These Turkey Cake Pops have a mixture of crumbled cake and frosting, then covered in melted chocolate and decorated with Oreos and candies. Such a fun and easy Thanksgiving treat for Kids.
Chocolate Turkey Cake Pops
These turkey cake pops are going to be a treat you will want every year for Thanksgiving. Kids LOVE them and they are so simple to make. They can even help make them! We love to serve these to the littles after our Thanksgiving meal and they are great for Thanksgiving parties as well.
Ingredients Needed
You just need a few main ingredients and some candies to decorate with.
- Chocolate Cake: I like making this with chocolate cake, but you can use other flavors if you desire. This will be mixed with white frosting to form the pops.
- Chocolate Almond Bark: You will use this to dip the pops in to coat them, so they have a hardened outer shell.
- Decorations: To make this cute Turkey, you will need dark chocolate Oreos, candy corn candies, candy eyes, yellow candy balls for the noses, and heart sprinkles for the mouths.
How To Make Turkey Cake Pops
Just a few simple steps for make these adorable Turkey treats!
- Follow the directions on the box to make the chocolate cake. In a large bowl, add the entire cake and begin to crumble it with a fork. Add the frosting and combine with your hands until it forms a ball. Form and roll the cake mixture into into 1-inch balls and arrange them onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Place them in the freezer for 1 hour to chill.
- In a heat-safe cup, melt the chocolate and roll each ball into the chocolate with two forks allowing the excess to drip off. Place them back onto the lined baking sheet and place an Oreo on the backside before the chocolate hardens. I like to use tweezers to carefully add the eyes, nose, and mouth before the chocolate hardens. If it hardens too fast, you can place a dot of melted chocolate on the backs of the candies to act as glue.
- Dip the tips of the candy corn into the chocolate and arrange three on each of the turkeys to make the feathers. Hold them for a bit to make sure they stay. Allow the cake pops to harden before enjoying.
Variations For Turkey Cake Pops:
Here are some great altercations you can make to the pops if you desire different flavors or a different look.
- Cake mix and Frosting. Feel free to us different flavored cakes and frosting! You can use flavors like pumpkin, carrot, red velvet, vanilla, etc.
- Oreos. I love using different flavors of Oreos like peanut butter, dark chocolate, etc.
- Decorating. any candies can be used that you have on hand for the eyes, nose and feathers. Get creative!
Tips
Decorating. Use tweezers to add the decorations if you want to be more exact.
The chocolate may harden fast, so use more melted chocolate to act as glue so the decorations hold. Melt the chocolate in intervals to make sure it doesn’t burn. I like to melt it in 10-second intervals and mix. Chocolate chips can also be used for the chocolate coating.
Storing. Place the finished cake pops in an airtight container and store for 3-5 days.
More Fun Thanksgiving Turkey Treats
Turkey Cake Pops
Ingredients
- 1 15.25 chocolate cake mix prepared according to box directions
- 2-3 Tablespoons white frosting
- 16 ounces chocolate bark
- 28 Oreos thin dark chocolate
- 84 candy corn candies
- 56 candy eyeballs
- 28 yellow candy balls for noses
- 28 heart sprinkles for mouths
Instructions
- Allow cake to cool after baking according to box directions.
- Crumble entire cake in a large bowl with a fork.
- Add frosting and work it into the cake crumbs with your hands until it forms a ball.
- Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment. Freeze them for 1 hour.
- Melt chocolate bark in a microwave-safe cup that cake balls can be dipped in.
- Using two forks, roll each cake pop in melted chocolate, allowing excess to drip off. Place dipped cake pops on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Before chocolate hardens, place an Oreo on the backside.
- Carefully place the eyes, nose, and mouth in place. I like to use a tweezers. And if the chocolate hardens too quickly, you can add a bit of melted chocolate on the back sides of the eyes, noses, and mouths to act as glue.
- Finally, dip the tips of each candy corn in melted chocolate and place three of them on each turkey to create the feathers. You may have to hold them for a bit until the chocolate hardens.
- Chill before serving.
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