These Rice Krispie Turkey Legs are such fun Thanksgiving treats that the kids will love. So easy using cereal, pretzel rods, marshmallows and chocolate!
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!
Rice Krispie Turkey Legs
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 Thanksgiving themed projects, check out the Rice Krispie Turkey Treats, Thanksgiving Cornucopia Cone and Thanksgiving Turkey Pear and Berry Fruit Snack.
Ingredients you will need:
- Rice Krispies Cereal
- Pretzel Rods
- White Candy Melts
- Mini Marshmallows
- Butter
How To Make Rice Krispie Treat Turkey Legs
- First, you break your pretzel rods in half.
- Then you dip the ends in melted white chocolate. Add on 2 mini marshmallows to the ends and let set.
- Next, dip the rest of the rod in the melted chocolate until fully coated.
- 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.
- Place them onto wax paper and let them set for about 15 minutes.
These will store nicely to make ahead of time and make sure a fun display on your Thanksgiving table!
Rice Krispies Turkey Legs are also a fun treat that the Kids can create all by themselves…they will have a blast!
Rice Krispie Turkey Legs
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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Make sure to check out some of our other fun Thanksgiving treats here…
Easy Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies
Easy Thanksgiving Turkey Donuts
Thanksgiving Turkey Snack Bags
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27 comments on “Thanksgiving Rice Krispies Turkey Legs”
Love these!!! I’ve made them 2 years now!
Kathy
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!
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!!
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!
*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!
Luv the Turkey legs
the melted white chocolate was too thick, so I added a tablespoon of vegetable oil to thin it out, works great!
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.
Couldn’t get the rice Krispy to stay on the pretzel rods. Not sure why.
What a cute idea! I love it
What kind of white chocolate?
These are wonderful! Do you have a link to Pinterest? Thanks!
How would you keep them from getting hard til Thanksgiving?
They will be fine if you store them in an air tight container!
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!!!!
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.
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.
Usually it’s 6 cups.
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.
Fun with the grandkids! Thank you for sharing.
Im going to try with milk chocolate. Dark Meat. LOL
Turkey leg Rice Krispie treats are really cute!
Really cute ideas – can’t it to try.
what a simple but fun treat !!
Tbese look great!!
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.
Fun!