“What’s a pretzel’s favorite dance?”/“The Twist.”
There are at least two answers to a pretzel riddle. This version has been cited in print since at least 1999:
Q: What’s a pretzel’s favorite dance?
A: The Twist.
A different answer was given on Twitter on May 18, 2010:
Q: What’s a pretzel’s favorite dance?
A: The Satlsa.
Google Books
Greatest Jokes on Earth
By Matt Rissinger & Philip Yates
Illustrated by Jeff Sinclair
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
1999
Pg. 6:
What’s a pretzel’s favorite dance routine?
The Twist.
Google Books
Dude, Got Another Joke?
By Bob Phillips
Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers
2002
Pg. 163:
Reba: What’s a pretzel’s favorite dance routine?
Rene: Search me.
Rebe: The Twist.
Twitter
Daily Groaner
@DailyGroaner
Q: What’s a pretzel’s #favorite dance? A: The Saltsa. #jokes #humor #funny
10:08 AM - 18 May 2010
Twitter
Maggie Baran
@baranpower
Inexplicably mad at Pepperidge Farm for saying that a pretzel’s favorite dance is “the saltsa” when it is clearly “the twist.”
9:28 PM - 28 Aug 2010
Twitter
Crystal Senter-Brown
@Poetesscrystal
Okay last one: What is a pretzel’s favorite dance? The TWIST! 😊 LOL!!!!! I crack myself up 😊
8:49 PM - 8 Feb 2011
Google Groups: churchlady
Jest For Kids 03-31-11
Raw Oyster2
3/31/11
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What’s a pretzel’s favorite dance?
The twist.
Twitter
LasgidiConfidential™
@ihateRay_D
What is a pretzel’s favorite dance? The twist!
8:13 AM - 22 May 2011
24 January 2013, Evening Chronicle (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK), “Jack and his pals wage war on litter,” pg. 46:
Q: What is a pretzel’s favorite dance? A: The Twist!
2 June 2013, Sunday Telegraph (Surry Hills, New South Wales), “Laugh Till Your Face Hurts,” pg. 81:
Q: What is a pretzel’s favourite dance?
A: The Twist!
Google Books
Food Jokes For Kids
By Peter Crumpton
PeteyRF Creative
2015
Pg. ?:
What is a pretzel’s favorite dance?
The Twist!
Google Books
Roald Dahl:
Whizzpopping Joke Book
By Roald Dahl
London, UK: Puffin Books
2016
Pg. 12:
What is a pretzel’s favourite dance?
The twist!