Nutter Butter Turkeys

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 6 nutter butter sandwich cookies
• 12 ounces yellow candy melts
• 6 ounces orange candy melts
• 6 ounces red candy melts
• 12 edible candy eyes
• 2 -3 pieces orange starburst candies (beak)
• 6 lollipop sticks
• wax paper
• 3 plastic bottles (melting or decorating squeeze bottle with a cap with a small-medium round opening)

Recipe

• 1 draw a turkey on plain paper and make as many copies as desired. the body should be the outline of a nutter butter cookie.(a template appears in the photo section.) lay a piece of wax paper over each template.
• 2 cut the starburst candies into pointy triangles so they resemble a beak. set aside.
• 3 add yellow candy melts to one of the decorating bottles. i lay the bottle on its side in the microwave. microwave at 50% power for one minute. press the bottle, mixing the candy and continue melting in 20-30 second intervals. don't overcook the candy melts.
• 4 yellow: fill in the body and first row of feathers with the melted yellow candy melts. immediately press the lollipop stick into the body area. add a little bit more yellow on top of the stick and press a nutter butter cookie on top. do the same with the remaining turkeys.
• 5 orange: melt the orange candy in bottle #2. fill in the next row of feathers. repeat with remaining turkeys.
• 6 red: melt the red candy in bottle #3. fill in the outer row of feathers. repeat with remaining turkeys.
• 7 add the candy eyes. you can reheat the yellow candy melts or use a small amount of melted chocolate chips. put a dab on the back of the edible eyes and attach to the turkey body.
• 8 add the beak. put a dab of melted candy on the back of the beak and attach right below the eyes.
• 9 snood: it's that red thing that dangles on the turkey's face. you may need to remelt the red candy. pipe a squiggly red snood onto the turkey face.
• 10 allow turkeys to harden. enjoy!