Pretzel Emoji

Food

A golden-brown, salted baked snack with a distinctive knotted shape. The pretzel features three visible holes and a textured surface that captures the look of traditional oven-baked dough.

Usage Context

Used to talk about snacks, German culture, or Oktoberfest festivities. It is a popular way to signal you are grabbing a quick bite to eat, often appearing alongside other baked goods like 🥖 or 🥐.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2017 as part of Emoji 5.0, this icon was heavily requested to better represent European food culture. Its design pays homage to the classic Bavarian-style soft pretzel, a staple of street food carts and pub menus globally.

Details

Glyph

🥨

Unicode

U+1F968

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f968:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD68;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Food

Subcategory food-prepared

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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