Funny Bones Halloween Treat Recipe

Fun with pretzels and melted chocolate! Covered with a white chocolate coating, these treats are a tasty mix of sweet and salty. For the best effect, heap and jumble the little bones in a bowl rather than laying them on a plate.

Excerpted from Ghoulish Goodies Copyright © 2009 by Sharon Bowers

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Photos by ©Kevin Kenefick, food styling by Norma Miller, illustrations by ©Michael Slack.

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Photos by ©Kevin Kenefick, food styling by Norma Miller, illustrations by ©Michael Slack.

Although I call for white chips, this is one place where lower grade white “coating” chocolate or bark is so easy to work with that it might be worth the trade-off in taste.

Ingredients:
1 (12-ounce) package white chocolate chips (2 cups)
36 pretzel sticks and rods of various sizes
72 mini-marshmallows (about 1 cup)

Directions:

1. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment or wax paper.

2. Place the chips in a double boiler over just-simmering water and melt, stirring frequently. As soon as the chips are just melted (There may even be a few solid ones left), removed the pan from the heat and remove the top section of the double boiler so the chocolate’s temperature doesn’t keep rising.

3. Stick marshmallows onto both ends of the pretzels, with the marshmallows’ flat sides parallel to the pretzel.

4. Dip each pretzel in the chocolate and lift out with a fork, letting the excess drip back in the bowl. Lay the bones on the baking sheet and refrigerate for 30 minutes to harden the chocolate. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator or at a cool room temperature.