Make these adorable turkeys out of leftover Halloween candy and common treats. It's a perfect treat for Thanksgiving festivities in your child's classroom or at home!
What You Need:
- 2 chocolate sandwich cookies (e.g., Oreo cookies; double-stuffed work best)
- 3-5 pieces of candy corn, plus 1-2 extra
- 1 malted milk ball (e.g., Whoppers)
- 1 chocolate kiss
- Chocolate frosting (I used Nutella)
- Sprinkles
- Red icing/frosting
What You Do:
- Press 3-5 pieces of candy corn, tip down, into the stuffing of a sandwich cookie. You can use chocolate frosting as the glue but this shouldn't be necessary if using double-stuffed Oreos. This will be the turkey's tail with feathers.
- Use chocolate frosting to connect the "tail" to the base, as pictured. You could also build your turkey onto a cupcake and sink it into the frosting of the cupcake.
- Cut the pointed tip off the chocolate kiss to form a flat base on which to place the malted milk ball. Use chocolate frosting to connect the two to form the body and head of the turkey.
- Place the chocolate body onto the sandwich cookie base with the tail cookie behind. Again, use chocolate frosting as the glue.
- Use colored icing/frosting and sprinkles to add the details such as the eyes, beak, waddle and feet, gluing with chocolate frosting as needed. Because the yellow icing I had wasn't showing up well, I instead cut the yellow end off an extra piece of candy corn and rolled into shape for the beak and feet. Rolling between your fingers makes the candy corn sticky enough to attach and stay in place. I used blue round sprinkles for the eyes and red icing to draw on the waddle.
I recommend making these the night before and sticking in the fridge overnight for the chocolate "glue" to harden and hold everything in place, especially if you will be transporting these somewhere.
