Mini Thanksgiving Dinner Cupcakes

• cupcakes, prepared12
• (8 ounce) bag brach's maple nut decorative candies1
• (8 ounce) can white frosting↗1
• (5 ounce) package yellow gel food coloring↗1
• cup non-pareils (red or green)↗1⁄4 cup
• cup chocolate chips or 1/2 cup butterscotch chips↗1⁄2 cup
• (12 ounce) package cookies (any kind)1
• cup yellow frosting (for the 'plate')↗1⁄2 cup

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Bake and cool your favorite cupcake recipe.

2. 2

   Place frosting on the cupcake and top each with a cookie while the frosting is soft to 'adhere' the cookie-plate to the cupcake.

3. 3

   Slice the maple nut candies thin and layer them as 'turkey'.

4. 4

   Dab some white frosting next to it for 'mashed potatoes' followed with a little dab of yellow gel food color as 'butter'.

5. 5

   Melt your butterscotch or chocolate chips and thin with a little vegetable oil.

6. 6

   Drizzle over the 'turkey' as gravy.

7. 7

   Finish it off with the 'cranberries' (red colored sugar or non-perils) and little green 'peas' or 'beans'.