still here

just taking a small break, rather neglecting my blog. so in the meantime, while i figure out how to catch up....i wanted to share a little thanksgiving fun!


Aren't they the cuttest!

Turkey Cookies

7 candy corn
2 double stuffed oreos
1 whopper
1 reese's peanut butter cup (mini ones)
1 tube of black pipping gel
1 tube of white icing
yellow & red food coloring
ziplock bag
knife
scissors
bowl

Prep:
Put your Peanut Butter Cups in the fridge to cool. If you have cold hard chocolate to work with it makes it a lot easier.

Squeeze some of the white icing into a bowl. This will be your orange. Mix red and yellow food coloring with the icing to create your desired orange. Then put that into a plastic bag and set it aside for later.

Creating:
First you will be creating the tail using 1 Oreo cookie and 6 Candy Corns. Gently, with one candy corn pull apart just one side of the Oreo. Don't don't break about the entire thing. Put a good amount of icing in between the two sides. This will help the Candy Corn stay. Place 6 Candy Corn (white side down) in between the cookie. See picture.

Take your white icing and squeeze a generous amount onto the top back of an Oreo cookie. Take the other Oreo and put the bottom into the icing to have it stand up. If it doesn't stand, add more icing! Once you have it stand put it up against something so it doesn't fall until the icing is dry. I use a thick book.


Remove your Peanut Butter Cup from the fridge. Take your knife and cut off the very bottem so you have a flat surface. Put icing on the bottom of it the bigger flat. Bump it up against the bottom and back of your Oreo cookies. See picture.

Next take your Whopper and squeeze more icing on it on one side. Place the whopper on top of the Peanut Butter Cup to make your head.

Find a piece of Candy Corn that has a nice big white end. Using your sharp knife cut the color off leaving you with the white end. Place some icing on it and stick it on your whopper as the beak to your Oreo Turkey. Hold for a moment.

Take your icing and place two white dots as eyes. Get your tube of black piping gel and place a black dot on each eye to make them come alive.

Grab your bag of already created orange. Cut a very small hold in the corner of the bag. Now, pipe feet.


*When making these with kids, it's easier to do some prep work ahead of time so they won't need to use the knife*

We made these last night for Activity Days, well, due to my illness, Jessica made these with the girls. They are super easy and super cute! When I start to feel better I might attempt to make these:

If you'd like to find out how to make these cute little things yourself, go here: Bakerella
But let me warn you, YOU WILL GET ADDICTED TO THIS SITE!! This is home to the famous cupcake pops:

The most adorable things I've ever seen and I'm waiting for my shipment of goodies to come so I can make these up with the kids :)