These blueberry balsamic BBQ turkey legs are grilled to perfection while coated with this deliciously easy summer BBQ sauce giving the famous Disney dish a run for its money!

If you’ve ever been to Disney, chances are you’ve seen people walking around, cavemen-esque gnawing on a turkey drumstick the size of their head.

Not one for the Mickey-ear food thing, those drumsticks might honestly be my favorite part about the park.

*This post for blueberry balsamic BBQ turkey legs is sponsored by the National Turkey Federation through the Healthy Aperture Blogger Network. All content and opinions are my own.

Not surprising really that I’d deem the best part of the worlds largest amusement park an item of food.

I have no idea what made me think about those turkey legs recently but I did and got to wondering if the grocery store sold them with the thought that they’d be a pretty awesome thing to grill this summer.

Next trip to the grocery store (which is like an every day occurrence for me), I was happy to see them front and center in the turkey section among all the usual suspects like breasts, tenderloins and ground meat.

So I picked up a few turkey legs for a welcome change and an attempt to recreate those epic Disney “treats” (yes, I’m referring to meat as a treat because in my book, those things totally are in all their delicious smoky glory) at home.

That said, I had to one-up Disney with these turkey legs.

And to do that, a blueberry balsamic BBQ sauce came to be.

I love grilled meat in the summer and while sometimes a dry-rub can do it for me, a sweet, sticky, finger-lickin’ BBQ sauce usually wins out (case in point these sticky maple ribs and these grilled BBQ short ribs).

As we enter blueberry season (finally!) I thought making my own BBQ sauce with those sweet little berries and balancing it out with some tart balsamic vinegar would be the perfect way to sauce up the turkey legs.

Turkey works really well with fruit (like in these turkey and sage stuffed apples or the classic cranberry pairing like these turkey cranberry enchilada melts), its mild flavor makes it a great canvas for a bold sauce like this one.

I don’t know if you’ve ever looked at the ingredient list in BBQ sauce from the store, but it’s actually something I find very hard to find a good tasting one with out hfcs <– major annoyance of mine or other sketchy ingredients.

I don’t think people realize how easy it is to make your own at home where you can control the ingredients and the flavor!

BBQ sauce can range from vinegary to overly sweet and everything in between, making your own ensures you get exactly what you want out of it.

This blueberry balsamic BBQ sauce definitely teeters on the tart side ever so slightly but the blueberries help keep things in check with their summer sweetness.

It’s really the best of both worlds and the perfect accompaniment to these healthy, lean turkey legs.

Serve these BBQ turkey legs with some bright greens and maybe some appropriately color matched mashed purple sweet potatoes or purple sweet potato fries and you’ve got yourself one heck of a delicious and easy summer meal (Disney style!) proving turkey can really be enjoyed all year round, not just for the holidays!

If it’s too cold to grill, try making the turkey legs in the air fryer instead. They’d cook similarly to this air fryer chicken leg quarter recipe, you’d just coat with the blueberry BBQ sauce a couple of times while they cook.

And if you can’t find turkey legs, give these air fryer BBQ chicken legs a try instead.

Love this blueberry balsamic BBQ turkey legs recipe? 

Try other recipes like Blueberry BBQ Brie Burger, Grilled BBQ Short Ribs, and BBQ roasted chicken with cherry jalapeno sauce.