Rice Crispy Turkeys

Here is a recipe for rice crispy turkey treats for a party, For Thanksgiving Day treats, and/or for the kids!

-  1/4 cup butter

-  4 cups mini marshmallows

-  5 cups cocoa crispy cereal (or regular rice crispy cereal)

Melt butter in a sauce pan over medium heat.  Once butter is melted, add in marshmallows and stir over low to medium heat until marshmallows are cream and mixed well with butter.  Remove from heat and stir in cocoa crispy cereal.  * I used the store brand because it is cheaper and it appeared to have all of the same ingredients when I compared labels with the other name brand cereal at the store. Also, if you don't want to use cocoa crispy cereal, them the plan crispy cereal works just fine.  One all ingredients are mixed together, spread into a 9 x 13 inch pan and let cool.

Now for decorating:

-  mini marshmallows cut in half for the white of the eyes

-  semi sweet or milk chocolate chocolate chips (I found the mini ones would have probably worked better, but the regular size ones worked as well too and that's what I had at home)

-  candy corns

-  1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Once the crispy treat cereal is cool, cut out large circles (I used a flowered shape cutter to look more like feathers on a turkey) for the body and set aside on a tray.  I got about 10 from the 9 x 13 inch tray. Using a smaller cookie cutter (I used a shot glass because I did not have a smaller circle cutter) cut out 10 more circles.  Mash the smaller circles onto the larger circles so they stick together...mine stuck together just fine.  If you are having trouble, use the 1/2 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips listed above in the ingredients, melt it in the microwave and spread on smaller circle to "glue" it to larger circle.  Using the rest of the melted chocolate (or if you didn't not have to use it already) use it to "glue" down the mini marshmallow halves for the white of the eyes, candy corns for feathers and beak, and the chocolate chips for the eye balls.  Let the chocolate harden on each turkey, you might need to stick in the refrigerator for a half an hour or so.  Mine hardened just fine on a serving tray over a few hours.  Serve and enjoy!  My kids loved them and got a real kick out of them!