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Easy No-Bake Turkey Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting

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These no-bake turkey cupcakes come together in under 20 minutes and look like you spent hours on them. Perfect for Thanksgiving parties, school events, or any fall gathering.

Ingredients

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  • 12 chocolate cupcakes (store-bought or homemade)
  • 1 can (16 oz) chocolate frosting
  • 1 bag (about 40 pieces) candy corn
  • 1 small package candy eyes
  • Orange candy melts or orange icing (for the beak)
  • Red candy melts or red icing (for the wattle)
  • 12 chocolate wafer cookies or Oreos
  • 12 pretzel sticks, broken in half

Instructions

  1. Prepare your workstation: Unwrap all 12 chocolate cupcakes and arrange them on your serving platter. Open your can of chocolate frosting and have your butter knife ready. Lay out all decorations.
  2. Make the turkey bodies: Take each chocolate wafer cookie or Oreo and spread a thin layer of chocolate frosting on one side. Press the frosted side onto the center of each cupcake.
  3. Add the feathers: Take 5-6 pieces of candy corn and arrange them in a fan pattern behind the wafer cookie. Press the wide end of each candy corn into the frosting on the cupcake, points facing outward.
  4. Attach the eyes: Using a toothpick, dab a tiny bit of chocolate frosting onto the back of each candy eye. Press them gently onto the wafer cookie face, slightly above center.
  5. Create the beak: If using orange candy melts, melt them in the microwave in 15-second intervals until smooth. Transfer to a small piping bag or zip-top bag with the corner snipped. Pipe a small triangle shape below the eyes.
  6. Add the wattle: Using red candy melts or red decorating icing, pipe a small teardrop shape hanging down from the bottom of the beak.
  7. Attach the legs: Break each pretzel stick in half. Insert two half-sticks into the bottom of each cupcake, angling them slightly outward.
  8. Final touches: Let the assembled turkeys sit for 5 minutes so everything sets.

Notes

Work in small batches for best results. Use fresh candy corn to avoid brittleness. Chill cupcakes for 15 minutes before decorating to help decorations stick. Store assembled cupcakes in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days. Do not refrigerate.

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