The Spannuth family legacy of pretzel innovation is a “Unique” story with new histories being discovered every day.
Our Earliest Pretzel Making Accounts
MARCH 1ST
1755
Bringing the Bavarian to the Home of the Brave
MARCH 23RD
1776
Left Brain, Right Brain... Twisted Pretzel Brain
MAY 17TH
1842
To get his reach beyond Philadelphia and get customers the freshest soft pretzels right out of the oven “Innovator” Emanuel Spannuth develops a Hot-Air Balloon/Pretzel Oven Hybrid. On its maiden voyage, he crashes in rural Lebanon County, Pennsylvania where he decides to settle alongside many fellow German expatriates.
APRIL 22ND
1853
APRIL 24TH
1860
We Saw the Future and It Was Pretzel Shaped
APRIL 19TH
1862
MAY 19TH
1865
Word Spreads About How Unique Our Pretzels Are
NOVEMBER 25TH
1920
FEBRUARY 11TH
1921
JULY 5TH
1923
The Invention of Our Signature Splits
NOVEMBER 28TH
1957
APRIL 26TH
1960
Grandpa Spannuth was splitting his time between a new batch of pretzels and a rocket that could get those pretzels into outer-space and accidentally burned down the family bakery. He found the split-open pretzels that survived the blaze had an out-of-this-world taste! Unique Splits were born as a mistake… uh we mean… miracle of the Space-Age!
Our Split Pretzels Take Unique to the Next Level
SEPTEMBER 25TH
1985
APRIL 1ST
1990
New Leadership and Buried Treasure Shape the Future
JANUARY 1ST
1999
NOVEMBER 3RD
1999
MAY 5TH
2000
SEPTEMBER 15TH
2007
Our Most Recent Advancements
APRIL 20TH
2010
Ancient seeds labeled “Die Superbrezel” were recovered from the time capsule and cultivated into wheat flour for a ”Sprouted” pretzel recipe that tastes great and has amazing health benefits. Sprouted Splits are free of bad fats, lactose, and are Organic, Vegan, Kosher, and Diabetic friendly!
SEPTEMBER 17TH
2011
To develop a new beer-filled pretzel to commemorate Oktoberfest, the Spannuth brothers revisited the 1853 “fortune cookie” pretzel recipe. They tried to replace the fortune with beer, but it kept evaporating when they baked the dough. However, the empty pretzel “Shells” tasted fantastic so they moved ahead with marketing the addictive, but sadly non-alcoholic “Pretzel Shells”.
DECEMBER 3RD
2015
FEBRUARY 4TH
2018
Not much is remembered from the night the Spannuth brothers celebrated the Philadelphia Football Championship win, but the next day it seemed that craft beer got mixed into the Sourdough Pretzel dough. It tasted so incredible that they decided to share Pretzel Rings with the world, and in a green bag to mark the occasion!
The
FUTURE
Unique Pretzel continues the family tradition of delicious, one of a kind quality and innovation that has pleasured pretzel lovers for centuries. With an eye set on the future, Justin and William are working on a Red Potato Pretzel recipe for a future Mars mission. Talks with SpaceX and NASA are TBD.
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Reading, PA 19605
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