Running away? I'll help you pack.: Pumpkin Cupcakes turned into Turkey Cupcakes

Can you believe it's almost Thanksgiving? I know crazy huh? Cole had his pioneers meeting last night (like the boy scouts) and I always like to make a special treat for them. Why not make cupcakes that look like turkey's? I saw a few ideas on pintrest and kind of ran with it. I first started with a pumpkin cupcake recipe that I found on Taste and Tell Blog. And then frosted with chocolate frosting and formed the little guys.

Pumpkin Cupcakes:

1 cup granulated sugar
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
4 large eggs, at room temperature
3/4 cup milk
Grated zest of 1 orange
One 15-ounce can pure pumpkin puree

Preheat the oven to 350°.

In a bowl, sift together the flour, pumpkin pie spice, salt, baking powder and baking soda.

Using an electric mixer, beat together the butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar and the 1 cup granulated sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating until combined.

Beat in the flour mixture in 3 parts alternately with the milk and orange zest on low speed until just combined. Add the pumpkin puree and beat until just combined.

Pour into cupcake liners and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean about 15 to 16 minutes.

Then went to the decorating of the cupcake to look like a turkey! I saw this picture and added my look.

Chocolate Frosting
Candy Corn
M&M's or Reese Pieces

Frost the cupcakes I used a knife so it wasn't the big glop of frosting I usually do. I then added Candy corn to make the tail feathers (You can use 3 or go crazy and add 6 to 9). Add a small round dollop of frosting for the head. Then add two pieces of candy to be eyes and add one piece of candy corn for the beak (see the picture below for the step by step).