Cute Turkey Cookies

I had made these cute little Oreo Cookie Turkeys last year for Thanksgiving and everyone loved them.  They are a little time consuming and at times frustrating to assemble, you can't rush them.  A word to the wise.   Be mindful of your words, these cookies can and will cause cursing-swearing, especially if a couple of them break in a row. I did have a small pillow near by to hold over my mouth and proceeded to curse in to.  By the time I was finished that pillow was full.  The cookie would break at times while assembling the tails aka:  Candy Corn. The ones that broke my Grand Kids happily ate.  In all honesty, they were really fun and easy to make.  I will be making them again this Thanksgiving which is November 26, 2015.  


                                                    Some of the completed cookies

                                 
Here is one on a home made Chocolate Cream Pie that I had made. I put Peanut Butter Cups along the outside of the pie.

Recipe for the Turkey Cookies:

You will need: 

• Double Stuff Oreo Cookies *For the base and the body*
• Candy Corn 1  9-oz bag *For the tail and beak* (For the beaks, break off the  orange and use the white part of the candy.  I think I did this for 15?)
• Whoppers *For the head*
• Peanut Butter Cups - Mini *For the belly*
• Chocolate Frosting  (The type in a tube works best) 
• Red, Yellow or Orange Gel in a tube *For the feet*
• Small candy eyes. (You can find these in any baking section of you local grocery store
• **Optional-Swear Pillow**

Prep: 

Unwrap all of the Peanut Butter Cups and put in a small bowl and set aside

Put Candy Corn in a small bowl and set aside 

Put the Whoppers in a small bowl and set aside

Put the Double Stuff Oreos in a small bowl and set a side

Cut the tips off of the Colored jel of your choosing and set aside

Cut the tip off of the Chocolate tube and set aside

Assembly: 

For each of the turkeys, push 5-Candy Corn Candies into the cream filling of the Oreo Cookie to make the tail feathers. Lay the Oreo on a flat work surface like your table or a cutting board. Do this gently or cursing will occur. After the first Oreo has all 5 of the Candy Corns inserted, set aside and do the next one. It's better to do an assembly-line type order for these. 

Now that all of the tails are inserted, take the brown frosting and put a dab of it down near the end of the Oreo with the tail.  Now put the Peanut Butter Cup on that dab.  The frosting will act like a glue to keep the two pieces together.  Put this aside and continue on with the other cookies.

Next you want to put the head onto the body.  Put a dab of the chocolate frosting near the top of the Oreo, then put the Malt Ball on to the frosting.  Put  this aside and continue building the other cookies.

You now want to put two small dabs of the chocolate frosting on each side of the Malt Ball head, this will be the glue that will hold the eyes.  Put one eye on each dab of chocolate frosting.  Continue on with the other cookies. 

Next comes the beak.  Put a dab of the chocolate frosting just under the middle of the eyes.  Attach the beak. Now do the same, put this aside and continue on with the other cookies. 

You now have the back, tail, head, front, eyes and beak assembled.  Now you have to that assembled cookie and put it on another Oreo that is used for the Turkey's base.  Dab a small amount of the chocolate frosting on to the base and then apply the body. Do this gently, again if you don't, you will be reaching for your "Swear Pillow" which is option.  Now set this one aside and continue on with the other cookies.

At this point the bodies are now assembled and mounted onto the base.  You now need to draw on the little feet with the red, yellow or orange jel.  This is a little time consuming so take your time there's no rush.  Draw a straight line off of the base near the body, this is for the leg.  Now draw 3-toes off of the leg.  I did it this way because if you add them to the base first, you will smudge them during the assembly process. If you make a mistake just use a wooden tooth pick to wipe the jel off and start again. Trust me you will be doing this a time or two.   Put this finished cookie aside on a baking sheet or large serving platter, continue on with the other cookies. 

You are now finished with your Turkey Cookies aren't they cute!  Like I had said, they are time consuming and a bit frustrating, but the more you do them the easier they are to make. If you can set up an assembly line with others to help you, it will go so much easier and smoother.  Have someone do the tails, the heads, body, base, eyes, beak, legs and feet.  Enjoy!