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Welcome to our highly anticipated Lebanon Valley Soft Pretzel Wars. Five entrants from the Valley will compete to be declared the winner of Best Soft Pretzel in The Valley.
We will travel to each entrant and try one regular soft pretzel and one other item from the menu that is made with a soft pretzel.
We continue this war at a spot that has a few locations across the Valley. Today, we stopped by their stand in the Lebanon Farmers Market and visited Foltz’s Pretzels.
Foltz’s Pretzels
Address
35 South 8th Street
Lebanon, PA 17042
Phone: 717-940-9947
Website:
foltzspretzels.com
Hours
Mon: Closed
Tue: Closed
Wed: Closed
Thu: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Fri: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sat: 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Sun: Closed
Foltz’s Pretzels offers hand rolled soft pretzels, regular and with toppings, as well as pretzel dog, pretzel nuggets, and smokey cheesers. In addition, they do have a lemonade menu.
Our selection for judgement today was the classic soft pretzel and the smokey cheesers.
The classic pretzel comes moderately salted and packed with that Amish buttery flavor. It was on the larger side in size and had a uniform roll and twist. The bite is doughy with a soft crisp on the outer edge.
The smokey cheesers, pretzel wrapped cocktail weenies were lacking the cheese flavor. The bottoms had a dark char from the pan for a crunch in your bite. The thin pretzel wrap was consistent and rich in that buttery flavor.
Did we just have the best soft pretzel in the Valley?
Next up we will travel to our other entrants: Dutchway Markets, Pretzel Hut, and Shuey’s. After which, we will announce our winner.
If you have a restaurant you would like us to visit or review, whether a place you like or are nervous to try, please message us on Facebook or email lvfoodcritics@outlook.com and let us know. We thank everyone for the recommendations and the kind words we have received.
