Make fun and delicious Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies for Thanksgiving using Nutter Butter cookies, chocolate-covered pretzels, and candy eyes. These easy-to-make, sweet and salty treats are sure to bring smiles and laughter to your holiday celebrations!

Turn Nutter Butter cookies into adorable Thanksgiving turkeys with chocolate-covered pretzels, candy eyes, and colorful sprinkles. These fun and easy treats are guaranteed to be a huge hit at your festive holiday dinner or party! | Gathered In The Kitchen

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Even though my kids are getting older, they still smile (ehh, maybe it’s more like a “mom, you’re pathetic smile??) when I surprise them with food that’s super cute. I know deep down they think it’s fun, but don’t always like to admit it…that’s OK! My life revolves around my kids…and the delusion that they still love and need me the same way they did when they were little smooopie boopie kiddos!

One day when they’re old, and look back on their childhood, they will remember how amazing I was…yes, I may or may not tell that that daily (don’t all good moms do that?) —> I think it’s safe to say, I have officially turned into my own mother…”you’ll thank me and day for __x__”!! HA!!

I made these Nutter Butter Turkey cookies for them one day while they were at school. I will admit, they kind of look like deranged turkeys, but I blame that on the candy eyes!! If the black dots were all the same size, I don’t think they’d look so lazy-eyed! 😂 👁

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Regardless of how cuckoo they look, they were DELICIOUS! A perfect blend of salty peanut butter Nutter Butter cookies and pretzels with sweet chocolate…and the cuteness of the Thanksgiving sprinkles! Yum Yum!!!

The older you get, the more you just love food and less picky about how things look! You care more about how things taste!

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Melt milk chocolate baking chips in a glass microwave safe dish, stirring between each 30 second increments (I used these no sugar added milk chocolate baking chips and they were surprisingly good! They helped make these cookies not too sweet)
Dunk the pretzels in the melted chocolate, allow excess chocolate to drip off. Place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Arrange three tiny pretzels twists in the shape of turkey feathers
Add one Nutter Butter cookie on top of the pretzels
Quickly add Thanksgiving pretzels before the chocolate dries
Using orange colored pre-made cookie icing, pipe on eyes, nose and gobble
Carefully place the candy eyes and an orange M&M candy (standing up on its side) on the icing
Place in the refrigerator or freezer to speed up the drying process of the chocolate and icing

Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies recipe| Gathered In The Kitchen

So, if you’re feeling a little adventurous, you should definitely try making these cookies yourself! I mean, if nothing else, they are a good laugh!…and a really tasty dessert! Whether you’re baking with kids, surprising your friends, or just looking for a fun holiday treat, these cookies are a guaranteed win!

Thanksgiving Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies

Stephanie | Gathered In The Kitchen

A fun Thanksgiving dessert!

5 from 5 vote

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Prep Time 5

Assembly Time 5

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings cookie

Equipment

microwave safe bowl

Ingredients

Instructions

Place melting chocolates in a microwave safe bowl and microwave in 30 second increments, stirring well between each microwave session
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
Dunk each pretzel into the melting chocolate and coat, let excess chocolate drip off. Arrange three pretzels in the shape of feathers on the baking sheet
Place one Nutter Butter cookie over the chocolate covered pretzels, being sure to let the chocolate "feathers" show behind
Quickly sprinkle colorful sprinkles on top of the melted chocolate to add color to the feathers, before the chocolate hardens
Using pre-made icing, pipe the eyes, the nose and the gobble onto the Nutter Butter cookie
Quickly place the candy eyes and orange M&M candy on the cookie
Place in the refrigerator or freezer to speed up the drying process of the chocolate and icing
Serve and enjoy!

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Stephanie Bruce

Stephanie—home cook, DIY addict, seasonal decor fanatic, and proud chicken wrangler living in a Victorian house that’s always a project. Whether I’m cooking with garden-fresh ingredients, herding mischievous chickens, or tackling another DIY, I’m here to share the fun (and chaos).

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