Fruit Gobbler (Turkey) Centerpiece

Karen=^..^='s Note:

A delicious centerpiece you can eat!

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 1 bosc pear (head)
• 1 cantaloupes (body) or 1 honeydew melon (body)
• 2 lbs cubed cheddar cheese (beak and tail feathers)
• 1 -2 red bell peppers (snood, feet and side feathers) or 1 -2 yellow bell pepper (snood, feet and side feathers)
• 2 raisins (eyes)
• 1 lb seedless grapes (tail feathers)
• bamboo skewer
• toothpick

Directions:

1. Stabilize the melon body by cutting a shallow slice off the rind to form a flat base and place on serving dish or platter.
2. Using a section of bamboo skewer, attach a Bosc pear (head) upside-down to the upper front of the melon.
3. Cut a cheese triangle beak and red pepper snood. Attach both, along with raisin eyes, to the pear head with sections of toothpick.
4. Cut red pepper feet and set them in place. For tail feathers, skewer cheese cubes and red grapes, then insert the skewers around the back of the melon. Pin pepper side feathers in place with toothpicks.

Reviews

[ShaGun]

We made this using the recipe from Family Fun Magazine for Thanksgiving. It was very impressive and fun to make. My oldest son (age 6) loved getting to help make the grape and cheese kabobs. I loved that everything was edible, it was pretty easy to make, and it looked so nice! Everyone who saw it said, "Wow!"