Pretzel Turkey Treats
Get your kids in the Turkey Day spirit. Have them help you put together these well-seasoned treats. With colorful pretzel-based tails, they make great edible favors.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Greendale, Wisconsin12 ServingsPrep: 2 hours + standing
Ingredients
- 6 Fruit by the Foot fruit rolls
- 6 circus peanut candies
- 1 cup butterscotch chips, divided
- 24 candy eyeballs
- 6 chocolate-covered thin mints
- 12 large sourdough pretzels
- 36 milk chocolate kisses
- 12 vanilla wafers
- 12 yellow milk chocolate M&M's
Directions
- Cut feathers and wattles from fruit rolls. Cut three circus peanuts
- in half widthwise. Cut 12 feet from remaining circus peanuts. Set
- aside.
- Set aside 12 butterscotch chips for beaks. In a microwave, melt 1/2
- cup chips; stir until smooth. Using melted chips, attach two candy
- eyeballs, a beak and a wattle to each circus peanut half. Repeat,
- using thin mints for heads.
- Place a pretzel on a waxed paper-lined microwave-safe plate. Place a
- chocolate kiss in each of the three holes. Microwave on high for
- 15-20 seconds or until melted. While still warm, arrange feathers in
- a fan shape over pretzel, pressing gently into melted chocolate to
- adhere. Repeat with remaining pretzels and kisses.
- Melt remaining butterscotch chips. Using melted chips, attach a