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Rice Krispy Turkeys You'll Gobble Up
Published 11.06.2008 | Permanent Link | Comments (13)
By Marie LeBaron
These cute little turkeys are a great edible craft to make with the kids while the real turkey is roasting in the oven. Mix up a batch of Chocolate Rice Krispies and design them into turkey treats. Then save them for a fun table decoration, ready to eat for dessert.
Supplies for Turkey Treats:
Mix up a batch of Rice Krispies using the Chocolate cereal, marshmallows, and butter. Let it cool for a few minutes. Then grease your hands with vegetable spray and form the Krispies into balls. Try to use the colored marshmallows for making these. If you use white marshmallows, just roll your balls into more chocolate cereal to make them more brown for the turkey bodies.
Using a utensil, make holes for the candy to be placed in the body. For the snood (the red thing on the turkey's beak) I cut a red Mike & Ike in half or you can cut a gum drop in half. We also liked candy corn for the beak, perfect size and color.
Now add your feathers. So many possibilities here. We used toothpicks, marshmallows, cereal, etc.
We added a cellophane bag and ribbon to them, so they would stay nice and soft for dessert. We also placed a name tag on each one for a fun place setting.
This activity should keep the kiddies busy for a little while. Make one for each person coming to dinner. Then have fun gobbling these fun Turkey Treats up after Thanksgiving Dinner.
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Comments (13):
Deanna said:
These are wonderful! I am going to make these for my son's class as a Friday treat.
Posted on November 6, 2008 11:08
MaryAnne said:
These are adorable, thanks for the great idea!
Posted on November 6, 2008 21:00
Rachel said:
Oh these are SO cute! I'll be linking to this project.
Posted on November 7, 2008 13:35
Kristi Miller said:
My son's birthday is this month and this would be a great activity for the kids at the party! Thanks so much for sharing.
Posted on November 8, 2008 15:18
Tricia said:
Seriously cute!! We are going to try these!!
Posted on November 13, 2008 10:16
Elana Essers said:
Super cute! I could always use an excuse to eat my favorite food!
Posted on November 13, 2008 10:46
joy Mettler said:
Super cute my kids will love doing this. Thanks A!
Posted on November 13, 2008 20:37
kelly said:
That is THE cutest idea!! Thanks. Now I know what to do with my Brownie troop this month.
Posted on November 14, 2008 09:12
Krista Wasinger said:
Do you have a recipe for these treats?
Posted on November 21, 2008 15:55
Musings of a Housewife said:
Those are SO cute!
Posted on November 24, 2008 20:47
Marie said:
For the recipe for these treats, I used the one from the Rice Krispie Cereal Box. It's 1/4 cup butter, one bag small marshmallows, 5-6 cups of cereal. I used the chocolate Rice Krispies for the turkey's brown color. First, melt the butter, then mix in and melt the marshmallows with butter, then take off heat and stir in the cereal. Lay out onto a piece of wax paper, then form into your Turkey Balls. Now decorate and have fun!
Posted on November 25, 2008 16:15
jennifer said:
i love them their so tasty!
Posted on November 28, 2008 15:12
Cathy said:
If you only have the regular Rice Krispies cereal on hand, you can always use 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder to make them brown. (Add them to the melted butter)
Posted on October 28, 2009 21:04