TURKEY IN THE STRAW COOKIES

I found this recipe online for Halloween Monsters. I had already purchased the pretzel sticks, candy eyeballs, and green chocolate melting discs, but the kids and I never got to making them. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I brainstormed a way to adapt them for this alternate holiday by swapping out the green chocolate for yellow. Voila! “Turkey in the Straw” cookies.

My grandchildren are familiar with “Turkey in the Straw” because every Thanksgiving when we don our turkey masks for the turkey dance contest, “Turkey in the Straw” is one of the songs that gets us rocking the house. In case you are not familiar with this tune, here is a video of the The Schnickelfritz Band performing the original version in 1942.

It’s never about the cookie

I always say, “Cookies taste better if they come with a poem.” I wrote this one about my little turkey in honor of our fun new cookie.

TURKEY COOKIE POEM

I lost my little turkey.

I think he wants to play.

I hope he is just hiding,

He wouldn’t run away.

I looked inside the cupboard,

He’s not under the bed,

Or any of the closets,

I even checked the shed.

Where would little turkey hide?

In the garage with Paw?

Oh! There he is. I found him.

The turkey’s in the straw!

Now for the recipe! Not only is this the easiest recipe you will ever make, you really don’t need to measure anything either. Even the tiniest of kids can make “Turkey in the Straw” cookies.