Preparation
15 minutes
Cook Time
0 minutes
Serves
10
Cooking Level
Easy

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Pure Flavor® Aurora Bites Mini Sweet Peppers, divided
  • 1 Pure Flavor® Long English Cucumber, sliced
  • 8 green lettuce leaves
  • 2 green onions, finely diced
  • 1 pack whole wheat crackers
  • 8 oz light cream cheese
  • 3 oz cooked turkey bacon, crumbled
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp garlic powder
  • ⅛ tsp cayenne pepper
  • Pretzel sticks, for garnish
  • Black olives, for garnish
  • Candy corn, for garnish

Directions

Step 1

Finely dice ⅓ cup of peppers. Halve the remaining peppers, remove the membrane & seeds and set aside.

Step 2

In a medium mixing bowl, combine diced peppers, turkey bacon, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, onion, and seasoning. Using a hand mixer, mix well until combined.

Step 3

Divide the cheese mixture into two balls, one smaller than the other.

Step 4

Place the large ball at the base of the board and the small ball on top.

Step 5

Create the turkey body features with olives for the eyes, pretzels for the legs and a candy corn nose.

Step 6

Starting at the head moving upwards create the feather with curly leaf lettuce, halved peppers, crackers, and cucumber slices.

Recipe created by Laura Ashley Johnson