This Turkey Dessert Cheeseball is such a fun holiday treat! Looking like a cute turkey, it is sweet, tasty and so fun to put together! It will be the star of your holiday table!
red, orange and yellow candy melts(about ½ cup of each before melted)
¼cupsemi-sweet chocolate chips,for attaching the candy to the turkey’s face
Instructions
In a large mixing bowl, cream together cream cheese and butter.
Next, beat in brown sugar, vanilla and ½ a cup of chopped pecans and ½ a cup of semi-sweet chocolates until just combined.
Using a spatula, scrape the cheeseball mixture into a mound onto a large piece of plastic wrap and shape into a ball. Place the cheese ball into the refrigerator for at least two hours (or overnight if preparing the day before).
While the cheese ball is chilling, make the candy melt feathers. Melt orange, red and yellow candy melt wafers in separate bowls according to the package instructions.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and add a small dollop of colored melted chocolate and form a leaf shape using a spoon. I recommend making as many as will fit on your baking sheet (but at least 12-15). Place the feathers on the baking sheet in the refrigerator to harden.
Once the cheeseball has completely set, take out of the refrigerator and mix together the remaining cup of semi-sweet chocolates and pecans and pour them out on a tray or plate. Then carefully roll the cheese ball in the chocolates/pecans and cover all over. You might need to use your hands to pack extra on and fill in all the areas.
Now press in the feathers to the back third of the cheese ball to look like turkey feathers.
Melt ¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips in the microwave to attach the nose, eyes and gobbler to the front of the cheese ball to create a face! (I recommend that you use tweezers to dip the candy corn and eye balls into the melted chocolate and to attach them to the cheese ball since they are so small!)
Then serve with your favorite dippers!
Notes
You can use any milk or dark chocolate chips if you'd like.
Colored candy melts are best for decorating, but you can use white chocolate chips or almond bark and dye with gel food coloring (not liquid.)
This needs to chill for at least 2 hours.
The cream cheese and butter need to be completely softened or the cheeseball will have lumpy cream cheese bits in it. I just put them out on the kitchen counter the night before I need to make this.