27 Thanksgiving Cupcakes
Make an extra special treat for Thanksgiving and create one of these 27 Thanksgiving Cupcakes! Who knew there were so many adorable ways to make cute Turkey Cupcakes! I LOVE them all!
Let’s not talk about the calories…wink! When it comes to Thanksgiving recipes and fun ideas, add these to your list!
Stop by and see more Thanksgiving ideas to make your holiday special! Tons of great inspiration including place cards, table setting ideas, desserts and kids crafts!
Oh, and a few free printables here and here. If you’re hoping for fun Thanksgiving activities and foods, you’re in the right place!
17 Thanksgiving Cupcakes!
I’m a big believe that you can’t have too many cupcake recipes. With fun flavors and decorations, cupcakes are one of the best holiday treats.
These cupcake recipes can be for kids, adults, or for all who love to treat themselves and have a tasty good time.
The best part about making most of these cupcake recipes is that they’re really fun to decorate!
Gather the kids and let the decorating fun begin. In fact, this could be a great way to have a new holiday tradition!
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Easy Cupcake Recipes
Even though this list of Thanksgiving cupcakes is meant to be enjoyed, be sure that you check out some of my other popular cupcakes as well.
If you’re a fan of cupcakes, you can easily make a cupcake for every holiday and season!
Thankgiving Cupcake Decorating Ideas
As I mentioned earlier, decorating the cupcakes is part of the fun! You can use sprinkles, frosting, and even edible glitter as well!
Using candy corn for the turkey feathers is always a great idea! Don’t forget that googly eyes are a fun way to add a new look.
Festive Thanksgiving Cupcakes
If you’re looking for fun desserts, homemade cupcakes are where it’s at! You can try these fun and yummy cupcake recipes with easy and simple ingredients.
Thanksgiving Cupcakes
Do you love making Thanksgiving cupcakes? If so, check out this list of fun and tasty options!
Create a turkey-licious cupcake by adding candy corn and a Bailey's Irish Cream frosting! (These cupcakes are actually brown sugar pound cakes too!)
For these little turkeys, you will need chocolate frosting, candy corn, and chocolate sprinkles. You can use whatever base cupcake you'd like.
You'll need your base cupcakes and a few extra ingredients like large marshmallows, melting chocolate, and Wilton sparkle gel for baking for details. These little pilgrims are adorable though!
Skip the traditional cupcakes and create your turkey cupcakes in ice cream cones! These cupcakes take about one hour (most of the time is prep time) and one batch of ingredients will make 10 cupcakes!
Mini pumpkin pie cupcakes! These delicious little gems look just like mini pumpkin pie BUT they're cupcakes! You will need decorating tips for the buttercream frosting on the edges of these but they look amazing and so worth the work.
Add in seasonal KitKats and regular mini Reese's cups to create these mini turkey cupcakes! you can make regular vanilla cupcakes as your base and frost with chocolate frosting.
These wide-eyed turkey cupcakes are actually made with a split Oreo cookie for the eyes! Add in candy corn with chocolate frosting to stick them into and you've got a turkey to go!
You can't have Thanksgiving without pumpkins, right? You'll need orange and green food coloring as well as a piping bag (you can use a Ziploc bag too) to help you decorate the cupcakes with.
Create a whole pumpkin patch with these festive cupcakes! Grab a bag of pumpkin candy corn and green food coloring for these delicious treats!
It's not all about the turkey for Thanksgiving, add in some candy corn sweetness with these cupcakes. You can frost your regular cupcakes in white chocolate and add a single candy corn to each mini cupcake.
Use Reese's Pieces candy as the tail feathers for this turkey cupcake recipe! Plus the head on the turkey is actually a Hershey's Kiss too! Frost with chocolate frosting and then add your candy pieces into the frosting to set.
For these easy-to-make cupcakes, you just need red, orange/yellow, and regular white frosting colors/food coloring. Add in some seasonal sprinkles all over your frosted cupcakes and they're ready to go!
Take a box mix into these delicious snickerdoodle cupcakes with mini acorns made from mini vanilla wafers and Hershey Kisses!
Make a complete candy corn cupcake by layering your cupcake batter with yellow and then orange. Use a white frosting and add candy corn-colored sprinkles and top with actual candy corn pieces for an added touch.
Pumpkin Spice! These cupcakes won't last long at all at your Thanksgiving meal. Wilton actually makes these cute little adorable edible leaves you can use to top your cupcakes too.
You can make up these cinnamon roll cupcakes super quick and easy by combining cinnamon, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. And it gets swirled and layered with the cupcake batter.
Looks may be deceiving with these Thanksgiving cupcakes but they are sweet treats! You'll want to have food coloring, marshmallow bits, walnuts, extra pumpkin cupcakes, black and white sanding sugars, fondant, and more on hand to create these.
These delicious cupcakes look like little pies and are perfect for the holiday dessert table.
Delicious Scarecrow Cupcakes - The Perfect Fun Fall Cupcakes!
Let the kids have a blast creating these adorable scarecrow cupcakes. They're fun and festive!
These easy cupcakes are made with simple ingredients that are full of wonderful flavor.
Check out these yummy and unique cupcakes! Perfect for sharing!
The cupcakes are moist and delicious and the frosting is one of the best flavors.
If you're a fan of cinnamon, you're not going to want to miss this icing recipe.
Homemade cupcakes from scratch are easy to do! Don't miss out on this simple recipe!
No one will ever guess that there is actually zucchini in this recipe!
The cream cheese frosting on top is creamy and delicious. You don't want to miss this.
The colors of these cupcakes prove why they are the perfect fall and Thanksgiving treat.
I told you that there were some great cupcake recipes on this list! You’ll be amazed at all the tasty options!
Which of these cupcake recipes will you make first?
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So many ways indeed…and all so cute!
You are creative, indeed! what cute cup cakes and other treats! just popping over from the Whimsey Wednesdays Link Party. I have pinned, liked and tweeted, and g+-ed. I would love it if you would drop by my site at http://www.kneadedcreations.com for a short visit! I will look forward to seeing you there! Deb @ Kneaded Creations.