Easy No-Bake Thanksgiving Treats for Kids
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These no-bake Thanksgiving Treats are the ones the kids make while the grown-ups handle the pies. Five easy ideas — turkey cookies, pilgrim hats, Oreo turkeys, acorn cookies and sprinkle cones — all built from store-bought cookies and candy, with no oven and about 15 minutes. If you want the baked stuff too, my 30 Easy Thanksgiving Desserts has the pies and cakes.
They're sweet enough to stand in for dessert and cute enough to scatter around the table or set at each place. Bite-size Pumpkin Pie Bites go on the same tray, and if your kids like decorating cookies, my Oreo Dipped Christmas Cookies are the next project a month later. Or make these Turkey Cupcakes with the kiddos super fun for cookie exchanges.
Quick Look: No-Bake Thanksgiving Treats
- ⏱️ Prep Time: 15 minutes
- 🕒 Total Time: 15 minutes
- 👨👩👧👦 Servings: 24 of each treat
- 🥣 Ingredients: Oreos, Nutter Butter, striped shortbread cookies, mini Nilla wafers, sugar cones, candy corn, candy eyes, M&M's, Hershey's Kisses, mini peanut butter cups, pretzels, chocolate and red melting wafers, fall sprinkles
- ⭐ Difficulty: Easy — melt, dab, stick
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
No Oven. Everything is melted chocolate holding store-bought cookies and candy together. Nothing to bake, nothing to cool.
Kids Can Do It. Dab, stick, set aside to dry. The turkey cookies are the same idea as my Nutter Butter Ghost Cookies, just dressed for November.
Five Treats, One Shopping List. Candy corn, candy eyes, M&M's and melting wafers cover all five, so you buy once and make whichever ones you like.
These Thanksgiving turkey cookies use simple ingredients and are adorable and completely edible!
Thanksgiving Turkey Cookie
- Nutter Butter Cookies
- Shortbread Cookies (with the fudge strips on them)
- Candy Corn
- Candy Eyes
- M&M's ( yellow and orange)
- Red melting wafers (or a small tube of red icing)
The full recipe is at the bottom of the page!
These Pilgrim Hat Cookies are quick and easy using just four ingredients and they will be a hit at your dessert table this holiday season!
Pilgrim Hat Cookies
- Shortbread cookies (Keebler with the fudge stripes)
- Mini Peanut Butter Cups
- Yellow M&M's (you can really use any color)
- White chocolate chips or melting wafers
The full recipe is at the bottom!
How cute are these Oreo Turkey Cookies? Such a cute idea any kid would love just to gobble them up!
Oreo Turkey Cookies
- Oreo Cookies (regular size)
- Mini Oreo Cookies
- Candy Corn
- Candy Eyes
- M&M's (I used orange and yellow)
- Red melting wafers (Or a tube of red icing)
The full recipe is at the bottom!
These acorn cookies are a fun Thanksgiving treat, perfect for tiny little hands, So cute!
Acorn Cookies
- Mini Nilla Wafers (or Ritz Bitz or Mini Nutter Butters)
- Hershey Kisses
- Mini Chocolate Chips
- Chocolate chips or melting wafers
The full recipe is at the bottom!
These fall sprinkle cones are a festive Thanksgiving treat and perfect to set up as place settings at the table.
Fall Sprinkle Cones
- Sugar Cones
- Leaves sprinkles
- Pretzels
- Chocolate chips or melting wafers
Recipe Tips
- Melt the chocolate in 30-second bursts and stir between each one. It goes from smooth to seized fast if you push it.
- Put the melted chocolate in a zip-top baggie and snip a tiny corner off. It's easier for small hands than a spoon, and the dots are neater.
- Set each finished treat aside to dry before you move it. The chocolate is the glue, and it needs a few minutes to hold.
- Pour the sprinkles onto a plate before you start the cones so you can dip the chocolate edge straight in.
- The red melting wafers make the turkey wattles, but a small tube of red icing works the same and skips a bowl.
Recipe FAQ's
No. Every one of the five is store-bought cookies and candy held together with melted chocolate. The only "cooking" is melting chocolate in the microwave.
Chocolate chips or melting wafers, either one. Melting wafers set a little harder and faster; chips are what most people already have. Use white chocolate chips or white wafers where the recipe calls for them.
Yes. A small tube of red icing does the same job as the red melting wafers on the turkey cookies, and it's less to melt.
Each of the five recipes makes 24 treats. You don't have to make all five — pick the ones your kids will eat and shop for those.
Any kid old enough to press a candy eye onto a dot of chocolate. An adult handles the microwave and the hot bowl; the sticking is the fun part.
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No-Bake Thanksgiving Treats for Kids
Ingredients
Oreo Turkey Cookies
- 24 Oreo cookies
- 24 mini Oreo Cookies
- 96 candy corns
- 24 yellow or orange M&M's
- 48 candy eyes
- 1 cup chocolate chips or melting wafers
Pilgrim Hats
- 24 striped cookies
- 24 mini peanut butter cups
- 24 yellow M&M's
- 1 cup white chocolate chips or melting wafers
Turkey Cookies
- 24 Nutter Butter Cookies
- 24 striped wafer cookies
- 144 candy corn
- 24 yellow or orange M&M's
- 48 candy eyes
- 1 cup white chocolate chips or melting wafers
- 1 cup red melting wafers
Fall Sprinkle Cones
- 24 sugar cones
- Fall sprinkles
- 48 pretzel sticks
- 2 cups chocolate chips or melting wafers
Acorn Cookies
- 32 mini nilla wafers
- 32 Hershey kisses
- 1 cup chocolate chips or melting wafers
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Instructions
Oreo Turkey Cookies
- In a small bowl melt the chocolate in 30-second increments in the microwave stirring until completely melted. Remove one cookie wafer and press in 4 candy corns on the top. Add a dab of melted chocolate to reseal the cookie. Add a dab of melted chocolate on the front of the cookie place the mini cookie on top. Add two dots of chocolate and place the candy eyes on. add a dot of chocolate and place the m&m on it. In a small bowl melt the red wafers in 30-second increments until melted, place in a baggie or piping bag, and squeeze a little bit on the side of the m&m. Set aside to dry.
Pilgrim Hats
- In a small bowl add the chocolate and melt in the microwave in 30second increments until melted. Place into a baggie or piping bag and cut the tip-off. Squeeze some melted chocolate around the inner circle and add the peanut butter cup. Squeeze a line of chocolate around the peanut butter cup and add a dot to one side. Place the M&M on. Set aside and let dry.
Turkey Cookies
- In a small bowl add the chocolate chips and melt in the microwave in 30-second increments until creamy. Add a dot of chocolate on the bottom of the striped cookie and stick the nutter butter on. Add 6 strips of melted chocolate on the top of the wafer and press on the candy corns. Add dor of melted chocolate on the nutter butter and stick the eyes on. Add another dot under the eyes and press an M&M on it. In another small bowl add the red wafers and melt in the microwave place in a baggie or piping bag and cut the tip-off. Squeeze a bit of red chocolate on the side of the M&M.
Fall Sprinkle Cones
- Place sprinkles onto a small plate and set aside. In a small bowl add the chocolate chips and melt in the microwave in 30-second increments until completely melted. Place melted chocolate in a baggie or piping bag and cut the tip-off. Cut the tip-off of the sugar cone and squeeze the chocolate around the edges. Dip edges into the sprinkles and place a pretzel piece into the top.
Acorn Cookies
- Add a dot of melted chocolate on the mini nilla wafer and place the Hershey kiss on top. Flip the cookie over and place a tiny dot of chocolate on the top of the nilla wafer. then place the mini chocolate chip on top.
Hi. Just wanted to know if I need these for Thanksgiving, can I make ahead and freeze. please advise. Tynx...