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These Cranberry Sweet Potato Turkey Popper are the ultimate holiday appetizer! They’re paleo, whole30, gluten-free, and AIP compliant.
Looking for a new holiday appetizer? Yes, cheese boards and dips are great, but it’s fun to mix it up! That’s were the sweet potato cranberry turkey popper comes in! These little poppers are essentially chicken nuggets made with ground turkey, sweet potato, cranberries, and herbs.
Seriously, they’re perfect for getting all of the holidays in one bite at a holiday party, or for satiating hungry guests while Thanksgiving dinner is finishing. They’re made with simple, easy to find ingredients and won’t add tons of labor to your holiday food prep. Plus, they taste amazing dipped in cranberry sauce.
- Prep and combine: Add the fresh cranberries to a food processor and set it to shred or chop for 10-15 seconds.
- Remove the cranberries and use a paper towel to clean up any excess juice. Combine all of the ingredients in a large mixing bowl and thoroughly combine. Begin rolling the mixture into small, slightly flattened poppers about one inch in diameter (you’ll have about 25 poppers) and place them on the cooking sheet.
- Bake & serve: Place in the oven for 25-28 minutes, flipping halfway through Crisp further in a pan or place under the broiler if desired for 1-2 minutes to crisp further. Remove from the oven when thoroughly cooked through. Serve with cranberry sauce or by themselves.
How Do You Serve The Cranberry Sweet Potato Turkey Poppers?
Like the other poppers, these are super versatile! Here are some ideas for how to serve them…
- Serve as a holiday dinner appetizer with cranberry sauce for dipping
- Bring to an office or holiday party when you don’t want to cook a whole turkey
- Make throughout the holidays for fun, seasonal lunches and dinners
The Ingredients You’ll Need For The Cranberry Turkey Poppers
Ground turkey
Turkey obviously goes best with the holiday theme, but you can also use chicken. However, I find ground turkey to be easier to find!
Sweet potato
You’ll likely already have sweet potato on hand for the holidays, and all you’ll have to do is rice or shred it. I often use a cheese grater to shred it, but you can just as easily use a food processor.
Fresh cranberries
I was skeptical about using fresh cranberries in these and thought I would have more luck with dried… so wrong! The fresh cranberries are amazing and add so much holiday flare!
Rosemary, parsley & sage
You can easily mix up the herbs, but I find these to work best with the flavors.
Coconut flour and coconut oil
Coconut flour isn’t a necessity… they bind without it, but it helps make it more crispy! You can sub other flours are needed… there’s really only 2 tbsp for the whole recipe, so you won’t notice the flavor that much either way.
You’ll also love…
- Sweet potato chicken poppers
- Butternut squash chicken poppers
Cranberry Sweet Potato Turkey Poppers (Paleo, AIP, Whole 30)
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Description
These Cranberry Sweet Potato Turkey Popper are the ultimate holiday appetizer! They’re paleo, whole30, gluten-free, and AIP compliant.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 2 cup sweet potato, shredded or riced (using a grater or food processor)
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
- 2 tbsp coconut flour
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 2 tsp rosemary
- 2 tsp sage
- 2 tsp parsley
- 1 tsp sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Add the fresh cranberries to a food processor and set it to shred or chop for 10-15 seconds. Remove the cranberries and use a paper towel to clean up any excess juice
- Combine all of the ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix well to combine.
- Begin rolling the mixture into small, slightly flattened poppers about one inch in diameter (you’ll have about 20-22 poppers) and place them on the baking sheet.
- Bake in in the preheated oven for 25-28 minutes, flipping half way through. The internal temperature should read 165 F. Crisp further under the broiler if desired for 1-2 minutes if desired.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly before serving with cranberry sauce or by themselves.
Notes
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All nutritional information are estimations and will vary. Estimations do not include optional ingredients.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 30
- Category: Main Dishes
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 440
- Fat: 16.4g
- Carbohydrates: 52.7g
- Fiber: 6.8g
- Protein: 24.4g
I hope you love these as much as my husband and I do! Happy holidays, and happy eating 😉
This post first appeared on Unbound Wellness in Nov 2017 and was updated in 2019 with new photos and a video.
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49 comments on “Cranberry Sweet Potato Turkey Poppers (Paleo, AIP, Whole 30)”
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dpsatx — November 7, 2017 @ 2:44 pm Reply
Looks delicious! Is the amount for the herbs fresh or dried?
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Michelle Hoover — November 19, 2017 @ 11:55 pm Reply
Thank you! I use dried but you can get away with fresh too!
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Nikki — November 19, 2017 @ 10:36 pm Reply
fresh or dried herbs?
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Michelle Hoover — November 19, 2017 @ 11:55 pm Reply
I use dried but you can get away with fresh too! It depends on flavor preference
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Kate Mehr — November 20, 2017 @ 10:25 pm Reply
Do these freeze well?
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Rebecca Keen — November 24, 2017 @ 8:21 pm Reply
Yes, I batched cooked these and they froze and re-heated quite well
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Madalin Greco — December 6, 2019 @ 2:34 am Reply
I have made her other poppers and they froze amazing. Great to freeze and bring for trips when you need protein.
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Unbound Wellness — October 5, 2022 @ 7:11 pm Reply
yay so glad!!
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Judith Kutz — December 27, 2017 @ 6:52 pm Reply
Michelle, went to my brother and sister-in-law’s house for Christmas brunch. Made the Cranberry Poppers and they were absolutely DELISH!!!! Have also made the bacon ranch poppers and love those too! Love your recipes!!!
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Tashia — June 2, 2018 @ 4:45 pm Reply
Is the sweet potato pre-cooked?
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Michelle — June 5, 2018 @ 2:12 am Reply
It’s raw 🙂
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Dana — June 8, 2018 @ 2:08 am Reply
These made a great on-the-run breakfast during my Whole30. I would make a batch on Sunday and they would last me through the weekdays. I couldn’t find dried cranberries without added sugar so I made the first batch with dried cherries. They tasted good but looked blackened from the cherry juice. I used some dried apricots we had on hand for the second batch and they were really tasty!
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Stephanie — September 28, 2018 @ 9:38 pm Reply
Do you have a cranberry sauce recipe or have a store brand that is AIP friendly, my recipe is full of sugar.
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Michelle — October 2, 2018 @ 1:48 pm Reply
I plan to share one this November 🙂
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Em — November 17, 2018 @ 3:56 pm Reply
Cook turkey before or No?
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Michelle — February 11, 2019 @ 6:05 pm Reply
Uncooked 🙂
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Jody Born — November 23, 2018 @ 3:06 am Reply
I made these for Thanksgiving! They are the best thing I’ve eaten in a long time!! Love!! I used all fresh herbs, not sure if that makes a difference.
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Michelle — November 27, 2018 @ 10:35 pm Reply
Yay! So happy you liked it!! Thank you so much!
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Andrea — November 24, 2018 @ 7:06 am Reply
Did you cook the Ground turkey before adding it in, or does it cook in the oven?
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Michelle — November 27, 2018 @ 10:33 pm Reply
It’s raw 🙂
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Gil — December 11, 2018 @ 9:06 pm Reply
What can I sibstitute for sweet potato. We can’t take carbs now.
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Michelle — December 11, 2018 @ 10:24 pm Reply
Butternut squash would be a good sub 🙂
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Diane — October 8, 2019 @ 1:05 am Reply
These would make great sliders! Thinking with cranberry sauce &/or mustard.
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Katie — November 1, 2019 @ 9:02 pm Reply
We are trying to figure out which recipes we will be making for the holidays and we tried these today. They are really good! The only thing that was a bit different from the other chicken popper recipes that we’ve tried from Michelle is that these kinda blackened a bit, so I would vouch for less cooking time perhaps? It wasn’t horrible, but just not as pretty as they usually turn out. Maybe it’s because of more moisture from the cranberries? Next time I’ll need to keep a closer eye on them.
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Claire — November 24, 2019 @ 7:42 pm Reply
Do you think these could be made with left over Turkey instead? Thanks
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Michelle — November 24, 2019 @ 7:44 pm Reply
These work best with raw, ground turkey, BUT I have a leftover turkey recipe coming out this upcoming week!! Make sure you’re signed up for emails so you don’t miss it 🙂
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Melissa — November 25, 2019 @ 8:56 pm Reply
I was recently diagnosed with Hashimoto’s, so I’ve been on the hunt for good gluten free recipes. I can’t wait to try these and your other recipes!
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Carol — October 13, 2020 @ 7:20 pm Reply
Tried this recipe last night and loved the poppers!
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MELINDA ELLIOTT — November 9, 2020 @ 1:36 am Reply
These look amazing! Are they good to freeze and reheat?
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Unbound Wellness — October 5, 2022 @ 7:10 pm Reply
Sure!
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Maura — November 15, 2020 @ 1:25 pm Reply
Hi, do you think you could substitute shredded carrots for the sweet potatoes?
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Michelle — November 16, 2020 @ 4:13 pm Reply
You for sure can! I do that often 🙂
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Alison — November 22, 2020 @ 5:24 pm Reply
Has anyone subbed dried cranberries? Just realized it’s fresh ♀️
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RedRose — November 25, 2020 @ 4:40 pm Reply
Can you make-ahead? Or do the cranberries get soggy?
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Unbound Wellness — October 5, 2022 @ 7:11 pm Reply
You can make ahead and freeze and reheat!
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Lindsay — December 2, 2020 @ 1:53 am Reply
Made these exactly like the recipe – not a fan
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Julie — December 28, 2020 @ 10:07 pm Reply
Thanks! These turned out great, plus I’m grateful for a couple of new ideas – making them in the oven, and “ricing” a sweet potato (using the chop feature of my food processor), both will add to my AIP cooking repertoire, so I appreciate those gifts as well as this good recipe for easy ‘take with’ food for lunches and travel.
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Anna — February 27, 2021 @ 9:20 pm Reply
I’ve made these so many times I love them. It’s also easy to sub a lot of ingredients depending on what I have around. Making a batch now. Half to eat, and half to freeze!
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Kelsey — December 1, 2022 @ 4:11 pm Reply
I just made these for breakfast and OMG I’m in love. Made the cranberry sauce to dip them in. Super good! It’s like Thanksgiving in one bite!
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Andeen — June 22, 2023 @ 10:11 pm Reply
Do the fresh cranberries need to be cooked?
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Unbound Wellness — July 19, 2023 @ 2:41 pm Reply
No, just fresh raw cranberries
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