How to Make Thanksgiving Turkey Gobbler Treats

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If you are looking for a fun and easy Thanksgiving treat, then you need to try these cute chocolate turkeys! I take you step by step on How to Make Thanksgiving Turkey Gobbler Treats. These are super cute and the kids will love assembling them with graham crackers, frosting, Oreo cookies, and candy corns! Or customize them with whatever leftover Halloween candy you have!

This quick and easy Thanksgiving holiday craft takes little time, requires little preparation or clean up, and is a delicious treat. Sofie and I had fun making these last week with some leftover Halloween candy. It was a good project for her and she loved eating them! We can’t wait to take them over for Thanksgiving dinner!

What you will need for each Thanksgiving Gobbler Treat

• One sandwich cookie. Oreos can be used, or any other brand.
• Two tablespoons of frosting. White frosting or chocolate frosting are best.
• Five pieces of candy corn.
• One malted milk ball (or Reese’s peanut butter cup)
• Red writing gel or cinnamon candy to make the wattle
• Candy eyeballs (optional)
• Graham crackers (optional)

I had a ton of Whopper candies from Sofie’s Halloween bucket, so that worked out perfectly. You can make as many or as little as you would like. So just grab out as many ingredients as you need to make each Thanksgiving Treat.

How to make these Thanksgiving Turkey Gobbler Treats

Directions

1. First if you are using the graham crackers, crack them in half. Then open the Oreo cookie. Using a butter knife, spread a little frosting on both cookies, directly over the frosting that is already on the cookie. Make the frosting just thick enough to hold the candies to the cookies. Add one cookie to the graham cracker.

2. Make a small mound of frosting on one cookie, near the top of the circle.

3. On the other cookie place the malted milk ball in the frosting, this becomes the body.

4. Place five pieces of candy corn, point side down, on the cookie as well. Push the candy corn pieces into the frosting to make them secure. This becomes the tail feathers.

5. Dabble a little red gel or a red candy next to the body of the Thanksgiving Gobbler. This becomes the wattle.

6. Then stand up the decorated cookie and press into the frosting of the other cookie to make it stand up straight.

Alternative Ideas for the Thanksgiving Gobbler Treats

• Use Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups cut in half for the body.
• Use large chocolate kisses for the body.
• Make holiday rum balls and use those for the body.
• Use decorative frosting in a tube for the wattle.
• Use thin red licorice rope pieces for the wattle.
• Use other flavors and colors of frosting to liven up the gobblers.

When to Make Thanksgiving Gobbler Treats

These treats are perfect for:

Of course we made them for a fun Fall treat and will make again for the family on Thanksgiving. These turkey gobble treats would also be great for a dessert for game days, movie nights, children’s parties, school activities, as a conclusion to learning about pilgrims, or just a quick dessert that children can make.

These gobblers are a welcome treat just about any time. They look adorable on the table with a candle holder centerpiece. Place a few of them around the centerpiece with candlelight as their backdrop.

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How to Make Turkey Gobbler Thanksgiving Treats

These Turkey Gobbler Thanksgiving Treats are easy, festive, and fun to make.

Prep Time20 minutes mins

Course: Dessert, Snack

Keyword: thanksgiving, thanksgiving desserts, Thanksgiving recipes, treats, turkey

Yield: 10 turkeys

Cost: $8

Materials

• Graham Crackers optional
• Oreos or similar
• Canned Frosting. White frosting or chocolate frosting are best.
• Candy Corn
• Chocolate Malted Milk Balls or Reese's peanut butter cup
• Red writing gel or cinnamon candy to make the wattle
• Candy eyeballs optional

Instructions

• First if you are using the graham crackers, crack them in half and add a little frosting to the graham cracker.
• Then open the Oreo cookie. Using a butter knife, spread a little frosting on both cookies, directly over the frosting that is already on the cookie. Make the frosting just thick enough to hold the candies to the cookies.
• Make a small mound of frosting on one cookie, near the top of the circle.
• Place one cookie into the frosting on the graham cracker.
• On the other cookie, place the malted milk ball in the frosting, this becomes the body.
• Place five pieces of candy corn, point side down, on the cookie as well. Push the candy corn pieces into the frosting to make them secure. This becomes the tail feathers.
• Dabble a little red gel or a red candy next to the body of the Thanksgiving Gobbler. This becomes the wattle.
• Then stand up the decorated cookie and press into the frosting of the other cookie to make it stand up straight.