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Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes Recipe!

I’m thankful for the freedom to be thankful and to express my feelings of thanksgiving in any way I choose. I’m thankful for so many of the intangibles of life that make life good!

But I am also thankful for Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes recipe. What’s Thanksgiving without dessert?

Ingredients

• 6 Chocolate Cupcakes, prepared and unfrosted
• 1 pkg. Chocolate Frosting
• 6 Nutter Butter Cookies
• 1 pkg. Swedish Fish, assorted colors
• 6 Orange Mini M&M’s
• 12 Edible Eyes
• 1 Fruit Roll Up, red

Directions

1. Cut the bottom third off each cookie and discard. You will only use the larger part of the cookies.

2. Put a dab of frosting on the back of the edible eyes and attach 2 of them to each cookie.

3. For the beaks, put a dab of frosting on the edge of each M&M and attach 1 on each cookie.

4. Cut 6, thin 1 inch long slivers from the fruit roll up and attach 1 on each cookie on the side of the beak. Make sure it hangs down from the beak so it looks like a wattle.

5. Frost each cupcake with a thick layer of frosting and stick a turkey cookie into the middle of each one so it’s standing upright. You only need to press it in just a bit to the cake, the thick layer of frosting will help it stay upright.

6. Take 4 different colors of the fish and stick them in the cupcake in a row behind the cookie to look like the feathers. You’ll want to stick about a third of the fish down into the frosting and cake.

7. Cute and easy Thanksgiving treat for the kids!

Turkey Cupcakes Recipe

Ingredients

• 6 Chocolate Cupcakes prepared and unfrosted
• 1 pkg. Chocolate Frosting
• 6 Nutter Butter Cookies
• 1 pkg. Swedish Fish assorted colors
• 6 Orange Mini M&M’s
• 12 Edible Eyes
• 1 Fruit Roll Up red

Instructions

1. Cut the bottom third off each cookie and discard. You will only use the larger part of the cookies.
2. Put a dab of frosting on the back of the edible eyes and attach 2 of them to each cookie.
3. For the beaks, put a dab of frosting on the edge of each M&M and attach 1 on each cookie.
4. Cut 6, thin 1 inch long slivers from the fruit roll up and attach 1 on each cookie on the side of the beak. Make sure it hangs down from the beak so it looks like a wattle.
5. Frost each cupcake with a thick layer of frosting and stick a turkey cookie into the middle of each one so it’s standing upright. You only need to press it in just a bit to the cake, the thick layer of frosting will help it stay upright.
6. Take 4 different colors of the fish and stick them in the cupcake in a row behind the cookie to look like the feathers. You’ll want to stick about a third of the fish down into the frosting and cake.
7. Cute and easy Thanksgiving treat for the kids!

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