Carly Buccigrossi, Senior
Sick and tired of the same old holiday desserts? Well, you’re in luck, because I have five exciting and fun Thanksgiving desserts that will really wow your family!
Rice Krispie Turkey Drumsticks
These Rice Krispie Turkey Drumsticks are a perfect treat if you want to impress your guests. They look great and taste even better.
Ingredients:
6 pretzel rods
White melting chocolate
Mini marshmallows
2 Tbsp. butter
6 C. Cocoa Krispies or Cocoa Pebbles cereal
How to make:
Take your pretzel rods and break them in half. Remove any of the salt on them.
Melt the white chocolate. Take two mini marshmallows and press them onto one end of your pretzel rods making sure they stick. Then dip the pretzel rod with the marshmallows on it into your melted white chocolate. Place them on wax paper and let them harden.
Melt the butter and the remaining marshmallows in a large saucepan. Add in the rice krispies and put the heat on low. Then, using your hands take some of the rice krispie-marshmallow mix and form a drumstick shape on your pretzel rod. Place on wax paper to cool.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Brownies:
This tasty pumpkin and chocolate combination will make you regret getting seconds at dinner time, because the way these brownies taste your guaranteed to want to eat them all!
Ingredients:📷
Brownies
1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick)
6 ounces dark or bittersweet chocolate, chopped (I used Trader Joe’s 72% Pound Plus Bar)
2 large eggs
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 tablespoon brewed coffee (leftover or cold coffee is okay), optional but recommended
1 teaspoon instant espresso granules, optional but recommended
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
Pumpkin Layer 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1 large egg yolk (discard white) 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 to 2/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
How to make:
Brownies
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8 inch pan with cooking spray and put it off to the side.
In a large microwave-safe bowl, add the butter and the chocolate and heat in the microwave on high for about two minutes, or until the chocolate is melted. Give the mixture time to cool before adding in the eggs.
Then add the sugar, vanilla, and optional coffee and whisk to combine.
Then add remaining ingredients and mix.
Pour your batter into the pan that you prepared earlier and put your batter off to the side.
Pumpkin Layer
Add all ingredients, except for the chocolate chips, into a bowl and mix.
Spread pumpkin layer over the brownie batter.
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
Baked Apples with Maple Pecans
If you are looking for a healthier dessert idea that still tastes amazing, these baked apples with maple pecans are the perfect treat.
Ingredients:
4 sweet apples, such as Gala
140 g pecan nuts
3 tbsp maple syrup
2 tbsp butter, melted
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/5 tsp fine sea salt
How to make:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper.
In a blender, blend the pecans until they are crumbly and then combine with the maple syrup, butter, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
Core the apples and cut them in half. Top each half with the pecan mixture.
Bake for 25 minutes.
Let cook for 5 minutes and enjoy!
Acorn Cookies
If you don’t have time to make a crazy dessert but you still want to impress your family, these acorn cookies are the perfect choice for you.
Ingredients:
Vanilla wafer cookies
Hershey Kisses
Mini Chocolate Chips
Vanilla or chocolate icing
How to Make:
Take your icing and put a layer on the flat side of the vanilla wafer.
Then connect a hershey kiss to the vanilla wafer that has icing on it.
Take one of your mini chocolate chips and dip the flat side into the icing.
Connect the mini chocolate chip with the rounded side of your vanilla wafer and you have an acorn cookie!
Pumpkin-Nutella Swirl Cake
Two of the best flavors in the world combined into one cake, what could possibly go wrong?
Ingredients:
1 stick butter, at room temperature
1 cup light brown sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3/4 cup pumpkin purée (not pie filling)
2 1/2 cups cake flour*
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
Pinch ground nutmeg
1/2 cup chocolate hazelnut spread (Nutella)
How to make:
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and grease a 2 pound loaf tin.
Place butter and sugar into a large bowl and mix them together until light and fluffy.
Add in the eggs and vanilla extract and mix until combined. Then add the pumpkin puree, flour, baking powder, and spices and mix until smooth.
Take 3/4 cup of the batter and put it into a medium sized bowl. Then take 1/2 a cup of nutella into the bowl and mix until well combined
Take 1/3 of the pumpkin batter and put it into your loaf pan. Then take 1/3 of the chocolate batter and put it into your loaf pan. Mix the two lightly together to create a swirl. Continue this process until you are out of batter.
Bake for 50 minutes.
Let sit for 1 hour and then enjoy!
Works Cited
Hodson, Kat. "ACORN SNICKERDOODLE CUPCAKES WITH CANDY ACORNS." A Mom's Impression, amomsimpression.com/acorn-snickerdoodle-cupcakes/. Accessed 17 Nov. 2018.
Monika. "EASY BAKED APPLES WITH MAPLE PECANS." Everyday Healthy Recipes, 17 Sept. 2018, www.everydayhealthyrecipes.com/maple-pecan-baked-apples-recipe/. Accessed 16 Nov. 2018.
"Pumpkin Nutella Swirl Loaf Cake." The Savvy Kitchen, 18 Nov. 2013, www.the-savvy-kitchen.com/2013/11/pumpkin-nutella-swirl-loaf-cake.html. Accessed 13 Nov. 2018.
Sunshine, Averie. "Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Brownies." Averiecooks, 28 Sept. 2018, www.averiecooks.com/pumpkin-chocolate-chip-brownies/#. Accessed 11 Nov. 2018.
Tracy. "RICE KRISPIE TURKEY DRUMSTICKS." This Grandma Is Fun, www.thisgrandmaisfun.com/rice-krispie-turkey-drumsticks/. Accessed 16 Nov. 2018.
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