I decided to throw a cupcake into the mix today because they are so versatile. Just take one look at these adorable turkey cupcakes and you will see why I chose them. I like them because you can use any flavor of cupcake you desire and use chocolate frosting to cover it up.
All you need for these fun, little birds is 3 oval shortbread cookies (such as Keebler Sandies Right Bites Shortbread), 6 to 10 candy corn pieces, white icing, black decorators' gel, and red fruit leather.
To make the turkey, frost the cupcake, then press in a cookie head and 2 cookie wings. Press in a row or two of candy corn tail feathers. To make an eye, add a small dot of white icing to the head, then add a dot of black decorators' gel for a pupil. For a beak, cut the white tip from a piece of candy corn and press it in place. To make the wattle, cut a 1-inch square of fruit leather. Roll it into a tube and stick it in place over the beak. Done! Pumpkin pie will not be missed when these tiny turkeys are gracing the dessert table. MmmMmm!
This recipe and photo are courtesy of
FamilyFun.com.
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