Since holidays are all about sweet delights, plan adorable desserts with your favorite ingredient, chocolate!
Surprise your sugar-fending little guests with some amazing chocolate turkey recipes. You can make the entire rafter with a few ingredients, a little creativity, and loads of fun if you can make your kids join you in preps.
So, here are some mouthwatering DIY Thanksgiving chocolate turkeys you can try this year:
1. Oreo Chocolate Turkey Truffles
This simple recipe will put a smile on everyone's faces, and you'll love it too because it's easy to prepare. So, here we go:
Ingredients:
- One pack Oreo cookies
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- Regular and straight pretzels
- Candy eyes
- Milk chocolate chips
How to Make
- Blend the Oreo cookies until they reduce to fine crumbs. Add cream cheese and mix well.
- Make small balls with this mixture and place them on a baking sheet. Cover with parchment paper and freeze for not more than 15 minutes.
- Melt some milk chocolate in the microwave and pour a half teaspoon of melted chocolate at one end of the pretzels to form an oval shape. Place candy eyes and put it to set in the freezer.
- Take the balls and heads out of the freezer and start the final preps. Microwave a little chocolate until smooth. Now, put a frozen Oreo ball on a fork’s top and dip it in the melted chocolate. Add tail and neck to it and place them in the freezer again to set.
2. Chocolate Cupcake Turkeys
For super-sweet and cute Thanksgiving chocolate turkeys, try this recipe. It is easy to prepare and tastes heavenly.
Ingredients:
- Fudge-dipped chocolate cookies
- Candy eyes
- Candy corn
- Sunflower seeds
- Chocolate frosting
- Chocolate sprinkles
- Chocolate cupcakes
How to Make
- Use chocolate frosting to coat the cupcakes.
- Roll the cupcakes in a bowl of sprinkles to cover them up.
- Chocolate frosting can also stick the cookies to the cupcakes and candy faces on the cookies.
- Make tail feathers by sticking candy corn into the cupcake’s back.
3. Reese’s Chocolate Turkeys
Do your kids love Reese’s cups? Well, why not turn them into these yummy and fabulous Thanksgiving chocolate turkeys with a simple recipe? Let’s dig in.
Ingredients:
- Chocolate candy melts- 2 tablespoons
- Reese's peanut butter cups- 12 full-size and 12 mini
- Candy corn- 60
- Candy eyeballs- 24
How to Make
- Melt the chocolate and spread a thin layer on the back of mini peanut butter cups. Please attach it to the full-size cups by keeping the edges together.
- Cut the candy corn tips and spread melted chocolate on their back. Arrange them over mini cups.
- Add little bits of melted chocolate on the candy eyes and stick them to the front of mini cups using a toothpick.
4. No-Bake Chocolate Turkeys
Your holidays are already hectic. So, you can reduce one chore and make this cute creation without any baking. Let’s find how.
Ingredients:
- Half-cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoon butter and 3 tsp of milk
- 1 tablespoon Hershey’s unsweetened cocoa
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoon peanut butter
- Âľ cup oats
How to Make
- In a medium-sized saucepan, mix sugar, milk, butter, and cocoa.
- Place the mixture on medium heat for three minutes.
- Add vanilla, oats, and peanut butter and mix well until well-blended.
- Decorate the cookies with Hershey’s Kisses, milk chocolate, candy eyes, and red gel icing.
5. Caramel Chocolate Turkey Legs
Even kids can make these Thanksgiving chocolate turkeys with ease. It’s also a no-bake treat.
Ingredients:
- 20 pretzel twists in any flavor
- 40 caramels
- 3 ounces of melted milk chocolate
How to Make
- Heat caramels in the microwave until they soften
- Mold softened caramels around braided and twisted pretzels to look like turkey legs.
- Dip them in melted chocolate and put on waxed paper until they set.
These are some super easy, tasty, and fun chocolate turkey ideas for your Thanksgiving treats. Try them out and surprise your guests