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Adorable Turkey Cupcakes for Thanksgiving

Turkey Cupcakes

4.94 from 29 votes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box devil's food cake mix Pillsbury is my favorite
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 C. oil
  • 1/2 C. buttermilk or milk
  • 1 C. sour cream
  • FROSTING:
  • 1 C. butter softened
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/3 C. unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 Tbsp. milk
  • 2-3 1/2 C. powdered sugar
  • FOR DECORATION:
  • 24 Nutter Butters
  • 24 Oreos
  • Candy Corn about 6 per cupcake
  • candy eyes
  • red candy to make gobbles Fruit Roll-ups or Starbursts
  • frosting or melted almond bark for "glue"

Instructions
 

  • 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with cupcake liners.
  • 2. Mix cake mix, eggs, oil, buttermilk and sour cream together until smooth.
  • 3. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 15-20 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
  • 4. Let cool.
  • 5. Frosting: Beat butter until smooth. Add vanilla extract, cocoa powder, milk and 1 C. powered sugar. Continue to add powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency.
  • 6. Frost cupcakes.
  • 7. (See photos) Use your melted almond bark to "glue" on your eyes, beaks (cut-up candy corn or orange M&M) and gobbles. I simply dipped a toothpick into the melted chocolate and dabbed it on what I was "glueing." Split your Oreos (you can eat the un-frosted side) and press candy corns into the cream filling to make "feathers." Press your turkey faces and feathers into the frosted cupcakes to make them look like the photos.