How To: Decorate simple and festive turkey cupcakes for Thanksgiving

Serve your friends and family an alternative turkey this year with these cute as a button turkey cupcakes. We know you're probably already up to your hairline in planning for the big Turkey Day celebration, so lighten up your baking load by baking simple vanilla cupcakes and then decorating them into these easy turkey shapes.

All you need is candy corns, icing, oval-shaped cookies, and Fruit by the Foot.

Thanksgiving cupcakes can be decorated in many different ways. Turkeys are a popular choice, but pilgrim hats and pumpkins are also traditional choices. The traditional colors for Thanksgiving cupcakes include classic fall hues such as yellow, orange, and brown (which also happen to be the same colors as turning leaves in autumn).