Edible Glitter Turkey
How to Make DIY Edible Glitter
We recommend watching the "how to make a glitter turkey" video below to help demonstrate the entire process.
What you’ll need for one batch:
- 1 teaspoon of Gum-Tex Tylose powder
- 4 tablespoons of boiling water
- 1 bottle of liquid pearl sheen or pearl dust
- Your choice of food coloring
Wilton makes Gum-Tex Tylose powder, liquid food coloring and pearl dust, all of which are available at your local craft store.
- Mix 1 teaspoon of Gum-Tex powder with 4 tablespoons of boiling water (added 1 tbsp. at a time) and your choice of food coloring. We recommend a combination of liquid food coloring and liquid pearl sheen for the brightest colors. TIP: You can quadruple the batter for a larger batch. You’ll need approximately 12 – 16 individual batches to fully cover a 16-pound turkey.
- Mix Gum-Tex powder, boiling water and food coloring thoroughly with a rubber or silicone spatula. Mix until you get a paste-like consistency, approximately three – five minutes.
- Once mixed to a paste-like consistency, spread out on foil-lined baking sheet. Spread the mixture out into a thin layer as best as you can along the foil-lined sheet.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven at 275°F for about 30 minutes, or until the mixture is completely dried out and hard.
- Once the mixture has dried and cooled, break up into pieces and place into a clean coffee grinder or food processer. Pulse until pieces are grinded.
- Place a sieve over a bowl and pour the mixture into the sieve. Shake the sieve to separate the smaller pieces from the larger pieces. Place larger pieces back into the grinder.
- Repeat until you have enough to completely cover your turkey. You’ll need approximately 12 – 16 individually baked batches to fully cover a 16-pound turkey.
How to Cook Your Turkey
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Line roasting pan with Reynolds Wrap® Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil.
- Remove neck and giblets from turkey; rinse turkey and pat dry. Place turkey in foil-lined roasting pan. If stuffing is desired, loosely stuff turkey.
- Brush turkey with oil and insert meat thermometer into thickest part of thigh, not touching bone.
- Sprinkle the glitter on top of the turkey, covering it completely.
- Make a foil tent by placing a sheet of foil over turkey, leaving 1 inch between top of turkey and foil tent for heat circulation. Crimp foil onto long sides of pan.
- Roast turkey until meat thermometer inserted in thickest part of the thigh not touching the bone reads a temperature of 165°F. For approximate roasting times see chart below. For stuffed turkey, add 30 minutes to roasting time.
- To brown turkey, remove foil tent after 1 hour of roasting. For easy slicing, cover turkey with foil and let stand 15 minutes.
Turkey Cooking Times by Size Using the Foil Tent Method:
- 8- to 12-pound turkey: 2 1/2 to 3 hours
- 12- to 16-pound turkey: 3 to 3 1/2 hours
- 16- to 20-pound turkey: 3 1/2 to 4 hours
- 20- to 24-pound turkey: 4 to 5 hours
- 24- to 28-pound turkey: 5 to 6 1/2 hours
- 28- to 32-pound turkey: 6 1/2 to 7 hours
