Make solid chocolate turkeys or pumpkin ganache-filled chocolate turkey truffles for Thanksgiving dessert. They make a great hostess gift too.
This recipe makes 60 Turkey Truffles or about 48 solid chocolate turkeys. If you make solid chocolates, you'll use 96 candy eyes and 48 orange and red sunflower seeds.
If you can't find pumpkin ice cream, use vanilla ice cream instead and increase the spices to 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon, ¾ teaspoon ginger, and ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg.
I combined the two types of chocolate to get a nicely flavored yet not-so-dark chocolate egg for my turkeys. I wanted the flavor of semi-sweet chocolate to contrast the sweet pumpkin ganache, but it was just too dark in color, so adding the milk chocolate lightened it while maintaining a rich flavor. I tried using all milk chocolate, but I found the truffles to be too sweet.
Store truffles at room temperature for up to a week or in the refrigerator in a cardboard box for up to 2 weeks. Thaw in the box for a few hours before opening.
Store solid chocolate turkeys for up to 3 months at room temperature.
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