Best 7 Turkey Cupcakes Recipes

THANKSGIVING TURKEY CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Frost cupcakes. For each turkey, unwrap three caramels; place on a small piece of waxed paper. Microwave on high for 5-7 seconds or until softened. Break off desired amount for the body; roll into an egg shape. Roll two smaller pieces into wings and two pieces into legs. Press onto body to attach., For leaves, roll out Dots candies to 1/8-in. thickness; cut leaf shapes. Place a turkey on top of each cupcake; arrange leaves, sunflower kernels and Sixlets around turkeys.

TURKEY DINNER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• 1. Tint 3 tablespoons of the vanilla frosting light green with the green and yellow food coloring. Spoon the frosting into a resealable bag; set aside. Spoon 3 tablespoons vanilla frosting into a resealable bag; set aside., 2. Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper. Place the corn flakes in a large bowl. Tint 1/2 cup of the vanilla frosting green with the green food coloring. Heat the green frosting in a microwave-safe bowl until liquid, about 10 to 15 seconds, stirring well. Pour the frosting over the corn flakes and toss until completely coated. Pour the coated corn flakes onto the prepared cookie sheet and spread out into a single layer. Allow the corn flakes to dry, about 30 minutes., 3. Meanwhile, cut the pound cake into 1/8-in. cubes; cover until ready to use., 4. Cut the wheat sticks in half. Soften several caramels in the microwave for no more than 3 seconds. Flatten a caramel slightly and place one end of a wheat stick in the center of the flattened caramel., Bring the caramel up and over the end of the wheat stick and shape into a drumstick. Trim the overhanging end of the wheat stick to 1/2 in. with a serrated knife. Continue to make 48 drumsticks., 5. Microwave four caramels at a time to soften, about 3 seconds. Press the caramels together and roll them out to a 3-1/2-in. diameter. Cut caramels into a 3-1/2-in. circle with a round cookie cutter or the opening of a glass. Cut out an opening for the stuffing about 1-1/2 in. wide and deep. Repeat with the remaining caramels to make 24 skins. Place the caramel skins between sheets of waxed paper. (The drumsticks and skins can be made up to 4 days in advance and kept in an airtight container.), 6. Place a mound of vanilla frosting on top of a cupcake; top with a caramel turkey skin. Tuck the edge of the caramel in 1/4 in. from the edge of the cupcake. Use a small knife to push the caramel into the frosting: it will make the turkey look plumper and give room for the lettuce corn flakes. Pinch the ends of the caramel opening; some of the frosting will pop out. Press some of the cake cubes into the frosting as the stuffing., 7. Lightly brush one side of each drumstick with a bit of water. Press each drumstick to each side of the stuffing opening. Hold several seconds to secure. Repeat with the remaining drumsticks., 8. Snip a small corner from the bag with the vanilla frosting. Add the green corn flakes around the edge of the cupcake to look like lettuce. Use some vanilla frosting if necessary to help secure. Pipe dots of vanilla frosting on the ends of the wheat sticks to look like the ends of the turkey bones. Add more cake cubes as stuffing if desired., 9. Snip a small corner from the bag with the light green frosting., Pipe a few dots around the turkey and add the candies and seeds as fruit. Cluster the purple seeds as a bunch of grapes and pipe a dot of frosting on top as the stems. Sprinkle the top of the caramel turkey with some cinnamon.

LARRY THE TURKEY CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Spoon the vanilla and chocolate frosting into separate ziplock bags, press out the excess air, and seal. Snip a 1/8 inch corner from the bag with the vanilla frosting and pipe a dot of frosting on 7 adjacent scallops on each ginger cookie to make the tail fan. Add a piece of candy corn to each dot of frosting, pointed end facing in.
• Place the caramel jimmies in a small shallow bowl. Spread the caramel frosting on top of all the cupcakes, standard and mini, and smooth. Roll the edge of the standard cupcakes in the jimmies. Dip the top edge of the mini cupcakes in the jimmies.
• Press 1 piece of Indian candy corn into the center of each mini cupcake, flat side down, for the break. Pipe 2 dots of the vanilla frosting above the break for the eyes and insert 2 brown sunflower seeds, pointed end down. Cut the red fruit leather into twenty-four 1 1/2 inch long teardrop shapes and lay them over the beak to make the wattle.
• Snip a 1/8 inch corner from the bag with the chocolate frosting and pipe names on the flat side of the graham cracker cookies.
• Enlarge the hole in the corner of the bag with the chocolate frosting to 1/4 inch. Using clean scissors, cut the marshmallows in half on the diagonal. Place 1 marshmallow half, cut side down, near the edge of one of the standard cupcakes, with the tapered end facing the center, to make a support for the tail. Pipe a dot of chocolate frosting on the tapered end. Place the tail cookie on the marshmallow, pressing the undecorated edge into the frosting on the marshmallow. Add the mini cupcake head on top so that half of it is resting on the undecorated edge of the cookie and the other half is pressed lightly into the frosting to secure.
• Add the graham cookies at the base of the mini cupcakes, securing with a dot of frosting.
• Arrange the turkeys on the table as place cards. Place 2 candy corns on the table in front of each turkey to make the feet.

TURKEY CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Make, bake and cool cake as directed on box for 24 cupcakes.
• Frost cupcakes with frosting. Place remaining frosting in corner of resealable freezer plastic bag. Snip off small corner of bag.
• To decorate each cupcake, pipe 1-inch mound of frosting on 1 side of cupcake to look like head of turkey. Make eyes with white decorating icing and brown decorating gel; add candy corn for beak. To make feathers, pipe frosting on opposite side to hold candy corn; place candy corn upright on frosting to look like feathers. Sprinkle chocolate candy sprinkles near head and at base of feathers. If desired, add candy corn at base of cupcake for feet. Store loosely covered.

TURKEY TAIL CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Bake 24 cupcakes according to the package directions. Let cool completely.
• Meanwhile, cut 4 sheets of parchment to about the size of baking sheets. In separate microwave-safe bowls, melt the melting candy in the microwave in 10 second intervals until fully melted.
• Dip a 1/2-inch paintbrush into one color of melted candy, making sure you have a generous amount on the brush. Paint a 1-inch stripe on one of the parchment pieces; the line should be opaque-- brush on more if necessary. Repeat with the remaining melts, covering each piece of parchment with different colored candy lines. You should have 72 brushstrokes of the white candy and 96 brushstrokes each of the yellow, orange and red candy. If the bowls of melting candy harden during the process, soften in the microwave as needed. Let the stripes set at room temperature until dried, about 15 minutes.
• Pipe or spread a generous amount of frosting on the cupcakes (at least 1/2 inch of frosting per cupcake). Press a milk chocolate drop candy, point-side up on each cupcake, positioning it on the lower third of the center. These are the turkey tails.
• Cut or break each pretzel so you get 2 T-shaped pieces out of each one. These will be the turkeys' feet.
• Next, add the feathers: Carefully peel off 4 red brushstrokes and insert them in a row along the top edge of a cupcake at a 45-degree angle. These are the back feathers. Make a second row of 4 orange brushstrokes in front of the red ones. Then add 4 yellow brushstrokes in front of the orange and 3 white brushstrokes in front of the yellow. Insert a pretzel foot on either side of the chocolate drop candy. Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 23 more cupcakes.

TURKEY DINNER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• 1. Tint 3 Tbsp of the buttercream frosting with green food coloring in a very small microwaveable bowl. Color 1/2 of the fondant with red and another bowl with remaining fondant with purple (mix red & blue together to get purple). Set these three bowls aside.
• 2. Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper. Pour the cornflakes into a med bowl. Heat the green frosting until liquid, about 15 sec, stir well, add water if necessary to make it liquid. Pour the liquid frosting over the cornflakes & mix to coat completely. Spread the cornflakes on the wax paper to let them dry - spread them out.
• 3. Cut the pound cake into 1/8 inch cubes, cover until later.
• 4. Cut the wheat sticks in half. Soften several unwrapped caramels in the microwave for no more than 3 sec. Make sure they are not touching each other in the microwave. Flatten one caramel slightly and place one end of a wheat stick in the center of the flattened caramel. Bring the caramel up & over the end of the wheat stick and shape into a drumstick. Trim the overhanging end of the wheat stick to 1/2 in with a sharp knife. Continue to make 48 drumsticks.
• 5. Microwave four caramels at a time to soften about 3 sec. Press the caramels together and roll them out to a 3 1/2 diameter, Cut into a circle 3 1/2 inches with a round cookie cutter. Cut out an opening on the edge about 1 1/2 (wide & deep) semi circle (this is where the stuffing part of the turkey will show). Repeat this until you have 24 "breasts". Place the cut-outs between sheets of waxed paper until ready to assemble.
• 6. Using the bowl of purple fondant, pinch off a very small amount and roll into a ball about the size of a pea to use as a bunch of grapes. Place on waxed paper. Make a lot.
• 7. Using the bowl of red fondant, pinch off a very small amount and roll into a very small ball to use as cranberries. Set aside on waxed paper.
• 8. Frost all of the cupcakes with the buttercream frosting. Then add a mound of frosting (about 1 Tbsp) in the center of each cupcake.
• 9. Assembly: It was easier for me to complete each cupcake before moving on to the next. It may help to actually look at the instructional photos on the website.
• 10. Place one of the "breats" on top of the mound of frosting. Tuck the side edges in about 1/4 inch from the edge of the cupcake. Use a small knife to push the caramel into the frosting and make it look plump saving room on sides to add "lettuce, grapes, cranberries". Press the sides of the caramel until a small amount of the frosting pops out. Press some of the pound cake cubes into the frosting to look like stuffing.
• 11. Brush one side of each drumstick with water (or sugar glue) to each side of the "breat". Hold several sec to secure. Repeat with the other side.
• 12. Put some of the buttercream frosting into a small ziplock bag & snip a very small corner. Place the green cornflakes around the edge to look like lettuce. Pipe dots of the frosting if needed to secure in place. Pipe a small amount on the ends of the wheat sticks to look like the ends of the turkey bones.
• 13. Place a mound of the "grapes" on one side of the turkey and a few "cranberries" on the other side. Sprinkle just a tiny amount of cinnamon on the top of the breast.
• 14. I think you will have as much fun as I did making these and I think the kids (both young & adult kids) will enjoy these as well.

THANKSGIVING TURKEY CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil, eggs and peanut butter with electric mixer on low speed 30 second, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (about two-thirds full).
• Bake 18 to 23 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Frost cupcakes with frosting.
• Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. In separate small microwavable bowls, microwave candy coating and baking chocolate uncovered on High 30 to 60 seconds, stirring every 15 seconds, until melted and smooth. Place coating and chocolate in separate resealable food-storage plastic bags; snip off tiny corner of each bag. Pipe coating and chocolate into feather shapes, about 3 inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide (see diagram). Refrigerate coating and chocolate about 5 minutes until set.
• When set, peel feathers off waxed paper and insert into cupcakes. Place milk chocolate candy on each cupcake for head of turkey. Store loosely covered.