Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes Recipe
Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes Recipe - easy dessert recipe with Nutter Butter Cookies! Thanksgiving Dessert recipe is a fun activity for kids!
Servings 24
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
- 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.
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Notes
Store leftover cupcakes loosely covered and at room temperature.