FREE PIRTATE PARTY PRINTABLE COLLECTION

I served this easy to make recipe at my grandsons pirate themed birthday party. It was a big hit with the kids and adults attending. Below I included at picture of the party table.

Kids Pirate Birthday Party FREE Printable Collection: Ahoy Mateys and welcome to a fun pirate themed party! Complete with banners, food containers, cupcake wrappers, party favors, games and more! Pirate themed birthday parties are so much fun to plan. Supply inexpensive pirate hats for the guests as party favors and a fun dress up idea. If you hit The Dollar Tree at the right time of year, they carry fun pirate themed dress up items.

How to Make Pirate Decorated Pretzels

There’s nothing like the sweet and salty combination of a decorated pretzel. Here, you will discover TWO ways of creating a pirate pretzel. One with a free pirate themed printable and the other using melted candy and a pirate hat party ring. Both ideas will create a fun and festive easy to make pretzel recipe.

PIRATE RING DECORATED PRETZEL INGREDIENTS LIST-full printable recipe below in recipe card

• 15 pretzel rods
• 1 (12 ounce) bag red melting candy
• 1 tablespoon vegetable shortening
• red sugar sprinkles
• 1 cup black melted candy
• 1 tablespoon vegetable shortening
• 15 pirate hat party favor rings

PRINTABLE PIRATE PRETZEL INGREDIENTS LIST

• 15 pretzel rods
• 1 (12 ounce) bag red melted candy
• red sugar sprinkles
• pirate pocket and pirate hat printable

For the Pirate Ring Decorated Pretzel and Printable Pirate Pretzel:

1. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
2. Pour red candy and vegetable shortening into a medium microwave safe bowl.
3. Heat on high 1 minute, stir until melted and creamy. If candy still has lumps, continue heating at 60% heat in 30 second intervals until the candy is completely melted and creamy.
4. Place a pretzel on a sheet of parchment paper. With a pencil mark the top of the pretzel and where you want the candy to end on the pretzel. Turn the parchment paper over and pour the melted candy between the two lines.
5. Roll pretzel in the melted red candy, tap off any excess, and immediately pour red sugar sprinkles over wet candy.
6. Place on prepared cookie sheet. Once all the pretzels have been coated, place the cookie sheet in the refrigerator until the candy has hardened (about 10 minutes).
7. PIRATE RING DECORATED PRETZELS: OPTIONAL: Create a place for the pretzels to stand. I like using rice in a wide container that is at least half the depth of the pretzels.
8. Scrape remaining red melted candy back into the microwave safe bowl and melt again.
9. Dip the back side of the pirate ring in the melted candy and slide ring onto the decorated pretzel and place in a container filled with rice. Put the container with the pretzels in the refrigerator until candy has hardened (about 10 minutes)
10. Pour black candy and shortening into a medium microwave safe bowl. Heat on high 1 minute, stir until there are no lumps and the candy is creamy. If there are still lumps, continue heating at 60% in 30 second intervals.
11. Transfer melted black candy to a squeeze bottle. Add a thin line of candy in an angle to represent the strap of an eye patch.
12. Add the patch to one side of the strap. Place pretzel in rice. Once all the pretzels have been decorated, put the container of pretzels in the refrigerator until candy has hardened (about 10 minutes).
13. PRINTABLE PIRATE PRETZEL: Print and cut pirate pretzel pocket and hat. Assemble according the the instructions.

PIRATE PARTY DECORATED PRETZEL POCKET AND PIRATE HAT TOPPER *SET*: A fun way of dressing up your decorated pretzels. Add them to a crate for a rustic pirate look. The pretzel pocket has a pirate ship sailing the seven seas, hunting for treasure and a pirate hat topper to complete the look. NOTE: THE TOPPERS FIT BEST IF THERE IS NOT A LOT OF DECORATIONS ON THE PRETZEL SIMPLE IS BEST (meaning melted candy and sugar). ♥ (1) Pirate Party Decorated Pretzel Pocket Design—Dimensions: 5 inches tall x 1-5/8 inches wide♥ (6) Double Sided Pirate Party Decorated Pretzel Pirate Hat Topper—Dimensions: 1-1/8 inch tall x 1-3/4 inch wide—SIMPLE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ARE INCLUDED—CLICK HERE FOR THE DOWNLOADS↓

• PIRATE SHIP PRETZEL POCKET
• PIRATE HAT TOPPER
• PRETZEL POCKET INSTRUCTIONS
• HAT TOPPER INSTRUCTIONS

PRETZEL POCKET PRINTABLE COLLECTIONS

What is a pretzel pocket? A pretzel pocket is a cute pretzel holder that allows you to take your decorated pretzels to the next level. For example, decorating a pretzel with yellow sugar sprinkles, and then popping it into a pretzel pocket with corn stalks on it. Now you have the cutest decorated corn pretzel perfect for a farm themed party. Another perk of the pretzel pocket is….NO MESSY HANDS! CLICK HERE FOR THE COLLECTIONS→ DECORATED PRETZEL POCKETS FREE PRINTABLE COLLECTIONS

How Early Can I Decorate Pretzels?

One of the best things about decorated pretzels (aside from the taste) is the convenience of being able to make them in advance of your party. It’s every hostesses dream to be able to make something this tasty before the craziness of the party prep starts. Ultimately taking some of the stress away from hosting a party. These adorable pretzels can be made as early as a week before the party. The key is making sure (after the candy has hardened) they stay fresh is to store them in an airtight container.

How to Add Flavor to the Melting Candy

You can purchase candy melts in a variety of colors. Unless you purchase the chocolate candy melts the colored ones are vanilla flavored. While they’re not bad on their own, below you will find some ideas on how to pump up the flavor. NOTE: IF YOU ADD TOPPINGS THE PRETZELS WILL NOT FIT IN THE PRINTABLE PRETZEL HOLDER.

• SPICES: Spice up your candy melts with ground cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, apple pie spice and just about any spice you can think of. Eggnog Pretzels for Christmas or Pumpkin Latte Pretzels for Thanksgiving.

• CAKE MIX: Add a little cake mix to the melted candy for a delicious cake batter flavor. Like these Birthday Cake Pretzels.

○ ¼ cup dry cake mix to 1 (12 ounce) bag candy melts.

• FREEZE DRIED FRUIT: Dip whatever you’re coating with candy and while the candy is still wet dip into crushed freeze dried fruit. Like these Apple Pie Pretzels.

• OILS OR FLAVORINGS: Using either of these products will transform vanilla candy into a fun creation. Be careful and don’t add too much. YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD MORE…..About ½ teaspoon of flavoring or ¼ teaspoon of oil per bag of candy.

• TOPPINGS: Create different combos with toppings like toasted coconut, mini chocolate chips, chopped nuts, dried fruit, and mini M&M’s.

• CARAMEL: Before adding a candy coating add a caramel coating or swirl of caramel. Like with these Tiger Tail Pretzels or Unicorn Pretzels.

• ESPRESSO POWDER: Create a mocha flavored treat when using chocolate candy and add a tablespoon of espresso powder.

Styling with Decorated Pretzel Rods

These cute treats are more then just a dessert. No…..they are so much more! Below is a list of the many different ways to use decorated crunchy pretzels.

• MASON JARS: First I’ll add the obvious and that is to simply put them in a jar and place them on the dessert table.
• CAKE DECORATION: Use a serrated knife and cut the pretzel rods the height of a layered cake, decorate pretzels and place them around the outside of a frosted layered cake. BAM!
• PARTY FAVOR: Hand out as party favors. You can purchase cellophane bags made specifically for pretzels. Add a thank you tag and you’re set!
• CENTERPIECE: Create a centerpiece! Fill containers (like jars or buckets) with the decorated pretzels and line them down the center of a table. Perfect for a kids birthday party!

How to Color Rice

HOW TO COLOR RICE: This decorating trick is easy to do and adds a pop of color to your table.  You can customize the rice to fit any color scheme.  Follow along as I show you how to dye rice. Do you ever struggle with finding creative ways to decorate for a party? Look no further than your pantry and a box of food coloring! One easy and inexpensive way to add a pop color to your party is with colored rice. Yes, you read that right – rice! So, let’s dive in and discover the endless possibilities of colored rice! Also, scroll down for some ideas for easy ways to create sensory bins.

HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? CLICK THE LINK BELOW FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES I HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS

What are Candy Melts?

Candy Melts VS White Chocolate

THE BEST PRODUCT FOR THINNING CANDY MELTS

WILL CANDY MELTS SOFTEN IN WARM TEMPERATURES?

Candy melts start to soften between 86 and 93°. Something to keep in mind when planning a outdoor summer party.

MORE DECORATED PRETZELS

• DARK CHOCOLATE PRETZELS
• APPLE PIE PRETZELS
• DESERT SAGUARO CACTUS PRETZELS
• OUT OF THIS WORLD GALAXY PRETZELS
• UNICORN PRETZELS
• LIGHT SABER PRETZELS

For more decorated pretzel ideas click here→DECORATED PRETZELS

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