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    Home » Recipes » Thanksgiving

    Cocoa Krispies Treat Turkeys

    Published: Oct 20, '16 · Modified: Oct 28, '20 · By: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Your kids are going to love these sweet Cocoa Krispies Treat Turkeys. They are super easy to make for Thanksgiving.

    Your kids are going to love making and eating these sweet Cocoa Krispies Treat Turkeys for Thanksgiving. They couldn't be easier to make.

    When I saw boxes of the new Cocoa Krispies Treats in the store this week, I couldn't resist throwing some into my cart so I could make these Cocoa Krispie Turkeys.

    I had been working on an easier version of the Chocolate Dipped Rice Krispie Treat Turkey Pops that I had made a few years ago and hadn't come up with exactly what I wanted.

    My original cereal treat turkeys were so cute, but they required a dip in chocolate and candy clay decorations. They are my most popular Thanksgiving treat, but they aren't super easy for kids to make.

    Chocolate dipped Rice Krispie Treat Turkeys decorated with candy clay are perfect treats for Thanksgiving.

    So, I used those Cocoa Krispies Treats to make the new quick and easy version of these Thanksgiving treats.

    If you are looking to use homemade Rice Krispie Treats,  head on over to my new website, HowToMakeCerealTreats.com. You can also check out how we taste tested 20 versions of the Rice Krispie Treat recipe to come up with the absolute BEST Rice Krispie Treat Recipe.

    Just follow the recipe attached and use the Cocoa Krispies instead of the original crisp rice cereal.

    Each marshmallow cereal bar is decorated with candy eyes, orange slice beaks, jelly bean waddles, and candy corn feathers. Watch the video to see how quickly you can put them together.

     

    Yep, they are that easy.

    You don't even need to use any chocolate or frosting to attach the candy decorations. They just stick.

    Your kids are going to love making and eating these sweet Cocoa Krispies Treat Turkeys for Thanksgiving. They couldn't be easier to make.

    Cocoa Krispies Treat Turkeys

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    Your kids are going to love making and eating these sweet Cocoa Krispies Treat Turkeys for Thanksgiving. They couldn't be easier to make.
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    Cocoa Krispies Treat Turkeys
    Prep Time
    15 mins
    Total Time
    15 mins
     
    Chocolate cereal treats decorated to look like turkeys are quick and easy to make for Thanksgiving.
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: coca krispies treat, thanksgiving dessert, turkey dessert
    Servings: 8
    Author: Beth Jackson Klosterboer
    Ingredients
    • 8 Cocoa Krispies Treats
    • 48 candy corn
    • 16 jumbo candy eyes
    • 2 candy orange slices
    • 4 small red jelly beans
    Instructions
    1. Unwrap the cereal treats.
    2. Insert 6 candy corn in a fan shape across the top of each cereal treat.
    3. Press two jumbo candy eyes onto each treat.
    4. Cut orange slices in half so you have two half-moon shaped pieces.

    5. Cut each piece into 3 triangles.
    6. Press one triangle onto each cereal treat just below the two eyes.
    7. Cut the red jelly beans in half lengthwise so you have two bean-shaped halves.

    8. Press one half onto each cereal treat next to the orange slice beak to create the turkey's waddle.

    If you are looking for more turkey treats for Thanksgiving, you might like these...

    Dress up your Thanksgiving dessert table by serving some of these cute turkey themed treats. See all the tutorials at HungryHappenings.com.

    Chocolate Thanksgiving Turkey Truffles • Cocoa Banana Ice Cream Turkeys
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    Be sure to check out all of my amazing Thanksgiving Recipes

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    1. Karen @ Sugartown Sweets

      October 23, 2016 at 6:25 pm

      LOVE!! The colors are so vibrant and the simplicity really is awesome. I wondered how you attached the candy corns..yay, just stick 'em in! And the candy naturally sticking to the cocoa treat is just "the icing on the cake"!

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      • Beth

        October 24, 2016 at 6:07 pm

        I was going to use chocolate, but when the candies just stuck, I figured why bother. If you are going to move them around a lot, you may want to add some melted chocolate "glue" but otherwise they are fine without.

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    2. The Partiologist

      October 22, 2016 at 9:03 pm

      Another reason to make a turkey, so many cute designs you have come up with! I remember using an oreo with candy corn and a cordial cherry!

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      • Beth

        October 24, 2016 at 6:08 pm

        There are so many cute turkey treats and I love how easier these are to make. Using a cordial cherry is a great idea.

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    3. Tavette

      October 22, 2016 at 1:04 pm

      Doesn't get much easier than this, but leave it to you to figure out how to make a Cocoa Rice Krispy Treat into a cute turkey.

      Tavette - S. Fla.

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      • Beth

        October 24, 2016 at 6:12 pm

        I know my treats aren't always simple to make but these really couldn't be easier. I'm glad you like them.

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