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40+ Fun Thanksgiving Food Crafts from Hungry Happenings

November 22, 2014 This post may contain affiliate links.

 Turn your traditional Thanksgiving dinner into an extravagant feast with these 40+ Fun Thanksgiving Food Crafts. Every recipe that you choose will make your meal that much more delicious.

fun Thanksgiving recipes and food crafts including Chocolate Pilgrim Hats, Pumpkin Turkey Truffles, Turkey Cake, Cheesecake Leaves, Rice Krispie Treat Turkey Pops, and more.

 

It’s always fun for me to scroll down my RECIPES page at Hungry Happenings, to see all the edible crafts I’ve made since I began blogging. I realize now, more than ever, that there are thousands of amazing holiday food ideas around the web, and appreciate all of you readers who continue to look to me for inspiration when making fun holiday food.

Below are links to all the recipes I’ve created for Thanksgiving.

This holiday is all about the food, is it not? So, have fun in the kitchen this holiday.

How can you stress out when you look into the face of a googly-eyed Rice Krispie Turkey Pop or when you break open a chocolate pilgrim hat to find candy or chocolate mousse hiding inside? I sure can’t!

Chocolate Thanksgiving Desserts

chocolate rice krispie treat turkeys

Chocolate Rice Krispies Treat Turkey Pops

These chocolate-dipped rice krispie treat turkeys are my most popular Thanksgiving recipe.
They couldn’t be cuter and are fun to decorate using modeling chocolate.

chocolate pilgrim hat candy cups for Thanksgiving

Chocolate Pilgrim Hats

You can fill these chocolate pilgrim hat cups with your favorite candy or with chocolate mousse.

pumpkin cheesecake stuffed chocolate cupcakes topped with a swirl of chocolate ganache

CHEESECAKE Pumpkin Stuffed Cupcakes

These delicious chocolate cupcakes are stuffed with a pumpkin-shaped cheesecake
and are topped with chocolate ganache frosting.

cocoa banana ice cream turkeys decorated with candy eyes, beak, and wattle, and graham cracker feathers

Cocoa Banana Ice Cream Turkeys

These cute ice cream turkeys are perfect if you are looking for a healthier dessert for Thanksgiving.
The ice cream is made using bananas and cocoa powder. It’s so delicious and easy to make.

chocolate cheesecake turkeys with candy eyes, beak, and wattle

Chocolate Cheesecake Turkeys

If you prefer a decadent chocolate dessert, decorate chocolate cheesecakes
to look like turkeys instead!

chocolate truffle turkeys with candy eyes, beak, and wattle

Chocolate Turkey Truffles filled with Pumpkin Ganache

Go all out and create these amazing turkey-shaped chocolate truffles.
They are so amazing. Your whole family will love these Thanksgiving chocolates.

milk chocolate turkey candy cup filled with pumpkin mousse

Milk Chocolate Turkey Cups filled with Pumpkin Mousse

These chocolate cups will really make your family smile. They are so darn cute
and are so amazingly delicious!

handmade chocolate turkey box filled with mini chocolate turkeys

Chocolate Turkey Box filled with small chocolate turkeys

Fill this handmade chocolate turkey-shaped box with lots of mini chocolate turkeys.
This box makes a festive Thanksgiving hostess gift.

peanut butter fudge turkeys decorated with red, orange, and yellow modeling chocolate

Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Turkeys

Craft these adorably cute turkeys using a simple 2-ingredient chocolate peanut butter fudge.

chocolate cupcakes wrapped in modeling chocolate pilgrim suits are topped with a big swirl of chocolate ganache frosting

Edible Cupcake Wrappers – Chocolate Pilgrim Suit

These Thanksgiving cupcakes are completely edible including the wrapper
which is made out of modeling chocolate.

 

bacon ranch cheese ball decorated to look like a turkey is surrounded by cheese topped cracker feathers

Cheese Ball Turkey

Decorate a cheeseball with lots of chopped bacon and cheese eyes, beak, wattle, and feet
then surround it with cheese topped cracker feathers.

leaf-shaped veggie pizza topped with colorful peppers, broccoli, carrots, and more.

Veggie Pizza Leaves

This leaf-shaped veggie pizza is a colorful and fun appetizer to serve with Thanksgiving dinner.

top a pumpkin pie with sugar coated pie crust decorated like a cute turkey

Pie Crust Turkey decoration for Thanksgiving

Top a homemade or store-bought pumpkin pie with a cute sugar-coated pie crust turkey.
The turkey is easy to make using homemade or store-bought pie dough.

cheesy crescent roll leaves topped with a variety of shredded cheese, paprika, and parsley

Cheesy Crescent Roll Leaves

Top leaf-shaped crescent rolls with cheese, paprika, parsley, or Italian seasoning.
Fill your Thanksgiving bread basket with these cheesy leaves and watch them disappear.

colorful cheesecake leaves and a cheesecake pumpkin

Cheesecake Leaves and Pumpkins

Use silicone molds to create these beautiful leaf and pumpkin-shaped cheesecakes.

chocolate caramel fudge pumpkins coated in orange candy melts

Chocolate Caramel Pumpkins

Shape 2-ingredient chocolate caramel fudge into pumpkins then dip them in
orange candy melts and add a fudge stem to make these cute Thanksgiving treats.

colorful pound cake leaves and pumpkins

Pound Cake Leaves and Pumpkins

Color pound cake batter with red, yellow, and food coloring to create
these pretty pound cake leaves and pumpkins for your Thanksgiving dessert.

Peanut Butter Cookie Turkeys...a fun Thanksgiving treat!

Peanut Butter Cookie Turkeys

Thanksgiving will be a little sweeter if you serve these cute peanut butter cookie turkeys.
They are simple to make and decorate.

colorful cheese topped leaf and pumpkin-shaped cheese bread

Leaf and Pumpkin Shaped Dinner Rolls Topped with Colored Cheese

These cheese bread leaves and pumpkins will look so beautiful in your Thanksgiving breadbasket.

 

mini thanksgiving apple pies shaped like leaves, acorns, and pumpkins

Mini Thanksgiving Apple Pies

Bake apple pies in a Nordic Ware pan to make these pretty leaves, pumpkins, and acorns.

ear of corn cookies decorated with modeling chocolate husks and filled with Reese's pieces

Ear of Corn Pinata Cookies

Break open an ear of corn shaped cookie to find candy hiding inside.

pumpkin whoopie pies decorated with fondant leaves

Whoopie Pie Pumpkins 

Decorate pumpkin pie spice whoopie pies to look like pumpkins using fondant leaves.

Cheese Bread Turkey for Thanksgiving Dinner

Cheese Bread Turkey

This three-dimensional cheese bread turkey will really look impressive on your
Thanksgiving dinner table. It tastes great too.

crescent roll cornucopia filled with cranberry turkey salad on a plate set next to a fork and Thanksgiving napkin

Crescent Roll Cornucopia filled with Turkey Salad

These cranberry turkey salad crescent roll cornucopia make a great Black Friday lunch.

Cocoa Krispies Treat Turkeys for Thanksgiving

Cocoa Krispie Turkeys

Your kids will have fun decorating these cute Thanksgiving treats. It’s easy and fun.

chocolate dipped pretzel turkeys

Chocolate Turkey Pretzel Pops

Dip pretzel rods in milk chocolate then decorate them using modeling chocolate.

turkey pretzels decorated with orange, yellow, and red modeling chocolate

Turkey Pretzels

Decorate milk chocolate pretzels using modeling chocolate.

Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Crows

Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Crows

Or dip the pretzels in a combination of milk and dark chocolate to create these cuties.

Combine salty and sweet to make these whimsical Thanksgiving treats. Each peanut butter and milk Chocolate Pretzel Scarecrow is adorably decorated to brighten up your holiday dessert table.

Scarecrow Pretzels

Or dip the pretzels in peanut butter chips and milk chocolate to make these sweet scarecrows.

pumpkin hand pies coated in bright orange sugar set on top of a black wire cooling rack

Mini Pumpkin Hand Pies

Cut pie dough into pumpkins then stuff them with pumpkin pie filling
to make these cute little pumpkin-shaped hand pies.

raisin and peanut power bar pumpkins with raisin stems

Raisin & Peanut Power Bar Pumpkins

There’s no reason you can’t make a healthy treat look festive and fun too!
Each of these pumpkins is made with a blend of raisins and peanuts.

Three Cheese Pumpkin Calzones

Three-Cheese Pumpkin Calzones

Stuff pumpkin-shaped pizza crust with a three-cheese filling.
This is a great alternative for your family members who aren’t fans of a traditional turkey dinner.

Cheesy Pumpkin Pita Chips

Cheesy Pumpkin Pita Chips

These little pumpkin-shaped pita chips are super easy to make for Thanksgiving.
Serve them as an appetizer by themselves or with a dip.

Pumpkin Chocolate Cups are filled with creamy pumpkin and speculoos cookie butter filling.

Pumpkin Chocolate Cups

Swap out pumpkin pie spiced filling for the traditional peanut butter fudge
in these delicious chocolate cups to give as a Thanksgiving hostess gift.

When the leaves start falling outside, head inside to make a batch of these festive Fall Tree Rice Krispie Treats.You'll have an entire forest created before you know it. Fall treats, kids snacks, fall desserts, autumn leaf sprinkles.

Thanksgiving Rice Krispie Treats

Decorate store-bought or homemade rice krispie treats with a pretty fall tree.

3-D turkey cake filled with pound cake stuffing and candy corn

Roast Turkey Pinata Cake

Making this 3-D turkey cake is quite an undertaking but it is sure to surprise and impress your family.

Lemon Lime Pound Cake Leaves for Thanksgiving dessert.

Lemon-Lime Pound Cake Leaves

Here’s another recipe for creating pretty leaves for your Thanksgiving dessert.

You wont believe how easy it is to create these 3-D Chocolate Pilgrim Hat Cookies for your Thanksgiving dinner. These holiday treats will definitely wow your party guests.

Pilgrim Hat Cookies

It’s easy to make these Thanksgiving cookies by stacking up round chocolate cookies.
Each pilgrim hat is then decorated with modeling chocolate. Simple and cute.

chocolate cookie cups decorated to look like pilgrim suits are filled with pumpkin cheesecake mousse

Pilgrim Suit Cookie Cups filled with Pumpkin Mousse

Use the same chocolate cookie dough to make these pumpkin mousse filled desserts.

Golden brown, Cinnamon Sugar Fry Bread Leaves, are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. These Indian Fry Bread leaves look as good as they taste.

Fry Bread Leaves

Toss leaf-shaped fry bread into cinnamon sugar to create a sweet Thanksgiving day breakfast.

Pumpkin shaped pumpkin spiced cut-out cookies decorated with maple infused royal icing.

Pumpkin Spice Cut-Out Cookies with Maple Icing

Add some pumpkin spice to your cut out cookies then decorate then with delicious
royal icing that is made with maple syrup.

Pumpkin Donut Holes

Pumpkin Donut Holes

Not only are these donut holes flavored with pumpkin and spice but
they are decorated to look like pumpkins too.

chocolate cake roll turkey decorated with sugar-coated marshmallows

Chocolate Cake Roll Turkey

Make your Thanksgiving a little more fun by serving this cute and quirky turkey cake.

watercolor cookies with leaves and fall colors brushed over fondant toppers

watercolor fall cookies

Paint sugar cookies with food coloring using watercolor techniques.

chocolate covered pretzel turkeys

Pretzel Turkeys

Kids will have so much fun crafting these cute little turkeys
using brightly colored candy melts.

thanksgiving cookie and fondant place cards

Edible Thanksgiving Place Cards

Use fondant decorated cookies as place cards this year.
They’ll look so cute on your table and can be enjoyed for dessert.

New Recipes

I continue to make and share new Thanksgiving recipes each year,
so be sure to check out my Thanksgiving recipes page for any new recipe posts. 

 

Filed Under: Thanksgiving Recipes Tagged With: Appetizers, Dinner, Fall, holiday food, snacks

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  1. J

    November 24, 2014 at 10:35 am

    Please keep presenting these collections to us for every season! Your site is the first place I look for something cute, easy to make, and original for the kids' table at my parties. Thank you!

    Reply
  2. Sharon Schroeter

    November 21, 2020 at 2:40 pm

    Beth, you always have the cutest holiday treats!. Mine never really look like yours, but I never have any left 😉
    Keep us the good work & have a blessed Thanksgiving!

    Reply
    • Beth

      November 22, 2020 at 10:35 am

      Thanks so much, Sharon! I’m happy to know that your family and friends gobble up the treats you make.

      I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving too.

      Reply

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