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Cinnamon Roll Turkeys

Shawn Syphus
Updated Dec 4, 2019
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Start your Thanksgiving morning with a sweet roll. Everyone will gobble, gobble them up!

Cinnamon Roll Turkeys

  • Prep Time 20 min
  • Total 35 min
  • Ingredients 6
  • Servings 5
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
  • Step 
    2
    Open can of rolls; set icing aside. Separate dough into 5 rolls; place about 3 inches apart on cookie sheet. Unroll each roll about 1 inch; tuck dough into roll to create neck of turkey.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 19 to 21 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack; cool 5 minutes.
  • Step 
    4
    Meanwhile, cook bacon until crisp; drain on paper towel-lined plate. Cut bacon slices in half. Tuck 4 halves of bacon into back of each cinnamon roll so they stick up and look like tail feathers.
  • Step 
    5
    Spread tops of rolls with icing. Decorate turkeys with candy eyeballs, candy corn and candy-coated chocolate candies. Before serving, place halved pretzel sticks underneath each turkey to look like turkey’s feet.

Nutrition

400 Calories
13g Total Fat
10g Protein
60g Total Carbohydrate
27g Sugars

Tips from the

Pillsbury Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Let the kids have fun decorating their turkeys with extra sprinkles and candy corn!
  • tip 2
    Look for the candy eyeballs in craft stores near the candy/cake decorating section.
  • tip 3
    10 semisweet chocolate chips can be substituted for the candy eyeballs in this recipe.
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