When is it OK to bite your nails? Why, at Halloween, of course! Use our Witch Fingers Pretzel Mold to create frightfully fun candy pretzel fingers. Here’s how:
Melt a few Black Candy Melts® in a microwave safe bowl on the Copco Microwave Tray using your microwave’s defrost setting for short intervals of time.
Repeat using the Lavender Candy Melts®.
Using the Decorator Brush, paint on the melted colors for the fingernails. Pop the molds in the refrigerator until the nails are set.
Melt the Spooky Green Halloween Melts® in the microwave on the defrost setting.
Spoon some of the Spooky Green Halloween Melts into a cavity. Tap the mold to remove air bubbles.
Insert a pretzel rod and turn to evenly coat with candy. Add more Spooky Green, if needed. Tap again. Continue until all cavities are filled. Put in the refrigerator until the bottom of the mold appears frosty.
Turn mold over onto soft towel or paper towel to remove candy.
Re-melt one of the Candy Melts and brush dots on the fingernail using the Decorator Brush. Attach Confetti Sprinkles from the 6-Mix Halloween Assortment Sprinkles.
To give this finger a hairy effect, I brushed melted Spooky Green Candy Melts over the finger.
For more decorating ideas using the Witch Fingers Pretzel Mold, check out Eyeing the Finger Food Candy and Finger Food Candy.
Paula's love of creating things and using Wilton products started in high school when she began making candy. She even made a speech on cake decorating! Paula enjoys candy making, baking, cooking, crafting, and sharing her interests with her two daughters and her grill-master husband.
Paula's favorite part of candy making and baking is sharing her treats with friends, family and co-workers and believes chocolate makes everything better! Paula is a Wilton Customer Service Representative. 
So fabulous I think I will have to go and purchase.
Thanks Mrs. Mix it! They are easy to make and look great! Give it a try!
I loved the pretzel mold. I made them for a school halloween party and passed them out last to the kids, they looked at me and I said, “I forgot to give you your finger food!” I love the mold and the ideas I will definetly be using it next year and maube even for other holidays and just use other colors.
Hi Jean!
I’m glad you found a favorite candy mold! What a fun idea! Alot of the Wilton pans and molds can be tailored for different celebrations and themes just by changing the colors.
Melting candy a major problem. I had a customer ask me whey candy does not get thin. They had problem dipping pops. What hints do you have to melt candy melts easily.
Hi Minervia!
Thank you for replying! The Candy Melts need to be melted on the defrost setting at short intervals of time (20-30 seconds). There will be lumps, take it out, stir it, and repeat if necessary. There should still be some lumps that you stir out into a smooth consistency. Please tell your customers to watch what they are heating it in also, as different bowls conduct heat differently, so they will want to see which ones work the best for them. This does take a little bit longer, but it does not cook the candy. When people put it in the microwave for say, 1 minute on a regular setting, they aren’t melting the candy, but cooking it and that is when it can clump together. It is hard to restore that to a thin consistency after that happens.
When using a double boiler, please be sure to make sure the flame is not too high or the water in the bottom pot is too high, as that water can spurt into the upper pot and ruin the Candy Melts, as water and Candy Melts do not mix.
Here are tips on Melting Candy: http://www.wilton.com/candy/melting-candy/ways-to-melt-candy.cfm
Here is a lot of great information on Pops: http://www.wilton.com/pops/