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Today, Wednesday, October 7, 2026
National Chocolate Covered Pretzel Day is an informal U.S. food observance marked on October 7. In 2026 it falls on Wednesday, October 7. It highlights chocolate-coated hard pretzels and traces to Fatty Sundays’ 2019 registration with National Day Calendar. It is not National Pretzel Day and not a U.S. federal holiday.
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