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This is such a fun and healthy Thanksgiving appetizer – make a turkey shaped fruit platter!
Use a pear for the body, baby carrots for the beak, wings, legs then add red and green grapes, pistachios, banana chips, and chocolate covered raisins. Plus there are so many other fruit and nut options listed!
What You’ll Need
- Serving tray or platter (I round a large white round platter)
- half of a pear
- 2 baby carrots
- candy eye balls
- pistachios
- red grapes
- green grapes
- banana chips
- chocolate covered raisins
Want more fruit & nut options?
More fruit ideas
- apple slices
- raspberries
- blueberries
- strawberries
- kiwi slices
- mandrain oranges
- pineapple pieces
- cantaloupe pieces
- dried cherries
More nut / finger foods
- peanuts
- almonds
- pecans
- walnuts
- pretzels
How to make a turkey thanksgiving fruit platter
Cut the pear in half and place in the center of a platter.
Cut out the beak, wings, and legs from baby carrots using a sharp knife.
Add the beak and wings to the pear using toothpicks. Place the turkey carrot legs at the bottom of the pear.
Use a dab of honey to secure the candy eye balls to the pear.
Arrange the pistachios around the pear.
Arrange red grapes.
Arrange green grapes.
Arrange banana chips.
Arrange red grapes.
Arrange chocolate covered raisins.
Arrange green grapes.
Fill in the rows with extra fruit / snacks so it looks fuller. Serve!
Make a veggie platter
Turn this into a turkey veggie platter by using cucumber slices for the body. Use cherry tomatoes, sliced cucumber, sliced carrots, broccoli, cauliflower for the feathers.
This is the perfect appetizer to munch on before Thanksgiving dinner!
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Turkey Fruit Platter
Ingredients
- Serving tray or platter, I round a large white round platter
- half of a pear
- 2 baby carrots
- 2 candy eye balls
- pistachios
- red grapes
- green grapes
- banana chips
- chocolate covered raisins
Instructions
- Cut the pear in half and place in the center of a platter.
- Cut out the beak, wings, and legs from baby carrots using a sharp knife.
- Add the beak and wings to the pear using toothpicks. Place the turkey carrot legs at the bottom of the pear.
- Use a dab of honey to secure the candy eye balls to the pear.
- Arrange the pistachios around the pear.
- Arrange red grapes.
- Arrange green grapes.
- Arrange banana chips.
- Arrange red grapes.
- Arrange chocolate covered raisins.
- Arrange green grapes.
- Fill in the rows with extra fruit / snacks to make it look fuller. Serve!
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Notes
Want more fruit & nut options? Try these..
- apple slices
- raspberries
- blueberries
- strawberries
- kiwi slices
- mandrain oranges
- pineapple pieces
- cantaloupe pieces
- dried cherries
- peanuts
- almonds
- pecans
- walnuts
- pretzels
Nutrition
Nutrition Disclosure
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First off….I can’t handle how cute these are. Second, every year on Thanksgiving morning, we run in a race called the Gobble Wobble which is run (mostly walk) around the lake where my parents live. Everyone that lives there joins in along with my cousins! Right after the run we head to my Nana;s for coffee and cinnamon rolls, just in case we weren’t going to consume enough calories that day!
If I can eat cinnamon rolls and coffee after my turkey trot I may do it … :)
Oh my goodness, Beth! This is so cute! I need to make this for Thanksgiving!
:) Let me know if you do!!
Super cute Beth!!! My nieces would love this!
Thanks Jessica!
I always think about dong our towns turkey trot, and the parade and sleep always win out – this is SO cute Beth
Exactly! Why do I want to leave my warm house to go outside?!
This is so cute Beth! I can see it at a children’s holiday table or party :) Too cute
Great idea Katya, maybe it would cause the adults to crowd over it too!
Run or Walk the Trot! They usually benefit a local charity. This is how I convinced my brother to run a 1/2 marathon: Worst case we walk for 3 hours and 15 minutes! So 15 minutes- you got this! laura
Haha, great perspective – thanks Laura!!
This is darling. I think I might try it with banana chips to avoid the browning problem.
That is the best idea ever Cher! Way to go!
TOO CUTE!!
Aw gosh, thanks friend!!
You are all about the cute Thanksgiving recipes, Beth! This turkey is beyond adorable. Love it!
Thank you!!
It is getting colder in the mornings too for that turkey troy so I don’t blame you. You are the ruler of making cute and dcorative food for the holidays. I love this. very unique!
Oh Ginny, you are so sweet, thank you!