Who made the first Pretzels?
mj is correct. Here the rest of the story… Historians trace the invention of the pretzel all the way back to 610 A.D. when French monks offered them to children as a reward for learning their prayers. These first pretzels were called “pretiola” which means little reward. In Austria and Germany, they became known as “bretzeln.” German children used to tie bretzeln on a string around their necks at the beginning of every new year in hopes that they would receive prosperity, health and good fortune. In the 1800’s, immigrants brought bretzeln with them to the U.S., where they became known as “pretzels.
