Mini Thanksgiving Dinner Cupcakes

8 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 12 cupcakes, prepared
  • 1 (8 ounce) bag brach's maple nut decorative candies
  • 1 (8 ounce) can white frosting
  • 1 (5 ounce) package yellow gel food coloring
  • 1/4 cup non-pareils (red or green)
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips or 1/2 cup butterscotch chips
  • 1 (12 ounce) package cookies (any kind)
  • 1/2 cup yellow frosting (for the 'plate')

Directions

  1. 1
    Bake and cool your favorite cupcake recipe.
  2. 2
    Place frosting on the cupcake and top each with a cookie while the frosting is soft to 'adhere' the cookie-plate to the cupcake.
  3. 3
    Slice the maple nut candies thin and layer them as 'turkey'.
  4. 4
    Dab some white frosting next to it for 'mashed potatoes' followed with a little dab of yellow gel food color as 'butter'.
  5. 5
    Melt your butterscotch or chocolate chips and thin with a little vegetable oil.
  6. 6
    Drizzle over the 'turkey' as gravy.
  7. 7
    Finish it off with the 'cranberries' (red colored sugar or non-perils) and little green 'peas' or 'beans'.

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