We recently had a marital disagreement over the main course for the upcoming holiday. One of us wants turkey, the correct and traditional centerpiece for Thanksgiving, and the other one of us wants ham. To solve our stalemate we cast the votes wider including other loved ones who will be joining in the feast. Since I lost the vote and I'm a sore loser and I'm the one cooking I might just make both anyways! Even if some strange taste buds would turn down a tasty post holiday turkey sandwich, this is one turkey no one can turn away from. I couldn't resist making them for my son's kindergarten class snack today. And even though I hate to say it, I'm now one of those moms who bring in unhealthy treats to get get everyone else' kids all sugared up before heading home. Sorry. I didn't even splurge for the low-fat sandwich cookies...I know, I'm horrible. But these little gobbler's aren't and I know you will love making them too!
I got the idea out of my son's Clubhouse magazine from Focus on the Family. And because I believe in giving credit where it is due, it was sent in from the Mickelson family in Washington state. There are 20 sugared up and elated little 5 and 6 year olds at my son't elementary school today thanks to you Mickelson Family!
To make them here are a few tips:
- Warm the cookies in the oven a bit to make the easier to separate
- Grab and extra jar of frosting for sticking the "feathers" and "face" on the turkeys
- Don't get distracted by putting your 3-yr-old to bed halfway through the process so you can just get-er-done in peace and let the giant pot of rice crispy, marshmallow and butter mixture cool too much and harden into one giant round glob. This makes forming the little balls a lot more difficult but not impossible.
- 4 Tbls butter
- 10 ounce bag marshmallows
- 6 cups rice crispy cereal
- chocolate frosting
- candy corn - different flavors/colors make it even more fun!
- chocolate sandwich cookies
