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Chocolate Strawberry Turkeys are a fun Thanksgiving treat is sure to get gobbled up quickly at the dessert table. They are simply made with no baking involved with chocolate, strawberries, pretzels and marshmallows.
We love, love, love chocolate-covered strawberries, but these chocolate strawberry turkeys take it to another level! Although they take a little bit of assembly time, they’re worth the work.
Even better, this Thanksgiving you can serve both a delicious, moist turkey as the main meal and these cute little turkeys for dessert along with all of the wonderful pies. We have no doubts the kids will go straight for these before any other dessert.
Are there substitutions for the Chocolate Strawberry Turkeys?
There are a few chocolate options. You can just melt milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips to dip the turkeys in and white chocolate chips to dip the tip of the turkey legs in. Chocolate candy melts and white chocolate melts also are delicious. The other option is to mix or use a combination, depending what you may already have on hand.
How to serve Turkey Strawberries?
You could place them on each person’s table setting with their name plate at the Thanksgiving dinner table!
These would also be adorable packaged in a mini favor gift box for guests to take home.
Turkey strawberries would be a hit at the dessert table on a turkey shaped platter!
You could even make this a DIY dessert by laying the pretzel sticks, melted chocolate, marshmallows and cleaned strawberries out. Kids especially will love making their own chocolate turkeys!
Chocolate Strawberry Turkeys Ingredients:
Pretzel Sticks
Mini Marshmallows
Strawberries
White Candy Melts
Chocolate Almond Bark (or semisweet chocolate chips or candy chocolate melts)
Wooden Skewers
Step 1. Assemble the turkey legs by cutting off the corner of 2 mini marshmallows. These are what will stick to the sides of each strawberry.
Break a pretzel stick in half.
Stick a half pretzel piece into the smaller side of the marshmallow that was cut. Make 2 of these for each strawberry as they will resemble the turkey legs.
Step 2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and melt chocolate almond bark on the stovetop or microwave, according to directions.
Dip a small amount of the chocolate onto the flat end of the marshmallow and stick it to one side of the strawberry. Repeat with the other pretzel/marshmallow and stick it to the opposite side of the strawberry.
Repeat until all of your strawberry turkeys have legs.
Place all turkeys onto parchment paper lined baking sheet and place in refrigerator for about 5 minutes or until chocolate has hardened.
Step 3. Remove from refrigerator and insert wooden skewer into strawberry on the stem end, one at a time. This will allow for easier dipping into the chocolate.
Dip into chocolate and allow all excess chocolate to drip off before placing back onto the parchment paper. Remove skewer and repeat for use on the next turkey.
Once all of the turkeys have been dipped into the chocolate, place the baking sheet into the refrigerator to harden for about 5 minutes.
While they’re hardening, melt the white candy melts.
Dip just the bottom of the legs (the end part of the pretzel) into the white chocolate.
Serve them on a plate and we can guarantee everyone will gobble them right up! Best served day of as the strawberries are the freshest.
Chocolate Strawberry Turkeys
Ingredients
- Pretzel Sticks
- Mini Marshmallows
- Strawberries
- White Candy Melts
- Chocolate Almond Bark or semisweet chocolate chips or candy chocolate melts
- Wooden Skewers
Instructions
- Step 1. Assemble the turkey legs by cutting off the corner of 2 mini marshmallows. These are what will stick to the sides of each strawberry.Break a pretzel stick in half.Stick a half pretzel piece into the smaller side of the marshmallow that was cut. Make 2 of these for each strawberry as they will resemble the turkey legs. Step 2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and melt chocolate almond bark on the stovetop or microwave, according to directions. Dip a small amount of the chocolate onto the flat end of the marshmallow and stick it to one side of the strawberry. Repeat with the other pretzel/marshmallow and stick it to the opposite side of the strawberry.Repeat until all of your strawberry turkeys have legs.Place all turkeys onto parchment paper lined baking sheet and place in refrigerator for about 5 minutes or until chocolate has hardened.Step 3. Remove from refrigerator and insert wooden skewer into strawberry on the stem end, one at a time. This will allow for easier dipping into the chocolate. Dip into chocolate and allow all excess chocolate to drip off before placing back onto the parchment paper. Remove skewer and repeat for use on the next turkey. Once all of the turkeys have been dipped into the chocolate, place the baking sheet into the refrigerator to harden for about 5 minutes. While they're hardening, melt the white candy melts.Dip just the bottom of the legs (the end part of the pretzel) into the white chocolate. Serve them on a plate and we can guarantee everyone will gobble them right up! Best served day of as the strawberries are the freshest.
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Jodi is a fun-loving mom of two boys, ages 17 and 12, who live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As a stay-at-home mom over the years she has taken on the role of renovating just about every space in their home. She enjoys photography, being a brand partner for Young Living essential oils, sports, reading, crafts, exercise, cooking, plants and gardening. Her love language is acts of service and she’s an Enneagram type two, wing three. Follow her on Instagram @jodileigham
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