Tasty Turkey Cupcakes
Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! These tasty cakes don’t stand a chance!
Prep time: 10 min.
Baking time: 20 min.
Decoration time: 25 min.
Difficulty: Easy
What you'll need:
- 1 bag STARBURST® Brand Original Fruit Chews FUN SIZE®
- 1 bag TWIX® Brand Miniatures
- 1 bag M&M’S® Brand Chocolate Mini Baking Bits
- 1 (18.25 oz.) box yellow cake mix
- 2 (16. oz) cans chocolate frosting
- 24 thin chocolate wafers
- 1 box thin pretzel sticks
- Fall-colored paper cupcake liners
- Small rolling pin
- Scissors
- Printable template
- Resealable plastic bag
What to do:
- Prepare cake batter according to instructions on box. Divide batter evenly into paper-lined cupcake cups.
- Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for approximately 18-20 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.
- Meanwhile, soften 24 STARBURST® Brand Original Fruit Chews FUN SIZE® (about 6 at a time) in the microwave for 2 to 3 seconds. Flatten them with a rolling pin and immediately cut into feathers using printable template and scissors. Use any red STARBURST® Brand Original Fruit Chews FUN SIZE® scraps to make the waddle.
- Frost the top of each cupcake. Using the scissors, snip a corner off of the resealable plastic bag and spoon 1 cup of chocolate frosting into the bag. For the tail: Pipe a line of frosting across the chocolate wafers and arrange three feathers on each one. Press pretzel stick to support wafer and press wafer ?tail? into the cupcake. For the head: Pipe 4 dots on the short end of a TWIX® Brand Miniatures candy to stick on the M&M’S® Brand Chocolate Mini Baking Bits eyes, nose and STARBURST® Brand Original Fruit Chews FUN SIZE® waddle.
