Eight bucks and ten minutes gets you fed near C26
Auntie Anne’s Pretzels sits in the Jeppesen Terminal, post-security by Gate C26, and it runs daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. This is the same mall-style Auntie Anne’s you already know: soft pretzels, pretzel nuggets, and lemonades at roughly $4–$8 per item. It’s a fast sugar-and-salt stop between C-gate connections or before you ride the train back toward baggage claim.
The menu hits the basics: original salted pretzels, cinnamon sugar, pepperoni, and pretzel nuggets in similar flavors, all baked in small batches across the day. Figure on about $5–$6 for a classic pretzel and a bit more if you add cheese dip or specialty toppings. Drinks lean sweet too, with lemonade and frozen lemonade in the $3–$5 range, plus standard sodas and bottled water.
Lines here tend to move quickly since everything is grab-and-go and there’s no seating at this stand near C26. If you’ve got a 25–30 minute window before boarding, you can usually queue, order, and be at your gate with a hot pretzel in hand. The stand is inside security in the Jeppesen Terminal side serving the C concourse, so you don’t need to factor in an extra checkpoint stop.
There’s no real “order this, skip that” intel from regulars at this DEN location, so stick with what you already like from Auntie Anne’s elsewhere. Cinnamon sugar pretzels and original salted pretzel nuggets are the safest play if you just want a quick carb hit before a United or Southwest departure out of the C gates. Expect standard chain quality, not a local Denver specialty.
Tip: If the line is more than 8–10 people deep near C26 and your boarding time is under 20 minutes away, skip it and grab a packaged snack from a nearby newsstand instead.
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