Oreo Turkeys

Our Annual Oreo Turkey making all began eight years ago when Samuel was in kindergarten.  Still unaware of the overachieving alpha room-mom type, I naively volunteered to bring dessert to the kindergarten Thanksgiving Party.  In my mind I was thinking, "Two-dozen grocery store cupcakes?"  The room mom had other ideas.  "Why don't you search the internet for some cute Thanksgiving dessert ideas?  Maybe you could make something that looks like a turkey?"  Eight years ago, I had a 5-year old, a 2-year old and a baby.  I showed up to school parties with a double stroller and a diaper bag.  I barely knew what the internet was!  My competitive nature, however, spurred me on and I came across these adorable Oreo Turkeys.

Thus began my journey into food crafts and, perhaps, makes me now a little guilty of being a slightly overachieving room-mom type myself.  In any case, eight years later, I think I have these turkeys down to a science and the kids think it's a great Thanksgiving tradition!  

STEP #1

• Do everything in assembly line fashion.  
• Lay out all the Oreos (I use double stuffed) on a Silpat mat or parchment paper.
• Melt about 8 ounces of chocolate in a Gallon Sized Ziploc bag.  
• Snip the corner 1/4" or less.  This bag will be used for piping chocolate "glue"

STEP #2

• Put a dime-sized dot of glue on the lower center part of the Oreo.
• Working quickly, add one Whopper to the top of the "glue" spot.

STEP #3

• Working 3 or four Oreos at a time, pipe on chocolate to the remaining top portion of the Oreo.
• Add five Candy Corn "feathers".  The largest Candy Corn should be in the center.

 STEP #4

• Put a dot of chocolate on top of each Whopper.
• Attach a Candy Corn Head.
• Using "Writing Icing" (Not Gel) dot two blue eyes and a red "wattle" - (or is it the the "snood"?) to the head and let dry.

Enjoy!  These are actually quite tasty.  It's hard to stop at just one!

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