This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Mizzou chapter.
After a huge Thanksgiving meal, sometimes we are already too stuffed to eat a piece of cake or pie, but still want something sweet to finish off the feast. I love making small treats for dessert every Thanksgiving to go along with the pumpkin pie. Here are some quick, easy-to-make recipes for desserts that are all turkey-themed.
Turkey Pretzel Rods
What you’ll need:
- Pretzel rods
- Chocolate frosting (or melted chocolate of your choice)
- Candy corn
- Black and white icing
- Orange M&Ms
Steps:
- Dip half of one pretzel rod into the chocolate frosting or melted chocolate.
- Attach about eight candy corn pieces onto the back of the pretzel rod in a shape the forms a half circle (these will be the turkey feathers).
- Slice an orange M&M in half.
- Attach one half of the M&M onto the front of the pretzel rod (this will be the turkey beak).
- Set the pretzel rod onto a non-stick paper for 30 minutes at room temperature.
- Once the chocolate and candy has stuck and hardened, make the turkey eyes by applying to large dots of white icing onto the front of the rod, then a smaller black dot in the middle of the white dots.
Turkey Cupcakes
What you’ll need:
- Any flavor cupcake
- Chocolate frosting
- Candy corn
- Black and white icing
- Orange M&Ms
Steps:
- Frost the cupcakes with the chocolate frosting.
- Place the candy corn pieces along the outer part of the cupcake (these will be the turkey feathers).
- Slice an orange M&M in half.
- Attach one half of the M&M onto the cupcake (this will be the turkey beak).
- Apply two large dots of white icing onto the cupcake, then a smaller black dot in the middle of the white dots.
Oreo Turkeys
(This is the easiest and quickest one to make!)
What you’ll need:
- Oreo cookies
- Chocolate frosting
- Candy corn
- Black and white icing
- Orange M&Ms
Steps:
- Gently stick the candy corn into about half of the cream filling of the cookie (these will be the turkey feathers).
- Slice an orange M&M in half.
- On the front of the Oreo cookie attach one half of an orange M&M (this will be the turkey beak).
- Apply two large dots of white icing onto the front of the Oreo, then a smaller black dot in the middle of the white dots.