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Mission Fig Pretzel Spiders
Make your own Halloween candy. Spooky chocolate covered figs transform into pretzel spiders that are creepy fun to create and wickedly delicious.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate chips, chopped up bar, or meltables
- 1 bag Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid California Mission Figs , stems removed and cut in half lengthwise
- Pretzel sticks , broken in half or threes
- Candy eyes
Instructions
- Prepare a cutting board with a sheet of wax paper. Set the candy eyes nearby, along with the figs and a fork.
- Break the pretzel sticks in half and place in a small bowl near the wax paper.
- Melt the chocolate in a bowl—about 4 ounces—in the microwave in 30 second blasts, stirring with a fork afterwards until smooth. (If the chocolate cools too much and is difficult to coat the figs, warm up briefly in the microwave. Add and melt more chocolate as needed).
- Tumble the fig half in the chocolate, turning with your fork until coated.
- Using the fork, place the fig, cut side down on wax paper. One at a time, lightly dip the pretzel sticks into the chocolate and stick them to both sides of the fig like little legs. Lightly press three eyeball candies on top of the fig.
- Continue dipping and adding legs and eyes to the spiders. Cool until set before eating or moving. Store in a covered container.
Notes
Recipe and photos by AnneliesZ
NOTE: Candy eyes can be found during Halloween in the baking aisle of most grocery stores, the cooking crafts aisle in arts and crafts stores or online.