Make these cute Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies for Thanksgiving!
These fun Nutter Butter turkeys with candy corn feathers are a festive Thanksgiving treat for kids.

Thanksgiving has come ’round again. Which means it’s time for everything turkey. Even if you’re one of those who disdain the actual turkey, these turkey cookies are a nice addition to the Thanksgiving table.

One of the best things about this recipe is that it is no-bake. Just melt some chocolate and start sticking eyes, beaks, wattles, and feathers on some cookies. It does take about an hour for the entire assembly process, but the kids will love to help.

They’re also cute enough to use for Thanksgiving place settings or as an edible addition of decoration to the dessert table.

If you like these, you might also like my Buckeye Turkeys.

3 nutter butter turkey cookies arranged on white marble background with scattered candy corn and Reese's Pieces around them.

How to Make Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies

It takes about 1 hour, 15 minutes for the entire process. And each actual assembly step goes much faster once you have one or two done and know how it works.

Ingredients for making Nutter Butter turkey cookies. — Ingredients for Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies

Candy eyes and Reese’s Pieces beaks being attached to Nutter Butter cookies. — After candy melts are melted, use a toothpick to dab a bit of chocolate on back of each eye and the beak. Then stick on the top part of the Nutter Butter cookie.

Nutter Butter cookies with candy eyes and Reese’s Pieces beaks attached. — Eyes and beak attached.

Nutter Butter turkey cookies with eyes and beaks ready for feathers. — Turkeys with eyes and beaks. Ready for next step- adding feathers.

Candy corn being attached to a Fudge Stripe cookie to make turkey feathers. — Dab melted candy melts around 1/3 to 1/2 of top part of Fudge Stripe cookie. Carefully press 6 candy corns on to make turkey feathers.

Fudge Stripe cookies with candy corn turkey feathers attached. — Turkey feathers attached and ready for next step.

Prepared Nutter Butter cookie being attached to a Fudge Stripe cookie with melted candy. — Dab a fairly generous amount of melted candy melt on the back of the prepared Nutter Butter cookie. Then press onto Fudge Stripe cookie under the feathers.

Assembled Nutter Butter turkey cookie before adding the red frosting wattle. — Nutter Butter Turkey Cookie assembled- just awaits red frosting for wattle.

Assembled Nutter Butter turkey cookies ready for red frosting wattles. — Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies ready for frosting. (The turkey on the right shows why to be careful with the chocolate…haha.)

Red frosting being added beside the beak to make the turkey’s wattle. — Add a small dab of red frosting to side of beak to make a red wattle for the turkey.

Tips for Making Nutter Butter Turkeys

• Prepare all ingredients before you begin assembly. Count out enough candy corn for the feathers. Make sure the Reese’s Pieces are cut in half. Open the candy eyes and cookie packages.

• Keep clean-up easy by placing parchment paper on your counter or work surface before you start assembly. Even being careful, there is going to inevitably be some chocolate splatters, you’ll need to lay down a toothpick that has chocolate on it, etc.

• When melting candy melts, heat for 30 seconds at 50% power. Stir, even if they don’t look melted at all. Continue heating at 30 second intervals (50% power), stirring between each heating cycle. The bowl should never be too hot to touch with your bare hands. If it becomes too warm, allow it to cool. Stir the candy melts. Then start heating again.

• Keep your hands free from chocolate. It’s very easy to get chocolate on your fingers while assembling these Nutter Butter turkeys. (One of the pictures above shows one of my poor turkeys with chocolate on the front of his body!). Keep a damp washcloth and a dry towel next to you for wiping and drying off hands as needed.

• Use several toothpicks. One will get messy fast and the chocolate hardens on it quickly between cookies.

9 nutter butter turkeys overlapping on white marble background with fall wire leaf wreath decoration at top

Nutter butter turkey cookies arranged on clear plate with fall wire leaf decoration.

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Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies

Make these cute Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies for Thanksgiving! These fun NutterButter turkeys with candy corn feathers are a festive Thanksgiving treat for kids.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 1 15

Servings cookies

Equipment

Parchment paper
Toothpicks

Ingredients

20 Reese's Pieces yellow & orange
16 Nutter Butters
1 & 1/2 C. dark brown candy melts
32 small candy eyes
16 Fudge Stripes cookies
96 candy corns
red cookie icing

Instructions

Spread a large piece of parchment paper on counter. Assembly of turkey cookies will take place on here.
Cut Reese's Pieces in half. Cut them all and pick the best 16 for the beaks.
Melt candy melts in a small bowl in microwave for 30 seconds on 50% power. Stir. Continue with 30 second intervals (at 50% power), stirring between each heating cycle, until chocolate is melted.
Using a toothpick, dab a bit of chocolate on the back of a candy eye. Place on top half of nutter butter cookie. Repeat with second eye. Dab a bit of chocolate on back of one Reese's Pieces half. Place on nutter butter for beak. Repeat until all the eyes and beaks are on.
If needed, heat candy melts until melted again.
Spread a bit of chocolate across top third to top half of Fudge Stripe cookie. Place 6 candy corns on each cookie for turkey feathers. Repeat until all 16 cookies have feathers. Allow to set.
If needed, heat candy melts until melted again.
Spread a small amount of melted chocolate on back of top half of Nutter Butter cookie (eyes and beak on front; this chocolate will be on back). Gently press the Nutter Butter cookie onto the prepared Fudge Stripe cookies underneath the feathers. Allow to set.
Using red cookie icing, dab a small amount next to each beak and a bit below to make turkey wattle.

Notes

-When heating candy melts, the bowl should never be too hot to touch with bare hands. If it warms too much, allow it to cool slightly and stir candy melts before next heating cycle.

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