This Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes Recipe is easy to make and a super fun activity to make with your kids this Thanksgiving!
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What Are Turkey Cupcakes?
No, they aren't cupcakes made with turkey! (I'm not recreating Rachel's trifle from Friends). Instead, these cute cupcakes look like turkeys.
There are a ton of easy ways to decorate cupcakes like turkeys. I used Nutter Butter cookies and candy corn. This is a perfect recipe for beginning cupcake decorators.
Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes Recipe
I absolutely LOVE this adorable little Thanksgiving Dessert Recipe, and while it looks pretty detailed, it is so easy to make!
Serve these Turkey Cupcakes with Candy Corn at your next Thanksgiving dinner, or sell them at a bake sale. Just remember that Nutter Butter cookies are filled with peanut butter, so they might not be a good idea to take to school.
Want even easier cupcakes to make for Thanksgiving? How about some super-simple Pumpkin Pie cupcakes? They taste like a PSL - yum!
Where can I find the recipe card for this Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes Recipe?
If you’d rather skip all of my cooking tips, important information for this recipe, and similar recipe ideas – and get straight to the Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes Recipe, just scroll right on down to the bottom, where I have a printable recipe card just for you!
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More Easy Thanksgiving Recipes
Check out these really fun Thanksgiving themed recipes on The Rebel Chick. I am always adding new recipes, especially during the months surrounding Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Take a look and see if there is anything that sounds tasty to you!
Of course, this is just a small selection of Thanksgiving themed recipes. You can find many more by browsing my collection of easy Thanksgiving recipes. Here are a few of my favorite ones:
- Pumpkin Spice Cookie Bars Recipe
- Cream Cheese Pumpkin Spice Cake Recipe
- Pumpkin Spice Crumble Recipe
- No Bake Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies
- Pumpkin Pecan Cake Recipe
- Cream Cheese Pumpkin Dessert Recipe
- Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes With Cinnamon Whipped Frosting
- Thanksgiving Pecan Slab Pie Recipe
- Pumpkin Hand Pies Recipe
- Thanksgiving Cornucopia Cookies Recipe
- Thanksgiving Giant Cookie Cake Recipe
How to Make Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes
Grab your friends and get ready to make some fun little turkey cupcakes! All the instructions and ingredients are in the printable recipe card. First, I have some tips and pictures of each step.
Ingredients
All the exact ingredients are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post. First, here is what you'll need from the store:
- Cupcakes, baked and cooled
- White frosting
- Nutter Butter sandwich cookies
- Candy coated sunflower seeds (orange and red color seeds only)
- candy eyes
- Candy corn
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Directions
Here are some pictures of the entire process so you can see how I decorated cupcakes to look like turkeys.
Remove about 1 tablespoon of frosting from the tub and place into a sealable sandwich bag. Set aside.
With remaining frosting, color it dark brown using food coloring. Place icing into a pastry bag fitted with a star tip and frost the cupcakes.
Set aside.
Place cookies on a flat surface. Using the reserved white frosting, snip a small corner of the bag and pipe a small amount on the cookie and place the candy eyes on the cookie.
Pipe a small amount of frosting and place an orange beak and red waddle onto the cookie using the candy coated sunflower seeds.
Gently press the cookie into the cupcake.
Tuck candy corns, pointed side down, into each cupcake and repeat until all cupcakes are decorated.
Serving Size
This recipe makes 24 cupcakes.
Storage
Store decorated cupcakes in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days.
Store leftover cupcakes loosely covered and at room temperature.
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Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients
- 24 cupcakes baked and cooled
- 1 tub 16 oz, white frosting
- 24 nutter butter sandwich cookies
- candy coated sunflower seeds orange and red color seeds only
- candy eyes
- 1 large package candy corn
Instructions
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Remove about 1 tablespoon of frosting from the tub and place into a sealable sandwich bag. Set aside.
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With remaining frosting, color it dark brown using food coloring. Place icing into a pastry bag fitted with a star tip and frost the cupcakes. Set aside.
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Place cookies on a flat surface. Using the reserved white frosting, snip a small corner of the bag and pipe a small amount on the cookie and place the candy eyes on the cookie.
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Pipe a small amount of frosting and place an orange beak and red waddle onto the cookie using the candy coated sunflower seeds. Gently press the cookie into the cupcake.
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Tuck candy corns, pointed side down, into each cupcake and repeat until all cupcakes are decorated.
Recipe Notes
Store leftover cupcakes loosely covered and at room temperature.
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