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October 13, 2022 By Hannah @ Eat, Drink and Save Money

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Cinnamon Roll Turkeys for Thanksgiving Breakfast

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Need an easy Thanksgiving breakfast? Try these cinnamon roll turkeys for Thanksgiving breakfast. It’s a fun tradition that everyone in the family will love! We’ve been doing this for about 8 years with the kids and I swear, they think Thanksgiving turkey means cinnamon rolls.

Cinnamon roll turkeys for celebrating Thanksgiving with kids

Cinnamon roll turkeys are perfect for Thanksgiving breakfast

Why is it that breakfast is often overlooked on Thanksgiving?

It is because Thanksgiving dinner is usually so large that people tend to skip breakfast?

If so, it doesn’t make sense to me because Easter dinner and Christmas dinner are big meals too, but people consistently do Easter brunch and Christmas breakfast. I’m starting to feel sad for Thanksgiving. Shouldn’t it have it’s own fun themed breakfasts like all the other holidays?

RELATED POST: 15 Quick and Easy Thanksgiving Breakfast Ideas

Thanksgiving breakfast can be fun for the kids with these cinnamon roll turkeys

As a breakfast lover, I can’t stand by and watch Thanksgiving get the short end of the breakfast stick.  I’ve started a new family tradition to have cinnamon roll turkeys for breakfast on Thanksgiving morning. This is a traditions that we love and cherish.

What’s not to love about them?

Bacon? Check!

Carbs? Check!

Sugar? Check.

Can you imagine me talking in my best Joey Tribbiane from Friends voice?  Please tell me you know which Friends episode I’m talking about!

Cinnamon roll turkeys for Thanksgiving breakfast

I started making these cinnamon roll turkeys in 2016 and it’s become a fun Thanksgiving morning tradition that the kids looks forward to every year. Now that the kids are older I let them assemble their own turkeys. It’s so much fun!

How to make cinnamon roll turkeys for Thanksgiving Breakfast

Start by preparing the cinnamon rolls according to the package.

Or you can make your own cinnamon rolls. I’ve had great luck making cinnamon rolls with my sourdough discard. I’m a big fan of this sourdough cinnamon roll recipe by The Clever Carrot. I also have her sourdough cookbook!

Of course, no one is judging if you go with the ready made stuff! I love the Pillsbury Grand Cinnabon rolls.

If you do go with ready made rolls, make sure to get the ones that actually roll. Some are more like biscuits and that makes it difficult to stick the bacon into the rolls.

Pillsbury Grands Cinnamon Rolls

Next, fry up some delicious bacon. You can’t go wrong when bacon is involved. You’ll need 2 pieces of bacon per cinnamon roll. I did the package of 5 cinnamon rolls so I cooked 12 pieces of bacon. You know I just had to cook 2 extra pieces for snacking. The best part of cooking is eating along the way!

Cinnamon rolls and bacon

After the cinnamon rolls are iced, you stick the bacon in the back and decorate the face of the turkey with candy eyes, candy corn, and cinnamon candies.  The icing keeps all the candies in place. I’m telling you, this is so easy, it’s ridiculous.

Cinnamon roll turkeys are an easy way to enjoy a fall family breakfast

 

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Cinnamon Roll Turkeys

Ingredients

  • 1 can (17.5 oz) Pillsbury™ Grands!™ refrigerated cinnamon rolls with icing
  • 10 slices bacon
  • 5 candy corns
  • 5 red mini candy-coated chocolate candies
  • 10 candy eyeballs

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
  2. 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.
  3. Bake 20 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack; cool 5 minutes.
  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.
  5. Drizzle tops of rolls with icing. Decorate turkeys with candy eyeballs, candy corn and candy-coated chocolate candies.
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  1. Melissa Lilly says

    November 9, 2015 at 8:57 am

    I usually make something special.

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  2. LaTanya says

    November 9, 2015 at 11:25 am

    I do not make anything special

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  3. Tracie says

    November 9, 2015 at 6:42 pm

    We don’t make anything special yet..maybe once I have kids we will. Mark likes to skip all meals leading up to appetizers!

    Reply
  4. HS says

    November 9, 2015 at 9:52 pm

    We don’t do anything special for Thanksgiving breakfast.

    Reply
  5. Leigh Anne Borders says

    November 16, 2015 at 6:00 pm

    WE always have a breakfast casserole and the Pillsbury cinnamon rolls. I have never thought to do it this way. These are so cute! My family will love them!

    Reply
  6. Erin @ Nourishing My Scholar says

    November 16, 2015 at 10:44 pm

    These are adorable!!!! I’m am totally making these for Thanksgiving breakfast! #MMBH

    Reply
  7. Danita Carr says

    November 16, 2015 at 10:54 pm

    Oh my goodness! What a cute idea for Thanksgiving breakfast! Love it! #SmallVictories

    Reply
  8. Echo says

    November 17, 2015 at 5:00 pm

    These are awesome! Cinnamon Rolls and bacon are a win win for me! Thanks for sharing these at the #SmallVictoriesSundayLinkup!

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    • Hannah @ Eat, Drink and Save Money says

      November 18, 2015 at 6:03 am

      Bacon is always a win!

      Reply
  9. Amanda Sakovitz says

    November 18, 2015 at 8:59 am

    I make apple crisp!

    Reply
  10. Laura J says

    November 18, 2015 at 8:43 pm

    I usually try to make some sort of a dish….something to fill everyone up since we do not eat until around 2pm.

    Reply
  11. Leigh Powell Hines says

    November 21, 2015 at 12:22 pm

    MY kids want this now. Love it. Thanks for sharing with #SmallVictories.

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    • Hannah @ Eat, Drink and Save Money says

      November 21, 2015 at 2:22 pm

      Thanks for checking it out! I hope you enjoy it!

      Reply
  12. Leigh Powell Hines says

    November 21, 2015 at 12:29 pm

    YOu are my featured blogger this week. Love this.

    Reply
    • Hannah @ Eat, Drink and Save Money says

      November 21, 2015 at 2:22 pm

      I’m so excited! Thanks!

      Reply

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