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Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes

Let these easy-mix cupcakes strut their delicious chocolate-peanut butter flavor and their good looks!
Prep Time: 45 min
Total Time: 2 hours 0 min
Makes: 24 cupcakes
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1box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix
1 1/4cups water
1/4cup vegetable oil
3eggs
3/4cup creamy peanut butter
1container (1 lb) Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting
4oz vanilla-flavored candy coating (almond bark)
4oz semisweet baking chocolate
24Hershey's® Kisses® milk chocolates, unwrapped
1.Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
2.In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil, eggs and peanut butter with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (about 2/3 full).
3.Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove cupcakes from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Frost cupcakes with frosting.
4.Line cookie sheet of 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.
5.When set, peel feathers off waxed paper and insert into cupcakes. Place milk chocolate candy on each cupcake for head of turkey.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change.
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Substitution
Cooking parchment paper can be used instead of the waxed paper to line the cookie sheet.
To make the turkey feathers even more colorful, stir a small amount of red and yellow food color into the melted white candy coating to make it orange.

Nutrition Information:

1 Cupcake: Calories 320 (Calories from Fat 150); Total Fat 17g (Saturated Fat 6g, Trans Fat 2g); Cholesterol 30mg; Sodium 250mg; Total Carbohydrate 38g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 28g); Protein 4Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 6%; Iron 8Exchanges: 1 Starch; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 3 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 2 1/2 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Hershey's and Kisses trademarks and associated trade dress are registered trademarks of The Hershey Company.
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