November has arrived and with it is the thought of knowing that Thanksgiving is near. At my house that means turkey with all of the fixings and it also means dessert. Pumpkin pie is always on the menu but I like to keep things fun with cookies. These festive Easy Turkey Cookies not only taste amazing but are beyond simple to make. In fact, they would make a totally fun project to make with your kids. Keep scrolling to see how you can gather the supplies and make them yourself.
Even with my Taters and Tales being grown and moved away…I can’t quite get out of the fun dessert mindset. Desserts like these Easy Turkey Cookies are just too much fun to give up.
A few years ago I made these super fun Candy Turkey’s that everyone loved and had fun making but it was time to try something new.
So these sweet little babies are my newest Thanksgiving obsession and I plan to make them over and over again.
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How to make Turkey Cookies with Sugar Cookie Mix in a Bag
So there I have given my first trick. I used a bag of sugar cookie mix to make the base of each cookie.
Now you could absolutely use my Cream Cheese Sugar Cookie dough to make them but I wanted these guys to be totally simple and stress free, so I went SUPER simple.
Follow the back of the package and add what it directs you to do. In my mix it asked for butter and egg.
Using a hand held electric mixer, combine the ingredients until you have a super smooth sugar cookie dough.
Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop mounds of dough onto a cookie sheet that is lined with a silicone mat {or parchment paper}.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 8-10 minutes or as long as the recipe on the bag directs.
I was really impressed and delighted with how nicely they turned out. The bonus…is that they were totally delicious just like this.
Assembling your Turkey Cookies
Once the cookies were completely cooled, the real fun began. I got everything out that I needed so that I could do an assembly line of sorts.
1. Put some white buttercream {I used store bought} onto the back of a mini Nutter Butter cookie. This my friends, is going to be the turkey’s head.
2. Put it frosting side down close to the bottom of the sugar cookie. We want to be sure that we leave room for the feathers.
3. Now we are moving on to the edible eyeballs. Add a little frosting to the top of the head in two spots for attaching the eyes.
4. Then add an edible eyeball to each spot and press down slightly.
5. Repeat by adding some frosting in the middle of the two edible eyeballs for the nose to adhere.
6. Then take a candy coated sunflower seed {or butterscotch chip} and press it into the frosting. Such an adorable beak.
7. We can’t forget the wattle. So using a single red sprinkle, add a small amount of frosting and then carefully add it to the turkey by the beak.
These can be kind of fragile while you are working with them. Using tweezers helps.
8. The feathers {aka candy corn} are a cinch to attach. Just be sure that you are adding enough frosting.
9. Using a fan shape, attach 5 candy corn feathers around the top edge of the Nutter Butter cookie. Voila!! Our adorable Turkey Cookie is complete and ready to eat.
What you need to make Easy Turkey Cookies:
- Sugar cookie mix and ingredients to make
- Frosting {I used store bought}
- Mini Nutter Butter Cookies
- Edible eyeballs
- Candy coated sunflower seeds
- Red sprinkles from Rainbow Sprinkles
- Candy corn
I can’t wait to add them to my Festive Thanksgiving Dessert Table! Next weekend I have a couple of little’s coming to hang out and these are definitely on the to-do list! I can’t wait!
Thanksgiving is such a great time to have fun with friends, family and food!
Do you want other Thanksgiving Dessert Ideas? Try these recipes…
- Peanut Butter Cup Turkey
- Mini Pumpkin Pies
- Pecan Upside Down Bundt Cake
- No Bake Peanut Butter Pie
- Pumpkin Roll Cookies
Easy Turkey Cookies
Simple sugar cookies and other easy to find ingredients are transformed into the cutest little Turkey Cookies ever. Add them to your Thanksgiving menu today.
Ingredients
Cookie
- 1-17.5 oz. pkg sugar cookie mix
- 1/2 cup butter {softened}
- 1 egg
Toppings
- 24 mini Nutter Butter Cookies
- 48 edible eyeballs
- 24 yellow candy coated sunflower seeds
- 24 red long sprinkles
- 120 candy corn candies
- 1 can white frosting {I used vanilla}
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cookies
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Combine sugar cookie mix, butter and egg in a medium bowl until you have a soft dough. Use a medium cookie scoop and scoop 12 mounds of dough onto a silicone mat {or parchment} lined baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until cookies are cooked through. Remove from oven and cool completely on cookie sheet.
Assembly
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Apply frosting to the back of a mini Nutter Butter Cookie and place frosting side down on top of sugar cookie on the bottom half. We want to be sure and leave enough room for the candy corn feathers.
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Add to small spots of frosting on the top of the Nutter Butter for the eyes. Place two edible eyeballs on the frosting and press down slightly.
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Add another spot of frosting in the middle and below the eyeballs for the beak. Add the candy coated sunflower seed on the frosting.
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For the wattle, take a longer red sprinkle. Add a little frosting to the top/side of the sprinkle and attach it to the side of the beak.
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Finally, add five candy corn to each cookie. Make a fan shape above the Nutter Butter head being sure to add enough frosting that they will stay in place.
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Allow the frosting to set up before stacking the cookies.
