Turkey Face Cupcakes (Made with Candy)

Since Thanksgiving is only a week away, we wanted to share more fun and fast treat ideas with you. These Turkey Face Cupcakes are really cute and can make for a fun treat at a party, Thanksgiving weekend and even fun for kids to create.

We are going to share the full recipe from scratch, but know that you can also do this with pre-made or store-bought frosted cupcakes by simply adding the candy for the face.

Ingredients needed for each part of the Turkey Face Cupcake treat idea:

Cupcake Ingredients: 

• 1 1/2 C  flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/8 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 C sugar
• 1/2 C unsalted butter, room temp
• 1 large egg, room temp
• 2 large egg whites, room temp
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1/3 C buttermilk

Frosting Ingredients:

• 1 C unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 C cocoa powder
• 3 C powder sugar
• 3/4 C heavy cream

Turkey Decorations Ingredients:

• This Wilson Candy Decorating Kit 

Cupcake Directions: 

– Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pan with paper liners.
-Stir flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Sit aside.
-In an electric stand mixer whip the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy in the mixing bowl.
-Add in an egg, then the egg whites one at a time.  Add the vanilla with the second egg white.
-Measure out the buttermilk.
-Mix 1/3 of the flour mixture alternating with 1/2 of the buttermilk. Mix after each addition only until just combined.
-With all ingredients  blended spoon the batter into the paper lined cupcake pan until each tin is 3/4’s filled.
-Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
-Allow cupcakes to cool in cupcake pan for 10 minutes.
-Remove cupcakes from pan and place each on a wire rack until cooled.

Frosting Directions: 

-Beat the softened butter on its own until smooth.
-Add cocoa and powder sugar alternately with heavy cream  into the creamed butter until it becomes a smooth and thick texture.
-If the frosting is too thick, add more heavy cream, if too thin, add more powder sugar.
-Scoop frosting into a large pastry bag with a frosting tip.
-Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push frosting to the tip.
-Frost cupcakes.

Turkey Decorations Directions:

-Following the outline for the layout of the decorations on the cupcake picture,  use the Turkey candy cupcake product found at Amazon, Walmart, Michaels, Target or Hobby Lobby.

– Place the eyes in the front of the cupcake facing you above the 1/2 way point in the frosting in front

– Now place 2 yellow pieces in front below the eyes for the gobble spread them apart like the picture shows

– Begin to create the feathers. There is no color order that is right or wrong. Be creative.

– I started with the back row first and then row two and finishing with the row closest to the eyes.

It’s that simple – like we mentioned, make your own homemade cupcakes, or use this turkey candy kit on pre-made ones. Either way, a fun treat!

Here’s a printable recipe for ease: