There are two kinds of pretzels, one is hard and one is
soft.
Hard one is covered in some salt and the soft one is like
bread.
View page
Pretzels were first made from scraps of bread made by monks in
Germany. They were given to children as rewards for doing well is
school. These were originally soft. It is rather the hard Pretzels
which are a modern invention.
View page
306
View page
There are 24g of carbs in one serving size (about 19 pretzels)
of mini pretzels. An original soft pretzel from Auntie Anne's has
72g of carbs!