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Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies are the perfect Thanksgiving treat to make and eat with the kids! Cookies, candy corn, chocolate chips, yellow candies, and candy eyes turn into fun turkey cookies that look so cute, no baking required. They’re great for parties or just some weekend fun.

Six Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies on a white wooden plank tray with fall decor in the background.

These Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies are the perfect treat for any fall occasion! Made with just a few simple ingredients, they are easy to make and totally adorable. The hardest part will be waiting for them to set before you can eat them all! 

All you need to make this Fall craft are Fudge Covered Nutter Butters Cookies, candy corn, chocolate chips, yellow M&M’s, and candy eyes. The kids will love helping you put them together, and eating them will be even more fun.

Key Ingredient Notes

Image with labeled ingredients needed to make nutter butter turkey cookies.

Trademark Note: In the spirit of transparency, I want to note that some of these ingredients are trademarked products. Nutter Butter Cookies are proprietary brands that I want to acknowledge and give credit to.

  • Fudge Covered Nutter Butters: These come already dipped in fudge chocolate for a quick and easy recipe. Other cookie brands are available already dipped as well.
  • Candy Eyes: Small ones work well here, but if you have large ones they will be really cute too.
  • Yellow M&M’s: This is what we used here but yellow Reese’s Pieces, yellow skittles, or any yellow candies will work.

Variations and Substitutions

  • Use a regular longer nutter butter just adjust the placement of the candies to make a cute turkey face. You can even add a little melted red chocolate or icing for the wattle. These can be used plain or dipped in chocolate. Just increase the amount of chocolate you melt.
  • Any sandwich cookie (or any cookie for that matter) will work. Like Golden Oreos, Regular Oreos, or your favorite cookie. They have all kinds of seasonal flavors you could try as well.
  • Other Fudge Dipped Cookies: I have seen dipped Oreos, Keebler has Grasshopper cookies, and even make dipped Ritz crackers! These would even be cute on mini moon pies.
  • If you cannot have peanut butter sub out any round cookie that works for you.
  • Want a sub for Candy Corn? Use coated sunflower seeds (for the turkey feathers. You can even move the eyes up a bit and use seeds for the nose and add a red one for the wattle.
  • Make them silly by adding different-sized candy eyes or move the placement of the eyeball around to be fun with them.

How To Make Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies

✱ Be sure to see the recipe card below for exact ingredients and instructions!

Step 1 | Prep

Gather ingredients and place cookies on a parchment paper or wax paper-lined cookie sheet.

Step 2 | Melt Chocolate

In a microwave-safe mixing bowl, heat the chocolate chips in 15-second intervals until melted (you can also use chocolate wafers in you prefer).

Step 3 | Create Turkey Face

Use the melted chocolate to “glue” the turkey features into place on the peanut butter cookie

Place one large line of chocolate at the top to affix the candy corn, forming tail feathers. Then a dab of chocolate towards the bottom for the yellow M&M nose (orange M&M’s are cute too), two small dabs for the mini candy eyes.

Step 4 | Let Set & Enjoy

Let set on the baking sheet for 30 minutes to allow the chocolate to harden before serving. You can place them in the refrigerator to speed up the process or if the house is warm.

Enjoy!

Images of steps to make nutter butter turkey cookies.

Tips

  • Easily adapt this recipe to make multiple batches depending on how many you need. To do this hover over the number of servings in the recipe card and slide to the number of cookies needed or in the ingredients section choose 2 or 3 times the recipe and it will adjust the ingredients needed.
Up close look at a turkey cookie showing the details of the added candies.

Recipe FAQ’s

What is a Nutter Butter?

Nutter Butters are peanut butter sandwich cookies filled with a peanut butter cream filling. You can buy them in peanut-shaped cookies or a round cookie dipped in chocolate fudge (which are used in this recipe.

What are Nutter Butter Turkeys

Nutter Butter Turkeys are a fun fall or Thanksgiving treat! Fudge Covered Nutter Butters make up the face of the turkey, candy corn make the feathers, candy eyes (well the eyes), and M&M’s make up the turkey beak!

Are Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies Gluten-Free?

Unfortunately, this treat is not gluten-free. If you use a gluten-free cookie, chocolate, and candies you can make this recipe gluten-free, though!

How can my kids help me make Turkey Cookies?

This is a great craft for kids of all ages. Young kids can help gather all the ingredients and put them in order, while older kids can assist in melting the chocolate and putting the chocolate “glue” on the cookie as well.

A hand holding a chocolate cookie decorated with candy corn, candy eyes and a yellow candy to look like a cute turkey.

How to Serve these Thanksgiving Cookies

These Turkey Nutter Butter Cookies are a super fun treat to add to your Thanksgiving table this holiday season.

Thanksgiving Dinner isn’t complete without all the fixings and if you are looking for other easy meal ideas try an Instant Pot Turkey Breast, Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes, or Air Fryer Sweet Potato Cubes.

More Thanksgiving desserts to knock those guests’ socks off and are easy to boot are my No-Bake Peanut Butter Cup Pie or an Easy Coconut Cream Pie!

Make Ahead and Storage Instructions

Make Ahead: These cookies can be made up to 5 days ahead and stored in an airtight container at room temperature or in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

Storage: Store turkey cookies in an airtight container at room temperature or in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

Freeze: Freeze cookies in a single layer on a lined baking sheet until solid, about 1-2 hours. Transfer to an airtight container and store for up to 3 months. Let thaw at room temperature before serving.

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Six chocolate Nutter Butter cookies decorates like cute turkeys.
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Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Setting Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 6 cookies
Author: Nikki Lee
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These Nutter Butter Turkey Cookies are the perfect Thanksgiving treat to make and eat with the kids! Cookies, candy corn, chocolate chips, yellow candies, and candy eyes turn into fun turkey cookies that look so cute, no baking required. They’re great for parties or just some weekend fun.

Ingredients
 

  • 6 Fudge Covered Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies (Nutter Butters)
  • ¼ cup chocolate chips, for melting
  • 30 candy corn pieces
  • 12 mini candy eyes
  • 6 yellow M&Ms or yellow candies

Instructions

  • Open the box of Nutter Butters and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
  • In a microwave-safe bowl, heat the chocolate chips at 15-second intervals, stirring between, until completely melted.
  • Use the chocolate to “glue” the turkey features into place on the peanut butter cookie
  • Place one large line of chocolate at the top to affix the candy corn, forming turkey feathers. Then a dab of chocolate towards the bottom for the yellow M&M nose, and two small dabs just above the nose for the mini candy eyes.
  • Let set on the baking sheet for 30 minutes to allow the chocolate to harden before serving. You can place them in the refrigerator to speed up the process or if the house is warm.

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Notes

Make Ahead: These cookies can be made up to 5 days ahead and stored in an airtight container at room temperature or in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
Storage: Store turkey cookies in an airtight container at room temperature or in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Freeze: Freeze cookies in a single layer on a lined baking sheet until solid, about 1-2 hours. Transfer to an airtight container and store for up to 3 months. Let thaw at room temperature before serving.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1cookie Calories: 103kcal (5%) Carbohydrates: 15g (5%) Protein: 1g (2%) Fat: 4g (6%) Saturated Fat: 2g (13%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g Monounsaturated Fat: 1g Trans Fat: 0.01g Cholesterol: 1mg Sodium: 55mg (2%) Fiber: 0.2g (1%) Sugar: 9g (10%) Vitamin A: 17IU Vitamin C: 0.05mg Calcium: 9mg (1%) Iron: 0.1mg (1%)

Nutritional Disclaimer

Soulfully Made is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is only an estimate. We recommend running the ingredients through an online nutritional calculator if you need to verify any information.

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5 Comments

  2. 5 stars
    I’ve been looking for a fun cookie to make with the kids for Thanksgiving, and these are it! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  3. 5 stars
    Such a fun and festive idea for Thanksgiving! My kids loved making these; excited to serve these again this holiday; easily, a new favorite treat!

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