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Turkey Brownies

November 21, 2018 by GG 7 Comments

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Turkey Brownies are an easy recipe for a rich fudgy homemade brownie topped with a creamy vanilla buttercream and turkeys made of candy! So much fun to make and eat! Turkey Brownies are guaranteed to become a holiday tradition! #homemadebrownies #candyturkeys #turkeybrownies #dessert #easy recipe #funforkids #holiday #Thanksgiving #swirlsofflavor

Turkey Brownies is an easy recipe for homemade brownies topped with a creamy vanilla buttercream and turkeys made of candy! So much fun for kids to make and eat! Turkey Brownies are guaranteed to become a holiday tradition!

A rich fudgy homemade brownie is topped with a creamy vanilla buttercream.....and candy turkeys. So much fun to make and eat! Turkey Brownies are guaranteed to become a holiday tradition! 

Turkey Brownies Recipe

What could be more fun and more delicious than Turkey Brownies? I guarantee that the kids will go crazy over these Turkey Brownies! Make them for them….or make them with them….either way, they’re going to be a hit on your holiday dessert table!

First Published: February 7, 2017… Last Updated: November 23, 2019

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Turkey Brownies are an easy recipe for a rich fudgy homemade brownie topped with a creamy vanilla buttercream and turkeys made of candy! So much fun to make and eat! Turkey Brownies are guaranteed to become a holiday tradition! #homemadebrownies #candyturkeys #turkeybrownies #dessert #easy recipe #funforkids #holiday #Thanksgiving #swirlsofflavor

A rich fudgy homemade brownie is topped with a creamy vanilla buttercream…..and turkeys made of candy! The edible eyeballs, red gel food coloring and orange gel food coloring are available in craft stores or online. So much fun to make and eat! Turkey Brownies are guaranteed to become a holiday tradition! Gobble gobble and Happy Thanksgiving!

**Warning** Be sure to make extras because you know the grown-ups (the big kids!) will want their own Turkey Brownie too!

Turkey Brownies with rainbow feathers

Prefer your Turkey Brownies to be more colorful? One year I made them with bright color mini M&M’s for the turkey feathers, just as adorable as fall harvest colors. And they were gobbled up quickly!

Ingredients you will need to make this recipe

  • Butter
  • granulated sugar
  • eggs
  • vanilla extract
  • flour
  • unsweetened cocoa powder
  • salt
  • confectioners’ sugar
  • milk
  • peanut butter cups
  • mini m&m’s
  • edible candy eyes
  • orange gel food color

 

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Turkey Brownies are an easy recipe for a rich fudgy homemade brownie topped with a creamy vanilla buttercream and turkeys made of candy! So much fun to make and eat! Turkey Brownies are guaranteed to become a holiday tradition! #homemadebrownies #candyturkeys #turkeybrownies #dessert #easy recipe #funforkids #holiday #Thanksgiving #swirlsofflavor
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Turkey Brownies
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr
 

Turkey Brownies is an easy recipe for rich fudgy homemade brownies topped with a creamy vanilla buttercream and turkeys made of candy! So much fun to make and eat! Turkey Brownies are guaranteed to become a holiday tradition!

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: homemade brownies, turkey brownies
Servings: 8
Calories: 1038 kcal
Author: Gwynn Galvin
Ingredients
Brownie:
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 2/3 cups granulated sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3/4 tsp. salt
Buttercream Frosting:
  • 1 cup butter, at room temperature
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 2 Tbs. milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Candy Turkeys:
  • 8 peanut butter cups
  • 224 mini m&m's
  • 16 edible candy eyes
  • orange gel food color
  • red gel color
Instructions
Brownie:
  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 13-inch x 9-inch baking pan with foil leaving a 2-inch overhang. Coat with non-stick cooking spray.
  2. In microwave-safe bowl, melt butter. Stir in sugar until dissolved. Add eggs and vanilla, stirring until blended.

  3. Stir in flour, cocoa powder and salt until a batter forms.
  4. Spread evenly in prepared baking pan and bake 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  5. Cool 15 minutes in pan. Using foil overhang transfer brownie to wire rack and cool completely.
Buttercream Frosting:
  1. Meanwhile, beat butter until creamy. Gradually add confectioners' sugar until blended. Add milk and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy. Reserve 1 Tablespoon frosting for turkey beaks and feet. Spread remaining frosting over top of cooled brownie. Cut into 8 bars.

Candy Turkeys:
  1. For each turkey, place 1 peanut butter cup on bottom two thirds of brownie leaving enough room on bottom for turkey feet. Using reserved frosting, attach eyes to peanut butter cup. Divide remaining frosting and using gel colors tint half orange and half red. Pipe a red mouth on peanut butter cup and two orange feet under peanut butter cup. Arrange mini m&m's above peanut butter cup for feathers.

Recipe Notes

Makes 8 brownies.

Nutrition Facts
Turkey Brownies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1038 Calories from Fat 558
% Daily Value*
Fat 62g95%
Saturated Fat 37g231%
Cholesterol 221mg74%
Sodium 705mg31%
Potassium 292mg8%
Carbohydrates 119g40%
Fiber 5g21%
Sugar 97g108%
Protein 11g22%
Vitamin A 1625IU33%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 94mg9%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

This recipe is part of Meal Plan Monday and Weekend Potluck

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