Edible Turkey Place Card Holders: These OREO cookie truffles are made into turkeys, and hold your place cards for your Thanksgiving table. Chocolate + Purpose = Perfection!
Make your Thanksgiving table scape fun and festive (and edible) with these OREO cookie ball turkey truffle place card holders!
All day I have been indulging in these delicious OREO cookie balls! To help me gain some self-control, I decided to make them the place card holders for our Thanksgiving table. That way I couldn’t eat them until Thanksgiving, when it is okay if I over-indulge. Smart thinking…right? And didn’t they turn out cute?
OREO is America’s favorite cookie, and for good reason. So when you crush them up, and roll them up with other delicious ingredients, then make them the cutest things ever, it is hard not to eat a million a couple!
My kids went crazy for making these cute place card holders, almost as much fun as I had eating them. Not only are they darling, but they also make a fantastic holiday activity to do with your kids. With only 3 main ingredients, this recipe is an easy and fun way to get kids in the kitchen. Or your husband.
My mom started making these a few years back, and now my kids beg her to come over and make them every year. My kitchen gets covered in chocolate, and I over-indulge on OREO’s and everyone is happy!
How To Make Turkey Truffle Place Card Holders:
- Crush up those OREOS and cream cheese in a food processors, and then form them into balls and put them in the freezer for 10 minutes so they will set up. You can reshape them after they are a little harder so they stay in a better ball shape.
- Take them out of the freezer and dip them in melted chocolate.
- Set them on a peanut butter cup (keeps them from sticking to the pan)
- Embellish them as you see fit! Add a face, beak, snood (do you know what a snood is? it is the red thing that hangs down from the beak. Not to be confused with the waddle, which is what hangs below the chin).
- Then you just make a place card (I used paper and toothpicks), and insert them into the OREO cookie ball! Enjoy!
- If you don’t want to make them into turkeys, you could always go for acorns, cornucopia, pumpkins, or something else cute. Check out this post where I do the same basic thing with brownies instead of OREO truffles. You can also mix up the flavor you use, or add in a baking oil or emulsion to add a burst of flavor. There are lots of fun possibilities, so let your creative side shine!!
OREO Cookie Ball Turkey Place Card Holders
Ingredients
- 1 pkg 8 oz. brick cream cheese, softened
- 36 OREO Cookies finely crushed (about 3 cups)
- 12-16 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate melted
Embellishments:
- Candy Corn for feathers
- Milk Duds for head
- Candy eyes
- Red sprinkles for the Snood
- A peanut butter cup to sit it all on.
Instructions
- MIX cream cheese and cookie crumbs until blended.
- SHAPE into 24 (1-inch) balls. Freeze 10 min.
- Dip balls in melted chocolate, & set on top of a peanut butter cup
- While chocolate is wet, add your candies to look like feathers, a head, eyes, etc. If needed, dip the candies into extra melted chocolate to get it to stick.
- Place in single layer in shallow waxed paper-lined pan.
- Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.
- Stick place cards in, and use on your Thanksgiving table.
Notes
Nutrition
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Yvonne [Tried and Tasty] says
Well don’t those look fun and festive! I’ll tell you what though, that wouldn’t last too long as my placeholder… I’d eat that in a heartbeat! YUM!!!
Rachael says
Haha, well I had good intentions, but I am definitely going to have to make these again before Thanksgiving. Little hands don’t want to stay out of them, and my big hands don’t either! lol
Sheena @ Hot Eats and Cool Reads says
This is such a cute idea! I know my daughter would love it!
Shelby says
these are absolutely adorable and I wish I had some grandbabies around to do this with. ha ha.
Mary Ellen says
Such a cute idea! love it….
The Foodie Affair says
These are adorable! Great project to get the kids involved. I think dessert would be first if I had these little guys staring at me 😉
Erica Schwarz says
Adorable! Looks like such a fun do for the kids! I have got to get on the oreo truffle train myself!
Marion@Life Tastes Good says
Too cute! This is so fun and festive! Rachael, you are so creative!! Although, I would have to hide them in my house!! No way they would stick around ’til Thanksgiving haha
Rachael says
Haha well they didn’t. Let’s just say I will have to make another batch because “my kids” ate them all!
Renee's Kitchen Adventures says
Such a cute idea!
Rachael says
Thank you Renee!
summerdf says
This is such a GREAT table decor idea! I absolutely love the little turkeys. I think I would have eaten them all regardless, though. I’ve made these before and they’re SO addicting. My mouth is watering like crazy just looking at your post! #client