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Turkey Cake Pops

Gobble Gobble! These adorable turkey cake pops will steal the show at your Thanksgiving dinner! If you want to make a dessert everyone will get excited about, this is it!
Course: dessert
Cuisine: american
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Servings: 28 cake pops

Ingredients

Frosting:

  • 125 g cream cheese room temperature
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar

Decorations:

  • 2 cups chocolate candy melts or pure milk chocolate melted
  • 84 pieces candy corn
  • 56 candy eyes
  • 28 mini yellow sprinkles
  • 28 red sprinkles

Instructions

Make the frosting:

  • Place the cream cheese and butter in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and mix until combined.
  • Add the powdered sugar ½ cup at a time, then beat for 2-3 minutes, until smooth.

Assemble:

  • Crumble the chocolate cake into a large bowl.
  • Add the frosting to the bowl then mix with an electric mixer until well combined. You can use a spoon here, but the electric mixer will help break apart any larger pieces and create a smooth, cohesive dough.
  • Roll the dough into balls and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  • Dip the cake pop sticks into the melted candy melts or milk chocolate and stick them into the balls. Place the baking sheet in the fridge for the chocolate to harden, about 10 minutes. You don’t want the cake pops to get too cold because it will make it difficult to attach the candy corn “tail”.

Make the turkeys:

  • Working with one cake pop at a time, dunk the cake pops into the melted chocolate and tap the stick on the edge of the bowl a couple times to allow any excess to drip off.
  • While the chocolate is still wet, stick 3 pieces of candy corn into the back of the cake pop to create the tail. Stick the candy eyes, yellow nose and red wattle onto the face.
  • Stick the brownie pops into a block of stryofoam or a cake pop holder. A deep glass filled with rice also works!
  • Repeat with the remaining cake pops.
  • If the chocolate is still wet, place them in the fridge to harden, about 30 minutes. Then serve and enjoy!