Spookify your Halloween party menu with this easy and fun halloween treat: Edible Skeleton Bones, made with marshmallows, pretzels and white chocolate!
After all of this serious cooking, I’m ready to have some fun! I love finding silly recipes for Halloween. Whether it’s for my kids’ classroom party or our annual neighborhood block party, my family and I really get into mischief with Halloween.
And with some kid-friendly, Halloween-inspired snacks to serve, everyone will get into the “spirit” of things! These skeleton bones aren’t for your dog! They are easy to make and the kids will love the sweet and salty combination.
Not only is this such a fun halloween snack to make, it is super duper simple and easy. Made from pretzel sticks, mini marshmallows and melted chocolate, these baby bones will be gobbled up quick!
What’s not to love about chocolate covered pretzels and marshmallows?! In a bowl, they look like a bowl of mini skeleton bones. Perfect for halloween parties and you can bag them up for individual halloween goodie bags!
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Ingredients you need
- Pretzel Rods: You will need the straight little pretzel rods for the base of the bone.
- Mini Marshmallows: These make the ends of the edible skeleton bones.
- White Chocolate Chips: You can melt white chocolate chips or white candy melts to dip everything in.
Step-by-step recipe directions
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- Make the bones. The bones are assembled by attaching to mini marshmallows onto the each end of a pretzel stick.
- Melt the chocolate. In a double boiler, melt the white chocolate or candy melts. For white chocolate be very careful not to use high heat as it will ruin the chocolate and you will have to start again.
- Coat the bones. Dip each marshmallow laden pretzel rod into the melted chocolate and coat completely. Use a fork to maneuver and turn the bones.
- Let them harden. Lift them out of the chocolate and onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper to dry. Once filled with bones, refrigerate for 30 minutes to harden the chocolate. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Expert Tips and Recipe FAQS
The hardest part about this recipe is melting white chocolate. It can be tricky. So be sure to not melt the chocolate over high heat but over simmering water. Use a rubber scraper to stir and melt the chocolate and keep it smooth.
- You can also use white candy melts instead of white chocolate.
- You can also use fun colored candy melts like bright orange, green or purple for colorful ones.
- Keep some of the pretzel sticks long and others short to vary the lengths and variety of the skeleton bones.
Looking for more edible skeleton ideas? How about these skeleton cupcakes made with marshmallows, edible market and yogurt covered pretzels. Happy Halloween everyone!
Storing Instructions
TO STORE: Store your skeleton bones in an air tight container on the kitchen counter at room for up to 1 week or in the refrigerator for 2 weeks.
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Edible Skeleton Bones
Ingredients
- 36 pretzel sticks
- 72 small marshmallows
- 12 oz white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Assemble the bones by pushing both ends of the pretzel stick into the flat side of the mini marshmallows.
- Place white chocolate chips in a double boiler over just simmering water.
- Stir frequently until chocolate chips have melted.
- As soon as chocolate chips have melted, remove the entire double boiler from the heat.
- Dip each pretzel-marshmallow bone into the melted chocolate and lift out with a fork, letting the excess drip back into the bowl.
- Lay the bones on the prepared baking and refrigerate for 30 minutes to harden the chocolate. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Notes
Nutrition
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Written by Laura Bashar
Hi, I’m Laura, a certified professional cook and cookbook author living in San Diego. I have been sharing my family’s favorite recipes inspired from all over the world since 2008. Let’s cook up something fun!
So cute!
How fun and creative! I love the healthy ideas too! We will have to give a few of these a go! thanks for sharing!
What fun treats! They are great for a nice and spooky Halloween party.
OHHH SO COOL!!!! !
I love all of it, so much. I have a recipe for finger cookies now I want to make them and all these too.