Gobble, Gobble - Here Come the Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes!

When I saw this cupcake idea at FamilyFun, I was instantly smitten and had to try it out. Jake and I had such fun making these today! Here is our take, step by step.

You'll Need:

• Cupcakes
• Frosting
• Oval Shaped Cookies
• White Icing
• Black Icing
• Candy Corn
• Red Licorice or Fruit Leather

Start with a frosted cupcake. Chocolate frosting would probably work best. We went with spice cake for our cupcakes, so we used a tinted cream cheese frosting. Looking at them now it looks rather like peanut butter. Darker next time perhaps? Add three cookies for the turkey's body and wings. The 100 Calorie Pecan Sandies are perfect, though they were darn expensive!

Next, add a row or two of candy corn feathers. We used caramel apple and caramel candy corn that I found on Halloween clearance.

Then cut off the tip of a piece of candy corn for the beak and a piece of licorice or fruit leather for the wattle. Fruit leather would be more pliable, but we had Twizzlers left over from Halloween. Score!

Finally, make a circle of white frosting for the eye, with a black dot in the center. I decided I like an orange beak better. Voila, turkey cupcakes!