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Top soft pretzel brands
#1. Auntie Anne’s
The Brand: Auntie Anne’s started selling pretzels at a Pennsylvania farmer’s market in 1988. After playing around with recipes for a little while they perfected their creation into what they proudly serve today. They have over one thousand locations, making this the largest pretzel franchise in the world.
Need To Know: This brand is found in malls all over the United States but they’re located in other places too. These days you can even find their products in the frozen aisle at Target.
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#2. Wetzel’s Pretzels
The Brand: The first Wetzel’s Pretzels location was opened by Bill Phelps and Rick Wetzel in California in 1994. Their single hand-rolled soft pretzel location turned into something big. They expanded their menu and eventually grew to over 300 locations. Today, Wetzel’s Pretzels continue to use fresh dough to bake their pretzels.
Need To Know: Wetzel’s Pretzels is so good that they even have locations at Walt Disney World and Disneyland.
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#3. Philly Pretzel Factory
The Brand: Philly Pretzel Factory was started in 1998 by Dan DiZio and Len Lehman. It all started with DiZio selling pretzels as a kid and falling in love with this delicious food. Both DiZio and Lehman had a passion for pretzels and used their past experience to create the first location. By 2014 they had more than 100 franchise locations. Today they have 170 locations and continue to grow every year.
Need To Know: At Philly Pretzel Factory they offer more than just single soft pretzels. They also sell buckets and a variety of party tray options. These pretzels are so loved they even have a Philly Pretzel Factory truck that can be rented.
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#4. We’re Rolling Pretzel Company
The Brand: We’re Rolling Pretzel Company was founded in 1996 in Alliance, Ohio. The first location was located inside Carnation City Mall. A few years later they added a second location and eventually started offering franchises. Today they have 18 locations in four different states.
Need To Know: We’re Rolling Pretzel Company uses a secret pretzel dough recipe and even offers stuffed pretzel options as well. These pretzels can be found in a variety of places such as malls and amusement parks.
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#5. Pretzelmaker
The Brand: Pretzelmaker started back in 1991. They of course offered classic freshly baked handcrafted pretzels, but they went even further. They sold pretzel dogs and pretzel bites too. Today they have over 200 locations in the United States and even worldwide.
Need To Know: The promise at Pretzelmaker is to serve their customers products that only use the freshest ingredients. They make their pretzels from scratch and roll them every single day.
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Top hard pretzel brands
#1. Rold Gold
The Brand: Rold Gold is owned by PepsiCo. Originally founded in 1917, these pretzels have come a long way. They became a part of PepsiCo Frito-Lay in 1961. These pretzels are crispy and claim to have a one-of-a-kind flavor.
Need To Know: These hard pretzels come in many different styles and flavors. They have sticks, thins, rods, cheddar, original, braided honey wheat, and more.
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#2. Utz
The Brand: Utz began in a kitchen in Hanover, Pennsylvania back in 1921. That’s the year Bill and Salie Utz began selling potato chips. The two set out to make snacks with clean ingredients as minimally processed as possible. They’ve had a century to perfect their snack making processes. Today they sell a variety of pretzel products from sourdough to peanut butter filled pretzel bites.
Need To Know: The snacks made at Utz are done in small batches. This way they can control the texture and flavor to create products that simply taste good.
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#3. Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps
The Brand: Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps are truly unique in that they are flat, thin, and crunchy pretzels. They hit the market in 2004 and completely reinvented classic pretzels. They are baked in Wisconsin, Arizona, and Pennsylvania. Snack Factory might offer the largest variety of pretzels amongst any brand out there. They have original, cheddar, garlic parmesan, dark chocolate crunch, and much more.
Need To Know: Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps come in many flavors ranging from savory to desserts. They are great by themselves or dipped in your favorite sauces and spreads.
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#4.Unique Pretzels
The Brand: Unique Pretzels go back to 1755. While this brand was officially created in 1921, pretzel making has been in the Spannuth family for six generations. Over the past 100 years the brand, based out of Reading, Pennsylvania, has grown and become a favorite to many.
Need To Know: You can tell by the interesting shapes and appearance of these pretzels that they truly have something special going on. Unique Pretzels sells quite a few types such as sprouted shells, but they’re truly known for their splits.
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#5. Snyder’s
The Brand: Snyder’s began in the early 1900s. First Harry Warehime started producing pretzels in 1909. In the 1920s, Edward Snyder II and Grandma Eda started frying potato chips and selling their creations while their son and his wife were doing the same with angel food cakes. Eventually the whole family came together as Snyder’s Bakery.
Need To Know: Snyder’s offers a ton of unique styles and flavors of pretzels. These include sour cream and onion, jalapeno ranch, classic, sea salt, and more.
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Top vegan pretzel brands
#1. Rold Gold
The Brand: Rold Gold, which was founded in 1917, has had many years to play around with pretzel recipes. In 1961 they became owned by Frito-Lay. Conveniently for vegans out there, almost every Rold Gold option is vegan.
Need To Know: All original flavors are vegan so feel free to indulge in those while avoiding the cheddar, garlic parmesan, and honey wheat options.
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#2. Snyder’s
The Brand: The Snyder’s legacy began in the early 1900s as a family bakery. By the 60s, sales reached nearly $400,000. Around this time Snyder’s purchased The Bechtel Pretzel Company. Over the past few decades Snyder’s has become a huge brand. While they do have some flavored options that aren’t dairy-free they have plenty of vegan options too.
Need To Know: While vegans should avoid the butter snaps and a few other flavors, all traditional flavors of Snyder’s pretzels are vegan.
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#3. Real Food From The Ground Up
The Brand: Real Food From The Ground Up prides themselves on being a good snack choice. They use real ingredients during production to create the highest quality products possible. Real Food From The Ground Up offers tons of delicious vegan snacks including crackers, potato chips, tortilla chips, and of course pretzels. These come in both the classic shape and sticks.
Need To Know: Their pretzel options range from cauliflower twists, cauliflower sticks, and butternut squash twists which all proudly state that they are vegan right on the front of their packaging.
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#4. Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps
The Brand: Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps brought their unique style of pretzels to life in 2004. These pretzel crisps are baked in Wisconsin, Arizona, and Pennsylvania and are flat, thin, and crunchy. When they originally launched all of the styles were dairy-free. Today they offer even more flavors and some of them include dairy.
Need To Know: Not all flavors are vegan but many are. These include original, everything, sesame, and more.
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#5. Utz
The Brand: Utz began in 1921 in Hanover, Pennsylvania with potato chips. Bill and Salie Utz wanted to make snacks using clean ingredients and minimal processing. They’ve had a century to perfect their snack making processes but continue to make their products in small batches.
Need To Know: Of course they make some pretzels that aren’t vegan but many of them are. Some of their vegan options include old fashioned pretzel rods, classic pretzel sticks, and sourdough nuggets.
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Top gluten-free pretzel brands
#1. Glutino
The Brand: Glutino has been creating delicious gluten-free options since 1983. They offer delicious crackers, cookies, English muffins, and more. Their pretzels are phenomenal. Those who prefer gluten-free options or have to avoid gluten for allergy reasons can indulge happily knowing no flavor was sacrificed in the process of creating these products.
Need To Know: They don’t just make classic pretzel but also pretzel chips, yogurt covered pretzels, and fudge covered pretzels.
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#2. Quinn Pretzel Sticks
The Brand: Quinn Pretzel Sticks have been creating tasty gluten-free snacks for the past 10 years. At Quinn, they’re transparent about their food process and use organic and non-GMO ingredients. For their gluten-free pretzels they use whole grain sorghum which gives them a classic pretzel flavor.
Need To Know: Not every product made at Quinn is gluten-free so be careful when selecting from their many delicious pretzel options.
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#3. Snack Factory Gluten Free Pretzel Crisps
The Brand: Snack Factory Pretzel Crisp have plenty of gluten free options to satisfy your cravings. This brand began selling their unique style of pretzels in 2004. These pretzel crisps are baked in Wisconsin, Arizona, and Pennsylvania and are crunchy and thin.
Need To Know: Just like not all Snack Factory Pretzel Chips are vegan, not all of them are gluten-free either. They make gluten-free everything, gluten-free original, and gluten free minis.
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#4. Gratify Gluten Free Pretzel Thins
The Brand: Gratify Gluten Free proudly serves delicious gluten-free snacks. They have found a way to make gluten-free pretzels without sacrificing any flavor. They have many flavors such as sea salt, everything, and sesame which come in thins, twists, and sticks.
Need To Know: You can find these pretzels at plenty of stores including Walmart. They’re also sold on Amazon.
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#5. Real Food From The Ground Up
The Brand: Real Food From The Ground Up uses real ingredients during production to create the highest quality products possible. All of their snacks are gluten-free and non-GMO. This includes their crackers, potato chips, tortilla chips, and of course pretzels.
Need To Know: Their pretzels come in both the classic shape and sticks. They offer cauliflower twists, cauliflower sticks, and butternut squash twists.
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Top pretzel sticks brands
#1. Snyder’s
The Brand: Snyder’s began in the early 1900s with a variety of baked snacks and goods. Today they sell some of the most popular pretzels around. While they come in many flavors and shapes, there are plenty of tasty pretzel stick options to choose from.
Need To Know: Snyder’s makes gluten-free sticks, classic sticks, and a variety of flavors of braided twists which are similar to sticks. The twisted sticks come in sour cream and onion and jalapeno ranch to name a few.
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#2. Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels
The Brand: Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels started many years ago in Dot Henke’s home kitchen. They officially launched in 2012. Over the years they’ve turned Dot’s secret recipe into a large family-owned business. They have bakeries located in North Dakota, Arizona, and Kansas. They will likely be owned by The Hershey Co. soon.
Need To Know: Dot’s pretzels come in original seasoned, southwest seasoned, and honey mustard.
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#3. Better Made
The Brand: Better Made may have started with potato chips but today they offer tons of different snack options, including delicious pretzels. The company started in 1930 and has had nearly a century to perfect their recipes. As the name suggests, when Cross and Peters started the company they set out to create better made snacks.
Need To Know: One of the many snacks offered at Better Made are pretzels. They come in many styles, two of which are sticks and rods.
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#4. Quinn Pretzel Sticks
The Brand: Quinn started their mission to revolutionize food 10 years ago. They started with microwave popcorn. They created one that doesn’t have a bunch of random chemicals but instead uses real ingredients. At Quinn, they’re transparent about their food process and use organic and non-GMO ingredients.
Need To Know: The pretzel stick option offered at Quinn are Classic Sea Salt Sticks.
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#5. Kroger Pretzel Sticks
The Brand: Kroger sells some of the most popular pretzel sticks on the market. The brand was started back in 1883 by Barney Kroger. Starting with a single grocery store in Cincinnati, it has grown into something much bigger.
Need To Know: Kroger is the oldest supermarket chain in America. They’ve had plenty of time to perfect every single one of their products, including their pretzel sticks.