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Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes

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

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Prep Time 45 min
Total Time 2 hr 0 min
Servings 24

Ingredients

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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Directions

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.

EXPERT TIPS

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

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cupcake

Calories: 300
Calories from Fat: 140),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 16g; 16%
(Saturated Fat 6g, 6% Trans Fat 1g 1% ),
Cholesterol: 30mg; 30%;
Sodium: 230mg; 230%;
Total Carbohydrate: 35g; 35%
(Dietary Fiber 1g 1% Sugars 23g 23% ),
Protein: 4g; 4%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 6%;
Iron: 10%;

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.

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Posted 11/13/2012 2:03:17 PM REPORT ABUSE lborgen said:

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I like these, they are elegant, more for an adult gathering.

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Posted 11/7/2012 3:11:28 PM REPORT ABUSE fglory667 said:

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I THINK THESE WOULD BE CUTER IF THEY ADDED SOME ORANGE AND YELLOW IN THE WHITE IN THE TAIL FEATHERS... AND USE WHITE WITH A DROP OF BROWN FOR EYES..MAYBE A LITTLE RED UNDER THE CHIN...OTHER WISE I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE...JUST NEEDS MORE HOLIDAY COLORS!!!

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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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