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Thanksgiving Turkeys

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Easy to make and so fun for the kids!

Ingredients

  • 1 package Oreos
  • 1 package Mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
  • 1 package Whoppers
  • 1 package Candy Corn
  • FROSTING

Preparation

(I don’t know the exact number of each item you need. I just ate my extras. Never a problem, right? Right.)

FEATHERS:
The easiest way to start these turkeys is to do the feathers first. Put frosting on the back of an Oreo and put 5 or so candy corns, point down, in the frosting, so that the wide end is sticking off the edge. I left them laying down so the frosting could dry and harden.

BASE:
Next put a blob of frosting near one edge of another Oreo, and stand one of the feathered Oreos in the frosting. You don’t want to leave the Oreo laying down on its feathers, because the feathers will cause the turkey to lean when standing if you do so. Instead prop them up against a book or wall so they can dry without being too top heavy and falling over.

BODY:
While the bases are drying, cut off the bottom edge (fat end) of a bunch of candy corns, and then “glue” one to each Whopper with the point out. (For the beak.) Then put each whopper head on one round side of the Reese’s cups.

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER:
Once all of these are stable, add the Reese’s/Whopper bodies to the Oreos, standing them in front of the feathered Oreo.

**Once I got typing this I realized how hard these are to explain without showing pictures of the process. So if you’re a visual person like me, just look at the picture! They’re really not that hard to figure out!**

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julieloolie on 10.8.2011

I just made the first one of these for the kids to use as a ‘model’ tomorrow for a Thanksgiving activity. thank you so much – they are adorable!

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olliebelle20 on 9.28.2010

I have made these using a chocolate covered cherry for the body.

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mac9506 on 12.10.2009

The ones that stayed together were great! I dont’ think I used the right icing. I used the cookie icing thats suppose to harden fast. I couldn’t get many of these to stay together.

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Clabbergirl on 11.23.2009

I made these last week for my son’s 6th grade bake sale. They were a huge hit! Thank you for this great idea!

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doriankaye on 10.20.2009

what type of frosting are you using on these?

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caramichele on 11.24.2011

These turned out so cute, and they were the perfect project for my four- and five-year olds to work on the day before Thanksgiving! My kids are soooo excited to share (and eat) these little turkeys today! We used royal icing and small paint brushes (like what you’d find in a Crayola watercolor set) to apply it. Worked great. (We did try inserting the candy corn into the center of Double Stuff Oreos as fatmom suggested, but it caused the cookies to split apart.)

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lgayle06 on 11.23.2011

Loved making these with my 5 year old!!! Love this recipe! Only reason I only gave it 4 oven mits, was because it takes a lot longer than the 10 minutes specified in the recipe (especially when you have a little helper)!!!

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hearmeoutx on 11.23.2011

I made these with my 1st grade class when I was out in the field on Monday. It was so much fun! I am glad I was able to find this on here, so I can make this in the future!

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fatmom on 11.20.2010

I did this last year with my kids and we had a great time. I did see another way of attaching the candy corn to the oreos (for the feathers) that I think I’ll try this year: use double-stuffed cookies, instead of the traditional size, and insert the tips of the candy corn in between the outer cookies, directly into the frosting center of the oreo. I think my girls will have an easier time with this method.

Otherwise, the project is terrific to do with kids and extremely delicious! Can’t wait to get started:)

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Clabbergirl on 11.18.2010

I have made these several times now. Royal icing works perfectly.

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