Leftover Pretzels

If the sell by date is past, you cannot give them up for consumption.

Suggestions:
- Crush them up and go feed the fish or ducks at your local pond.
- Make an activity out of it by spreading natural peanut butter on a pine cone and roll it in the crushed pretzels and bird seed. Hang it on your tree outside and watch the birds that show up.
- Make chocolate (white or milk) covered pretzels. Melt, dip, cool in fridge, eat...

You and your son could line them up on a cookie sheet, put a Rolo on each one and melt them in the oven, just until soft, then mash a pecan on each chocolate and set the pan in the freezer. This is how me and my kids make our own turtles.

If they are too salty for you, you could gift them to someone you know that wouldn't be bothered by the salt :)

Crush them up and freeze them - you can use them for cooking -
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Honey-Mustard-Chicken-with-P...
Pretzel coated baked chicken breasts are a great substitute for fried chicken. I'm sure the packaged preztels aren't stale yet, but even if they are, when you bake them you won't notice it.

Have you called local pre-schools to see if they take donations? Or a food pantry would be another great idea.

Food bank won't take them if they are past sell by date. I'd just put them on freecycle or craigslist for free. Someone will want them.

Here's a few suggestions on how to use them.

-You can make a Chocolate dipped or a Chocolate and Peanut butter dipped pretxels. Just warm the chocolate and peanut butter until melted, dip, let dry and yu can leave it with one dip or dip again (sort of like a reeses peanut butter cup).
- Use them in a sweet/salty trailmix. Use things like dried fruit, raisins, etc to counter balance teh saltiness.
-Crush them up and use them as a crust in a Jello recipe.
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1813,153167-245201,00.html