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"welcome" to my dieters thanksgiving table :)

Recipe by
Melanie Ross
Rumford, ME

Please DO NOT assemble the legs on the table the night before. You will have itty bitty broken buffet tables.

method No-Cook or Other

Ingredients For "welcome" to my dieters thanksgiving table :)

  • FOR THE PUMPKIN PIE:
  • 1
    caramel
  • 1
    mini vanilla wafer
  • 1
    snowflake sprinkle
  • FOR THE MASHED POTATOES:
  • vanilla frosting
  • yellow gel icing
  • 1
    jumbo white smartie candy
  • FOR THE CRANBERRY JELLY:
  • 1
    red gummy worm
  • 1
    white necco wafer
  • FOR THE CORNUCOPIA:
  • 1
    bugle chip
  • leaf sprinkles
  • FOR THE TURKEY LEGS:
  • 1
    caramel
  • 2
    bone sprinkles
  • 1
    white necco wafer
  • FOR THE GREEN BEANS:
  • green jimmie sprinkles
  • 1
    jumbo white smartie candy
  • FOR THE CORN:
  • yellow non-pariels
  • yellow gel icing
  • 1
    jumbo white smartie candy
  • FOR THE DRESSING:
  • 1
    fig newton
  • green sugar sprinkles
  • 1
    jumbo white smartie candy
  • FOR THE TABLE:
  • 1
    graham cracker
  • 2
    wafer cookies
  • frosting

How To Make "welcome" to my dieters thanksgiving table :)

  • 1
    For the pumpkin pie: 1. Soften caramel in the microwave (about 7 seconds). 2. Roll caramel into a long rope. 3. Wrap caramel rope around the mini vanilla wafer, cut off excess. 4. With a toothpick, make lines around the edges. 5. Attach snowflake sprinkle on top with frosting.
  • 2
    For the mashed potatoes: 1. Put a dollop of frosting in the middle of the Smartie candy 2. Squeeze a small amount of yellow gel icing in the middle.
  • 3
    For the cranberry jelly: 1. Cut a small slice off of the red gummy worm. Place on Necco wafer. 2. Cut about 1/4 inch of the worm and place on Necco wafer behind the slice.
  • 4
    For the cornucopia: 1. Attach Bugle chip to the middle of the graham cracker with frosting 2. Spinkle leaves around the end of the Bugle.
  • 5
    For the turkey legs: 1. Soften caramel in microwave for about 7 seconds. 2. Pull off a small amount of caramel and shape with fingers into a teardrop shape. 3. Push bone sprinkle in the end of the caramel. 4. Attach with frosting onto Necco wafer.
  • 6
    For the green beans: 1. Secure green jimmie sprinkles on jumbo Smartie candy with frosting.
  • 7
    For the corn: 1. Mix a small amount of yellow non-pareils with a drop of yellow gel icing. 2. Place on jumbo white Smartie candy.
  • 8
    For the dressing: 1. Cut up the cookie part of a Fig Newton in itty bitty cubes, 2. With frosting, secure to jumbo white Smartie candy. 3. Sprinkle a few green sugar sprinkles on top.
  • 9
    For the table: 1. Secure all food on top of graham cracker with frosting. 2. Attach to 2 wafer cookies for table legs.
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