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The first time I saw lightsaber pretzel rods, it seemed like the most perfect idea. I mean, who doesn't love pretzels and Star Wars? The lightsabers just add that extra touch of awesome to this already amazing snack!

Lightsaber Pretzel Rods

Every child has dreamed of being a Jedi, defeating the Sith and getting away from their duties to go on an adventure. Now, you can let your children live that dream with this fun edible lightsaber.

These Pretzel Rods are a quick and easy party treat that won't even require turning on the oven! Just have your melted candy, a clean working surface, and M&M's for decorations! It's easier to use colored candy melts but we believe in using whatever you have first. We had a lot of left over white almond bark and food coloring leftover from another recipe so we thought it was silly to go out and buy more ingredients.

Icing and Candy Melts:

One thing that we did end up using and I would recommend is Cookie Icing in Black. This is WAY easier than trying to get a dark enough icing with adding food coloring. You can pick it up at the link above or find at Walmart –or any large grocery store.

At some point, adding food coloring does change the flavor. You can probably get your icing a dark gray if you're OK with it, but if you are set on colorful lightsabers with the traditional black handles, I would opt for picking up a small 7 oz bag of this icing. It will save a lot of time!

When applying your chocolate to your pretzel rods, we found using a silicone baster brush worked really well and was easy to get the chocolate smooth. We also used black cookie icing to make our handles and mini M&M's for the buttons. If you don't have any M&M's you could just dot green and orange icing (or any alternate color) over the black handle.

These were actually fairly quick to put together and I was able to make them in the middle of a busy weekend.

They are a sweet and salty treat, so they are perfect to balance out party appetizers. I always hesitate to add a lot of other sweets to my party menu if I am serving cake or cupcakes! This one is great for snacking in general.

If you are having a more socially distanced party or want to keep contact to a minimum, these can also be individually wrapped in cellophane cookie packages. I would say add two per package. You need a couple Jedi swords to battle with, right? 🙂

Color Options for Lightsaber Pretzel Rods

If you are staying true to the movies, you can use bright blue, red and green candy melts for your Lightsaber Pretzel Rods. As most of us can recall from the movies, the blue and green are usually Jedi lightsabers.

Just be aware, you might have to warn them the pretzels will crumble if someone's Lightsaber is destroyed during a battle. 🙂

Party Ideas:

I was excited to add this to our party foods lineup for May the Fourth Be With You party foods. These also make great birthday party food ideas, or a baby shower with the Mandalorian “Child” (Baby Yoda) theme. Your imagination is your limit!

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Thanks for reading our Lightsaber Pretzel Rods Recipe– stay tuned for more “May the Fourth” Be with you fun and recipes!

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