Tom Turkeys Recipe

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With a little prep work by Mom or Dad, these make a great before-or after-dinner craft project for the kids to enjoy while adults at the feast converse.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Greendale, Wisconsin

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Tom Turkeys Recipe

Prep:30 min. Cook: 5 min. + cooling

Yield: 26 Servings

30 5 35

Ingredients

1 package (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
1 package (11 ounces) candy corn
52 fudge-striped cookies
1/4 cup butter, cubed
4 cups miniature marshmallows
6 cups crisp rice cereal
52 white confetti sprinkles

Directions

In a microwave, melt chocolate chips; stir until smooth. For tails, use a dab of chocolate to attach five candy corns to the chocolate side of half of the cookies in a fan shape; refrigerate until set.
In a large saucepan, melt butter. Add marshmallows; stir over low heat until melted. Stir in cereal. Cool for 10 minutes. With buttered hands, form cereal mixture into 1-1/2-in. balls.
Remelt chocolate if necessary. Using chocolate, attach the cereal balls to the chocolate side of the remaining cookies. Position tails perpendicular to the base cookies; attach with chocolate. Refrigerate until set.
For feet, cut off white tips from 52 candy corns; discard tips. Attach feet to base cookies with chocolate. Attach one candy corn to each cereal ball for heads.
With a toothpick dipped in chocolate, attach two confetti sprinkles to each head. Using chocolate, dot each sprinkle to make pupils. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 26 turkeys.

Originally published as Tom Turkeys in Taste of Home November 2011, p78