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Let these easy-mix cupcakes strut their delicious chocolate-peanut butter flavor and their good looks!

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(22 Ratings)

22 Ratings

5 spoons 55%

4 spoons 23%

3 spoons

2 spoons 18%

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Member Reviews (5)

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PREP TIME
45 Min
TOTAL TIME
2 Hr
SERVINGS
24

1: box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix

1 1/4: cups water

1/4: cup vegetable oil

3: eggs

3/4: cup creamy peanut butter

1: container Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting

4: oz vanilla-flavored candy coating (almond bark)

4: oz semisweet baking chocolate

24: Hershey's® Kisses® Brand milk chocolates, unwrapped

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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 second, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (about two-thirds full).
3 Bake 18 to 23 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Frost cupcakes with frosting.
4 Line cookie sheet with 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. Store loosely covered.

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Expert Tips

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.

If you have only one pan and a recipe calls for more cupcakes than your pan will make, cover and refrigerate the rest of the batter while baking the first batch. Cool the pan about 15 minutes, then bake the rest of the batter, adding 1 to 2 minutes to the bake time.

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Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Cupcake)

Calories 300

(Calories from Fat 140),

Total Fat 16g

(Saturated Fat 6g,
Trans Fat 1g),

Cholesterol 30mg;
Sodium 230mg;
Total Carbohydrate 35g

(Dietary Fiber 1g,
Sugars 23g),

Protein 4g;

Percent Daily Value*:

Vitamin A 0.00%;
Vitamin C 0.00%;
Calcium 6.00%;
Iron 10.00%;

Exchanges:

1 1/2 Starch;
0 Fruit;
1 Other Carbohydrate;
0 Skim Milk;
0 Low-Fat Milk;
0 Milk;
0 Vegetable;
0 Very Lean Meat;
0 Lean Meat;
0 High-Fat Meat;
3 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

HERSHEY'S and KISSES trademarks and trade dress are registered trademarks used under license.

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Posted 11/24/2008 10:10:12 PM REPORT ABUSE blondielox5 said:

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These are the absolute CUTEST cupcakes EVER! I made them for a work party. They were a total hit! I used yellow and orange candy melt with the chocolate for the feathers. It made them very festive. The one thing I found slightly difficult was that the chocolate in the feathers didn't seem to to stay set. They seemed to get soft. Maybe it was because i used Giradelli chocolate, but I'm not quite sure. Overall, very delicious!

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Posted 11/27/2006 8:22:48 AM REPORT ABUSE Lola w said:

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I thought this recipie was wonderful, too cute also. Very easy but the piping of the chocolate was a little tough. I just made normal cupcakes, iced them in chocolate then pieped the chocolate, put on the wings and the hershey kiss. I didn''t make any adjustments to the batter or icing. Overall it was a success. My class loved them and so did the teacher!.

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Posted 11/17/2006 8:12:37 AM REPORT ABUSE Tabitha said:

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The only thing that was difficult about this recipe is the melted chocolate for the turkey feathers.It was time comsuming but other than that, I got great reviews about them. Everyone liked them alot.Great for holidays or parties.

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