Your kids will go crazy over these Easy Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes! Add them to your dessert table for some festive Thanksgiving Day fun!
When my kids were little, I made these cupcakes for them during Thanksgiving. I am extremely particular in the kitchen, especially with little hands around! However, they were always excited when I made these cupcakes because they finally got their chance to help out! Making these cupcakes are a fun activity that will keep the kids engaged and busy! In addition, your kids will get a kick out of the cute, little turkeys on the dessert table at your Thanksgiving Day celebration!
What you will need for your Easy Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes
- Frosting Bag(s)
- Black Edible Marker
- Cupcake Liners
- Heart Sprinkles
- Star tip, writing tip and large round tip
- Coupler(s)
- Brown and orange food coloring
- Candy Corn
- Reese’s Pieces or M&Ms candy
Cupcake Ingredients
Pure vanilla extract, salt, sugar, flour, sour cream, baking powder, baking soda, milk, egg whites, butter.
Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes-Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pan with liners and set aside.
In a stand mixer using the paddle attachment (or hand mixer), beat butter, sugar and pure vanilla extract.
Add egg whites, sour cream and milk and beat until combined.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Add to the mixing bowl and beat until incorporated.
Fill cupcake liners a little more than halfway full. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Allow to cool for about 2 minutes in the pan, then remove. Cool completely.
Frosting Instructions
In a mixing bowl, add butter, powdered sugar, pure vanilla extract and milk.
Using a hand mixer, beat until smooth and creamy.
Cupcake Decoration
Put frosting in the bag. Using the star tip, add frosting starting from the outside edge, working your way into the center.
Place 5 candy corn, in a half circle, on top of the cupcake. Place in the refrigerator.
While cupcakes are in the refrigerator, make 3/4 of the remaining frosting brown and 1/4 orange. Using the large round tip, pipe on the brown frosting in a small circle.
Using your edible black marker, place two eyes on the yellow Reece’s Pieces or M&Ms candy.
Place the yellow candy on the brown frosting. Using the writer tip, add a small dot of orange frosting for the beak.
Add a heart sprinkle, upside down, at the base of the yellow candy.
Serve and enjoy!
Note: Store cupcakes in an airtight container for up to 2 days. Placing the cupcakes in the refrigerator will dry them out faster. However, refrigeration may be required if buttercream or candy corn starts to get too soft.
For more great fall favorites try The Best Pumpkin Muffins, Easy Pumpkin Cookies, Pumpkin Bread, Homemade Apple Hand Pies, Easy Churro Apple Tartlets, Sweet & Simple Apple Pie Cupcakes or The Best Apple Crisp.
Easy Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes
Equipment
- Stand Mixer/Hand Mixer
- Cupcake pan
- Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 egg whites
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 2/3 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 4 tbsp milk
- brown food coloring
- orange food coloring
Candy Toppings
- 1 package Reece's Pieces or M&Ms
- 1 jar Heart sprinkles
- 1 package Candy corn
Other helpful tools
- 3 frosting bags
- 3 coupler ring sets
- 1 black food writer edible ink
- 1 Wilton star tip, food writer tip and large round tip
- Yellow, orange or brown cupcake liners
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
- In a stand mixer using the paddle attachment (or hand mixer), beat butter, sugar and pure vanilla extract.
- Add egg whites, sour cream and milk and beat until combined.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Add to the mixing bowl and beat until incorporated.
- Fill cupcake liners a little more than halfway full.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for about 2 minutes in the pan, then remove. Cool completely.
Frosting/Decorating the Turkey Cupcakes
- In a mixing bowl, add butter, powdered sugar, pure vanilla extract and milk and beat until smooth and creamy.
- Put frosting in the bag. Using the star tip, add frosting starting from the outside edge, working your way into the center.
- Place 5 candy corn, in a half circle, on top of the cupcake. Place in the refrigerator.
- While cupcakes are in the refrigerator, make 3/4 of the remaining frosting brown and 1/4 orange.
- Using the large round tip, pipe on the brown frosting in a small circle.
- Using your edible black marker, place two eyes on the yellow Reece's Pieces or M&Ms candy.
- Place the yellow candy on the brown frosting. Using the writer tip, add a small dot of orange frosting for the beak.
- Add a heart sprinkle, upside down, at the base of the yellow candy.
- Serve and enjoy!
- Note: Store cupcakes in an airtight container for up to 3 days. Placing the cupcakes in the refrigerator will dry them out faster. However, refrigeration may be required if buttercream or candy corn starts to get too soft.
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