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The Best Easy Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes

Fall & Thanksgiving

7 Nov
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Learn how to make super simple turkey cupcakes which are perfect for a Thanksgiving celebration. These ideas are all easy to make and the kids will have just as much fun making them as they will eating them!

Use candy corn, nutter butter and other delicious toppers to create the perfect looking turkey cupcake.

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Turkey is generally the meal of choice for Thanksgiving. Instead of just eating a “real” turkey, how about making some adorable treats that look like turkey. It’s creative, it’s fun and it will certainly have everyone smiling over Thanksgiving.

These turkey cupcakes are super easy to make and can be done for a Thanksgiving get together, or just for some simple baking fun with the kids.

Either way, you won’t be disappointed with the results. The only problem you might encounter is trying to work out which one to actually make!

How To Make The Perfect Turkey Cupcake

What makes the perfect Thanksgiving turkey cupcake?

  1. Well firstly it has to taste good. So that’s as simple as picking your favorite cupcake recipe. A turkey cupcake can be any flavor you choose, so don’t try and reinvent the wheel here. Choose a cupcake recipe that you know and love, and everyone else will love it too.
  2. It has to make people smile. There is no doubt that each of the tutorials you will find below will make people smile. They are all too cute not to!
  3. Thanksgiving is a time for celebration, so you want the lead up to be stress free. Each of these cupcake tutorials are EASY for follow and you certainly won’t be stressed making them.

In a nut shell, the perfect Thanksgiving turkey cupcake is one that tastes delicious, looks super cute and won’t stress you out when you make it. You will find that these following recipes match that criteria perfectly!

1. Simple Turkey Cupcakes

Source: Six Sisters Stuff

These super simple Turkey cupcakes can be whipped up in literally no time at all. They look impressive, but they are simple, which makes them the perfect cupcake on the Thanksgiving baking list. 

Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes Recipe

2. Nutter Butter Turkey Cupcakes

Source: Mommy Savers

These nutter butter turkey cupcakes are ultra cute for the kids to make. With an easy to follow tutorial, the kids would have a blast in the kitchen with these.

Nutter Butter Turkey Cupcakes

3. Chocolate Goodness Turkey Cupcakes

Source: Your Cup Of Cake.

If you love chocolate then these Turkey cupcakes are the ones you want to make. Chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting and decorated with more chocolate. It’s chocolate heaven.

These are so simple to make and the bright colors of the feathers look amazing as the yellow and orange smarties. 

Chocolate Turkey Cupcakes

4. Turkey Cookie Cupcakes

Source: Coupon Clipping Cook 

These turkey cupcakes are a cupcake and a cookie rolled into one. Seriously what more could you want to make you smile over Thanksgiving! With some simple to use ingredients, there is nothing stopping you from making these cuties.

Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes

5. Easy Turkey Cupcakes

Source: Sweet Es Bake Shop.

These turkey cupcakes not only taste delicious but how they are decorated they could easily be used as place settings or mid table decorations. Practical, edible and adorable. Check out the post for the pinwheel tutorial.

Easy turkey cupcakes

So what do you think about making some adorable turkey cupcakes for your Thanksgiving celebrations. Do you think they would be a crowd pleaser?

If you have the time, it would certainly be a great activity to undertake with the kids. They will love creating their cupcakes, showing them off to everyone they will definitely enjoy eating them.

How to make turkey cupcakes

These turkey cupcakes are the perfect Thanksgiving treat that everyone will love.

Need some more Thanksgiving ideas? Check out these Fall and Thanksgiving ideas. You will find more printables, simple recipes, decorations and more.

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Catherine Holt is the founder of Smart Party Planning. She is a stay at home mum with a passion for celebrating life’s little moments, with creative yet budget friendly ideas. Catherine often has a camera in hand capturing everyday events and is a self obsessed chocoholic! She loves connecting with other mum's on the blog and sharing party planning tips and tricks. Get all the answers to every aspect of party planning with her eBook today! If you want to hold a party with that ‘wow’ factor and have it tailored to the person you’re holding it for then this eBook is for you. Let Catherine take the stress and headache out of organizing your next party or event.

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  1. Misty Nicole Overstreet-Roberts (The Lady Prefers To Save) says

    November 17, 2014 at 9:01 am

    What a great tip! Hello, my name is Misty, from The LadyPrefers2Save at http://theladypreferstosave.com, and I’m one of the new co-hosts for the Merry Monday Linky Party! I wanted to write and thank you for linking up to this weeks Merry Monday party, as well as to let you know that your post will be linked to the Merry Monday Pinterest board, as well my social media accounts. I would love to have you also stop by my blog as well! Thanks for linking up at the Merry Monday’s Linky Party this week, and I hope to see you linking up next week as well. Have an awesome week!

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    • Catherine Holt says

      November 17, 2014 at 9:45 am

      Welcome to the blog Misty and thanks for all the shout outs 🙂

      Reply
  2. Roxanne says

    November 17, 2014 at 11:46 am

    These are all so cute! Thanks for linking up at Pin-Worthy Wednesday, pinned!

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    • Catherine Holt says

      November 17, 2014 at 2:07 pm

      Thanks Roxanne. Whilst I don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, I can appreciate cute cupcakes …lol. Thanks for stopping by 🙂

      Reply
  3. Linda at Mixed Kreations says

    October 1, 2015 at 10:08 pm

    How adorable! This are almost to cute to eat (-;

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    • Catherine Holt says

      October 1, 2015 at 10:15 pm

      That can certainly be a problem can’t it Linda 🙂

      Reply
  4. Tracy Snyder says

    October 5, 2015 at 10:21 am

    Thank you for sharing these Thanksgiving Ideas at Welcome Home Wednesday Linky Party! I will be back when it gets closer to gobble day!

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    • Catherine Holt says

      October 6, 2015 at 11:36 am

      Lol Tracy…it’s always good to be prepared isn’t it 🙂

      Reply

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