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Looking for a unique Thanksgiving dessert idea? Try turning ordinary chocolate bars into playful little turkeys that bring festive cheer! Choose rectangular chocolate bars with a waffle filling, or large waffle candies, and add sugar eyes for extra personality. Finish each turkey with a comb, beak, and wattle made from colorful chocolate to bring them to life.
These treats are ideal for school parties, a Thanksgiving dessert board, or as sweet gifts for friends, neighbors, or co-workers. Wrap them in ribbon for a charming touch.
Quick to make and easy to customize, these turkey bars are sure to create joyful memories and add warmth to your Thanksgiving celebration. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
- 1 marshmallow
- 1 teaspoon chocolate chips
- 2-3 pairs of sugar eyes
- 5 wafer bars covered with dark chocolate
- 2 drops each of red and yellow food coloring
- 1/3 cup of white chocolate in the drops
How to Make a Thanksgiving Turkey Bar
- Remove the packaging from the bars and lay them out on a board.
- Cut the marshmallows with a knife or scissors into disks.
- Melt the white chocolate in a microwave or water bath. Add the yellow food coloring and mix well. Fill a pastry syringe with yellow chocolate.
- Outline the beak rhomboids and place two dots of chocolate where the eyes should be.
- Glue on the marshmallow sugar eyes. Glue chocolate chocolate chip pupils onto the marshmallow.
- Fill in the outline of the beak.
- Add red coloring to the yellow chocolate to create a red-orange hue.
- Fill a syringe with this chocolate and apply the crest and beak. Then, Place the board with the treats in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Transfer the finished turkeys to a plate for serving and garnish with the seeds in the colorful icing.
