Easy Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies

I’m not sure exactly when these cute turkey cookies made their entrance into my family, or which friend or elementary school teacher first introduced us to the idea, but they’ve been a part of many a Thanksgiving celebration since I was a child.

They’re fun and easy to put together, and give the kids and non-cooks a way to participate in the Thanksgiving food prep. Best of all, they look adorable on the kid’s Thanksgiving table lined up tail feather to tail feather on a serving platter. Add some turkey cupcakes and pilgrim hat cookies and you have a mini dessert table!

The materials can be found at any grocery store, and might even be things you already have on hand. Here’s how to make these adorable feathered friends, as shared by Melissa of Lulu the Baker.

Ingredients

• Chocolate frosting
• Ginger snaps; or substitute with sugar cookies or snickerdoodles.
• Candy corn or Indian corn
• Hershey Kisses
• Red Hots candies

How To Make Them

1. Using a sharp knife, cut a small section off of one end of a gingersnap. If children are putting these turkey cookies together, you’ll want a grown-up to do this step.
2. Spread frosting over the front of the cut gingersnap and place 5 candy corns on the cookie to look like tail feathers. This will be the turkey’s tail.
3. Use chocolate frosting to “glue” the decorated ginger snap to a plain, uncut gingersnap, which will act as a base.
4. Use chocolate frosting to “glue” a Hershey Kiss to the base gingersnap right in front of the tail.
5. Use chocolate frosting to “glue” a Red Hot to the front of the top of the Hershey Kiss.

That’s it. Now you have 1 turkey; go make a whole flock of them!