Thanksgiving Rice Krispies Turkey Legs

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These Rice Krispie Turkey Legs are such fun Thanksgiving treats that the kids will love. So easy using cereal, pretzel rods, marshmallows and chocolate!

 Thanksgiving Rice Krispie Turkeys Legs

Rice Krispie Turkey Legs

We came up with this idea several years ago when we made our April Fools’ Day KFC Dessert. We added “flakes” to look like fried chicken. Then we decided to make them this way to look like turkey drumsticks for Thanksgiving and they have been such a huge hit!

This is also a fun treat to make for Thanksgiving class parties at school that the kids will absolutely love! You will love that these really only take just minutes to make…so easy!! For other fun Turkey themed projects, check out the Rice Krispie Turkey Treats, Easy Turkey Cupcakes and Turkey Pretzel Treats.

Ingredients You Will Need:

  • Rice Krispies Cereal
  • Pretzel Rods
  • White Candy Melts
  • Mini Marshmallows
  • Butter
 Rice Krispies Turkey Legs...such a fun & easy treat to make the Kids for Thanksgiving!

How To Make Rice Krispie Treat Turkey Legs

  1. First, you break your pretzel rods in half.
  2. Then you dip the ends in melted white chocolate. Add on 2 mini marshmallows to the ends and let set.
Thanksgiving Rice Krispies Turkey Legs
  1. Next, dip the rest of the rod in the melted chocolate until fully coated.
  2. Now you grab a hand full of your Rice cereal treat mix and shape it into a ball. You can use gloves, butter, or spray your hands with cooking spray to prevent any sticking. Press the end of the pretzel into the ball and shape it to look like a turkey leg.
  3. Place them onto wax paper and let them set for about 15 minutes.
Thanksgiving Rice Krispies Turkey Legs

These will store nicely to make ahead of time and make sure a fun display on your Thanksgiving table!

Thanksgiving Rice Krispie Turkey Legs

Rice Krispies Turkey Legs are also a fun treat that the Kids can create all by themselves…they will have a blast!

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Rice Krispies Turkey Legs...such a fun & easy treat to make the Kids for Thanksgiving!
5 from 13 votes

Rice Krispie Turkey Legs

These Rice Krispie Turkey Legs are such fun Thanksgiving treats that the kids will love. So easy using cereal, pretzel rods, marshmallows and chocolate!
Servings: 12
Prep: 20 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 8 cups Rice Krispies Cereal
  • 6 Pretzel Rods
  • 1 bag white chocolate candy melts
  • 10 oz. bag mini marshmallows reserve 24
  • 1/4 cup butter

Instructions

  • Break your pretzel rods in half and melt your white chocolate according to the directions.
  • Dip the ends of the pretzel rods into the melted chocolate just at the tip. Press on two mini marshmallows and let that set for 5 minutes until the chocolate is hardened back up.
  • Melt the remaining marshmallows and butter in the microwave for 1 minute. Stir until combined and smooth. Now add in your Rice Krispies cereal and mix until combined.
  • Grab a hand full of your Rice cereal treat mix and shape it into a ball. You can use gloves, butter, or spray your hands with cooking spray to prevent any sticking. Press the end of the pretzel into the ball and shape the rice krispie mixture to look like a turkey leg.
  • Place them onto wax paper and let them set for about 15 minutes.

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Nutrition

Serving: 12g | Calories: 182kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 157mg | Potassium: 23mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 1360IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 6mg

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32 comments on “Thanksgiving Rice Krispies Turkey Legs”

  1. 5 stars
    Made these for the Nursery school’s Thanksgiving “feast” the kids gobbled them up. Haha see what I did there? I crack myself up. 🙂

  2. 5 stars
    Took these to a potluck, everyone loved them. I’m making them again for a Thanksgiving. I made the pretzels ahead of time and I’m recruiting my husband to help shape them quick enough so they don’t get hard. Really love these!

  3. 5 stars
    I made these last night, I added a little more Marshmellos and put chocolate chips in them. With the chocolate chips, it looks more like fried Turkey. Thank you for the recipe!!

    1. Hi! If you try using the name brand crispies and Snider Brand or Glutino pretzels you would not know that they were gluten free!! Hope this helps if you make again! I’m gluten free too and I know the trials we have to go thru trying to find stuff that doesn’t taste gluten free!

  4. Really cute – we only got 9 out of the rice krispie mix, but I think the 8 cups is too much like others have said. My mixture was pretty dry. And the instructions didn’t mention when to dip the entire pretzel rods so that threw off the flow. But we got it and the 9 we have will work great!

    1. *meant to say that it didn’t mention dipping the entire pretzel rod in the instructions on the recipe card itself which is what I was reading. I went back and watched the video and then saw it was mentioned in the post halfway through us making it so we figured it out!

  5. the melted white chocolate was too thick, so I added a tablespoon of vegetable oil to thin it out, works great!

  6. I just made these tonight and they turned out so cute, cant wait to see what the family thinks of them tomorrow. I ended up using the entire box of rice krispies and left the rest of the ingredients the same. I had to put the rice kirspies in the refrigerator for a little bit to cool them down and ended up getting 19 drum sticks out of the batch.

  7. These look awesome! I’m bringing these to my friends house for Thanksgiving who also has “my three sons”! They’ll be a big hit!!!!

  8. Do you really use 8 cups of rice krispies?? I am doubling the recipe and I feel like 16 cups of rice krispies is too much for the marshmallows. The ratios seem off.

    1. I used 8 and I felt like it wasn’t enough marshmallow. I would add another 1/4 cup of butter and another cup of marshmallow to orginally recipe.

    2. I used the 8 cups and they didn’t stick together I looked up rice crispy treats recipe online and it only calls for 6. I would use just the 6 cup and double that.

  9. Very clever. Am making a turkey centerpiece for some people and the turkey “legs” will be the perfect thing to make and wrap individually so they can sample the turkey (ha) while keeping the candy turkey centerpiece in place. YAH!!! They look so realistic.

    Tavette – S. Fla.