# What's good on a hot pretzel? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 10, 2000, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-on-a-hot-pretzel/32696 "2000-09-10T19:38:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fonz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Fonz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fonz)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-on-a-hot-pretzel/32696/1 "2000-09-10T19:38:51Z")
I was in the mall the other day and got a hot pretzel. She asked me twice if I wanted butter on it, and was shocked when I didn’t. Then she offered me six topings, none mustard. I had to ask for mustard, and got a little packet from under the counter. Has that gone out of style? Are pretzels the same as toast or bagels now? ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-on-a-hot-pretzel/32696/2 "2000-09-10T19:47:43Z")
Mustard is the best on hot pretzels. Anything else is just wrong. Mustard is how it should be. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-on-a-hot-pretzel/32696/3 "2000-09-10T19:48:58Z")
Heresy!! Fonz, you are obviously a sophisticated person with impeccable taste, and this mall pretzel bimbo a mere philistine. _Obviously_, the _only_ proper topping for a pretzel is mustard, preferable spicy German mustard, but even regular old yellow is better than (_shudder_) **butter**. ---
**Author:** ![Fonz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Fonz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fonz)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-on-a-hot-pretzel/32696/4 "2000-09-10T19:51:40Z")
The choices were a schmear of cheese, butter, jam, chocolate (I hope it tastes like chocolate donuts), honey, and rock salt. At least they got the last one right. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-on-a-hot-pretzel/32696/5 "2000-09-10T19:52:53Z")
I’ll agree that a spicy mustard is perfect for a pretzel, but I’ve also liked cheese dip with them too. Nothing else though, has to be one of those two things. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-on-a-hot-pretzel/32696/6 "2000-09-10T20:12:16Z")
**Chocolate??? On a pretzel???** _Yeccch!_ Why, oh why, is it that people can’t just stick to simple things like salt and mustard? I mean, if you want something that tastes like a chocolate donut, get a chocolate donut. In the meantime, just let us have our pretzels with rock salt and let us have mustard to put on them. Sorry for the rant, but my friends in Philly would hang their heads in shame if they knew that someone, somewhere, was deluded enough to put chocolate on a hot pretzel. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2000, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-on-a-hot-pretzel/32696/7 "2000-09-10T20:20:19Z")
Chocolate _and_ salt. That’s the trick, see. And the chocolate should be more like fudge than doughnut icing. Thick and not too sweet. Mmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Diesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Diesel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diesel)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-on-a-hot-pretzel/32696/8 "2000-09-11T01:49:38Z")
The iced pretzels form a pretzel chain called Auntie Anne’s (i don’t know how popular they are) are excellent. The cinnamon/sugar pretzels kick a nice slice of ass as well. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-on-a-hot-pretzel/32696/9 "2000-09-11T02:55:29Z")
Cheese dip is good…rock salt is usually the default topping…I also like a certain kind of garlic sauce. But mustard? I dunno… ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-on-a-hot-pretzel/32696/10 "2000-09-11T04:13:33Z")
Cheese or mustard _with_ rock salt. Sheesh! What are people thinking? (_Chocolate???!!_–I think I’m going to be sick!) ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-on-a-hot-pretzel/32696/11 "2000-09-11T05:24:53Z")
Hey \*\* Fonz! \*\* Nice to see you again!! I wanted to second Lucretia’s high opinion of your good taste, [picture voting in Fonz’s excellent judgement]. Then, of course the only normal thing on a pretzel is salt first, and then mustard. The spicier the better! Anything else is: well, too substandard to think about!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-on-a-hot-pretzel/32696/12 "2000-09-11T06:20:20Z")
Chocolate and honey on a hot pretzel? This is called “Progress” my friends. Yes, Progress! Want to see what they can do to a pretzel? Look at what they’ve done to the bagel!