This is one of these great holiday cookie recipes project that you can share with the kids. You will simply fall in love with these adorable little creatures and they are entirely and completely yummy. Depending on the age of your helpers, you may need to assist with the cutting of the candy.
Read the instructions through, beginning to end, before attempting the assembly. It will give you an idea of the whole magic of making these little cuties. Placing each on a cupcake paper will make them easier to manage.
One great thing about this recipe is you can make as few or as many as you want, depending on the attention span of your helpers. Any leftover ingredients will be happily consumed!
Best Holiday Ingredients
For each of these precious little turkeys you will need:
2 double stuff Oreo cookies
1 small Reese's peanut butter cup
1 Whopper malted milk ball
9 pieces of candy corn
white frosting
black frosting
Holiday Cookie Assembly Instructions
Place the peanut butter cups in the fridge, this will make them easier to cut.
Take one of the Oreos and carefully separate one side of cookie from the other, leaving the frosting on the remaining side of the cookie,.
To make the tail feathers, gently press the pointed end of 6 candy corn pieces into the frosting along half of the circle. Use some of the white frosting to "fix" the cookie back together.
Take the second Oreo and lay it on a flat surface. Pick up the first Oreo, put some frosting on the bottom edge of the cookie and place it one side of the Oreo that is on the table, making the tail feathers upright. Carefully place the cookies against an edge, wall or book, to prop it up while the frosting dries. Add more frosting if necessary to keep it upright.
For the body of the turkey, take the peanut butter cup out of the refrigerator and cut off a small piece so that it will stand on it side.
Place some frosting on the flat side and the opposite side, attach it to the Oreos, to form the body. Add the Whopper on top of the peanut butter cup to form the head. Use more frosting to fix it to the back Oreo.
To form the eyes, place two small circles of white frosting. Add a smaller dot of black frosting for the pupils.
For the beak, trim the tops off one of the candy corns or a dab of frosting.
To make the wings of the turkey, trim off the bottoms of 2 pieces of candy corn, (set them aside to use later) glue the wings in place with the frosting to each side of the peanut butter cup.
Use the bottom pieces of the candy corn ( that you saved from the wings) to form the feet. Use frosting to secure the feet to the front of the body. Or we used some frosting to form the feet if you are artistically inclined.
Allow to set about 20 minutes before moving them.
Happy Thanksgiving!