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Get ready for cuteness overload! These playful little candy turkeys might just be the cutest Thanksgiving treat at your next fall party. Plus, they’re ridiculously easy to put together with just a handful of your favorite candies, a salty pretzel, and a little melted chocolate to hold everything together. The result is a sweet and salty, bite-sized Thanksgiving treat that everyone will adore.

The melted chocolate Rolo does all the work! No frosting or complicated decorating skills. Simply soften the Rolos in the oven just enough to get the chocolate nice and gooey, then let the kids have fun assembling their little turkeys. The chocolate acts like edible glue, holding the candy corn feathers, pretzels, and candy eyes together. They’re sweet, silly, and surprisingly easy to make!

The cutest homemade turkey thanksgiving treats made with chocolate Rolos, pretzels, and other candy! A fun holiday treat to make at home with the kids during fall.

Ingredients Needed

  • mini pretzel twists
  • Rolo candies
  • candy corn
  • Reese’s Pieces
  • candy eyes

Pretzels, Rolos candy, candy corn, Reese's Pieces, and candy eyeballs on a table ready for assemble little turkey treats for Thanksgiving.

Pretzels on a baking sheet topped with Rolo chocolate candy, ready to be placed in the oven.

How To Make Rolo Pretzel Turkeys

  1. Preheat your oven to 300°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Place 8-12 pretzel twists onto the parchment paper. The larger the batch, the faster you have to work before the chocolate hardens.
  3. Place an unwrapped Rolo near the bottom of each pretzel, leaving room behind it to support the candy corn feathers.
  4. Bake for about 1-2 minutes, just enough time to soften the chocolate.
  5. Remove from the oven and immediately press 3 candy corn pieces into the top of each Rolo to create feathers.
  6. Add two candy eyes and a Reese’s Pieces for the beak.
  7. Let the chocolate set for about 20 minutes at room temperature, or refrigerate to speed things up.
  8. Repeat the process to make more! You just don’t want to make more in a batch than you can handle decorating before the chocolate hardens.

Close up view of a mini chocolate turkey treat made for thanksgiving featuring a pretzel twist topped with a Rolo candy that has been partially melted and then topped with candy to look like a little edible turkey.

These sweet and salty, bite-sized turkey treats are a fun activity to do with older kids leading up to Thanksgiving. Make a whole flock for your Thanksgiving dessert table, bring them to a classroom fall party, package them up for gifts, or serve them as a cute after-school snack. They’re easy, inexpensive, and delicious, with just the right combination of crunchy pretzels, chewy caramel, and chocolate.

Yummy sweet turkey treats for Thanksgiving! How to make cute holiday chocolate treats with pretzels, Rolos, and candy corn that all come together to look like adorable little turkeys. Use candy eyeballs as the finishing touch.

The cutest homemade turkey thanksgiving treats made with chocolate Rolos, pretzels, and other candy! A fun holiday treat to make at home with the kids during fall.
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Rolo Pretzel Turkey Treats For Thanksgiving

How to make the cutest sweet treats for fall! These adorable little turkeys are made with mini pretzels, chocolate Rolo's, candy corn, Reese's Pieces, and candy eyes. They are a fun and easy homemade holiday treat to make for Thanksgiving or any fall celebration.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time1 minute
Course: Dessert, Snack, sweet treat
Keyword: fall food, fun recipes, party food, thanksgiving treats

Ingredients

  • mini pretzels twists
  • Rolo candies (unwrapped)
  • candy corn
  • Reese's Pieces (yellow & orange)
  • candy eyes

Instructions

  • You can make as many of these as you'd like, but I recommend working in small batches so that the chocolate doesn't harden before you have a chance to apply the candy.
  • Preheat your oven to 300°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Place 8-12 pretzel twists onto the parchment paper. The larger the batch, the faster you have to work before the chocolate hardens.
  • Place an unwrapped Rolo near the bottom of each pretzel, leaving a little bit of room behind it to support the candy corn feathers.
  • Bake for about 1-2 minutes, just enough time to soften the chocolate without it melting.
  • Remove from the oven and immediately press 3 candy corn pieces into the top of each Rolo to create feathers, being careful not to slide the chocolate off the pretzel.
  • Add two candy eyes and a Reese’s Pieces for the beak, pressing them in just slightly.
  • Let the chocolate set for about 20 minutes at room temperature, or refrigerate for 5–10 minutes to speed things up.
  • Repeat the process to make more!

Notes

  • Keep these adorable pretzel turkey treats stored at room temperature in an air tight container for up to 5 days. 
  • If you like these easy Thanksgiving treats, check out these Chocolate Acorns made with Hershey's Kisses and mini Nilla Wafers! You could also add them to your party table to impress your guests.  

If you're looking for fun and easy treats to make for Thanksgiving, these cute little chocolate turkeys are simple to make with mini pretzels and Rolo candies! A fun holiday treat for fall. Serve them up at your next fall party to impress your guests.

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