Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 To those celebrating, I hope the holiday is treating you and your loved ones very well!
In honor of this special day, I have a super cute and creative recipe to feature. What initially was going to be just a birthday gift turned into a fun treat to share with my coworkers. These chocolate turkey cupcakes were a huge hit!
If you wind up making them, please do let me know! And of course, you can switch up the decorations any way you desire.
Turkey Cupcakes Recipe 🧁
Cupcakes can be made with any boxed cake recipe. Icing and decorations as follows:
1 1/3 cups of softened butter
5 1/3 cups of powdered sugar
2/3 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
4 tbsp. heavy cream
Pinch of kosher salt
Items for assembling:
24 chocolate cupcakes
Pretzels
Candy Corn
Brown M&M's (I used yellow, orange, and red for variety)
Candy Eyes
Instructions:
Bake cupcakes according to boxed mix (or own personal recipe.)
In a large bowl, beat the softened butter until fluffy.
Add the powdered sugar and cocoa powder. Beat until combined.
Add vanilla extract, heavy creams, and a pinch of salt before combining once again.
Fill a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2" round tip with frosting.
Once cupcakes are cool, frost them by making 1 larger frosting dollop for the body and 1 smaller one on top for the face.
Place 2 pretzels on the backside for the tail, 3-4 candy corn in front to finish the tail.
Place a candy corn on the face to make the beak, and 3 M&M's on each side for the wings.
Place 2 candy eyes above the beak, and you have yourself a turkey cupcake! Enjoy!