus 3 chips of black in a small bowl, according to package directions. Add 1/2 T of shortening if you need to thin the chocolate out a bit.
Once thoroughly melted, drop pretzels in one at a time and use a fork lift it out of the chocolate. Gently tap the fork on the side of the bowl to shake off extra chocolate.
Place chocolate covered pretzel on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining pretzels.
While the chocolate is still wet, sprinkle tops of pretzels with chocolate jimmies to create the zombie hair.
Next, place your Zombie eyes into the wet chocolate. Don't worry if your chocolate covered pretzel has hardened, simply scoop a tablespoon of your moldy green chocolate from your bowl into a zippered sandwich bag and melt in microwave. Dot a small amount of the green chocolate on the pretzel and place the zombie eyes. Ta-Dah!
Zombie Mouth:
Place 10-12 chips of red melting chocolate into a zippered sandwich bag and melt for about 30 seconds at half power. Knead until melted, heating as necessary. Cut a small corner of the bag and pipe a small line of red chocolate to make the mouth. Using a toothpick, place 3-5 zombie teeth into the red chocolate. Again, if they look goofy and caddiwampus...Dramatic license! Just repeat these words as you place the teeth..."BRAINS!...I NEED BRAINS!"
Get your kiddos into the Halloween spirit and make mobs of these undead cookies! Enjoy! Happy Halloween!
