Home > Holidays > Thanksgiving Muffins Thanksgiving Muffins October 27, 2015 | 19 Comments SAVE TO RECIPE BOX Jump to Recipe This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. These cute miniature Thanksgiving muffins are an easy to make festive treat for Thanksgiving. More to add to your Thanksgiving menu: Thanksgiving Salad Dinner Rolls Green Bean Casserole Mashed Potatoes Sweet Potato Casserole FOLLOW ALONG! Subscribe to my newsletter and follow along on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram for the latest updates, recipes and content. Thanksgiving Muffins 5 from 2 votes - Review this recipe SAVE TO RECIPE BOX Print Recipe Thanksgiving Muffins 5 from 2 votes - Review this recipe SAVE TO RECIPE BOX Print Recipe Course Breakfast, Dessert Cuisine American Keyword Thanksgiving Muffins Prep Time 15 minutes Cook Time 10 minutes Total Time 25 minutes Servings 12 miniature muffins Author Chelsea Ingredients▢ 1 package (7 ounces) muffin mix I used Martha White blueberry muffin mix (choose your favorite flavor)▢ 1/2 cup milk I used 1%▢ 1/4 cup dark, milk, or semi-sweet chocolate chips I used dark▢ 12 whole almonds▢ 1 bag (4 ounces) bag sliced almonds*▢ 12 miniature red candies▢ 24 edible candy eyes** InstructionsPreheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a miniature muffin tin (I used a tin with 12 cavities) and set aside.Use the muffin mix + 1/2 cup milk and follow the package directions to make miniature muffins.Bake, remove from the muffin tin, and allow to cool.In a small microwave safe bowl, melt the chocolate chips (or chopped chocolate) in bursts of 15 seconds stirring for 15 seconds in between each burst until the chocolate is completely melted.Dip the top of the whole almonds in the chocolate to create a "beak" for the turkey. Place the almond on a sheet of parchment paper and allow the chocolate to set-up.Scoop the remainder of your chocolate into a small plastic bag. Cut off the tip of the bag and set aside for a minute.Position the sliced almonds on the back half of the muffins to create turkey feathers. Press each almond into the muffin.Using the bag filled with chocolate, pipe chocolate on to the back of the edible eyes and attach to the muffin. Hold long enough to let the chocolate harden.Pipe chocolate on the back of the almond beak and attach to the muffin.Pipe chocolate on the back of the miniature red candy and attach to the muffin. Press and hold the almond and candy in place until it hardens enough and stays put.Enjoy the muffins with 2-3 days storing them in an airtight container. Video Recipe Notes*Make sure the bag of sliced almonds is big enough that you can be choosy with the almonds you use as a lot are broken up and don't look as pretty. **I find edible eyes in a craft store (baking aisle) or grocery store near cupcake liners, sprinkles, etc. on the baking aisle. We do our best to provide accurate nutritional analysis for our recipes. Our nutritional data is calculated using a third-party algorithm and may vary, based on individual cooking styles, measurements, and ingredient sizes. Please use this information for comparison purposes and consult a health professional for nutrition guidance as needed. DID YOU MAKE THIS RECIPE? I love hearing from you when you've made one of my recipes! Tag me on Instagram at @ChelseasMessyApron or leave me a comment below.
Hahaha i cannot get over how adorable these are. At first I thought they actually had turkey in them, but glad to see that they don’t =P You are way too creative! Reply
I am new to your blog and absolutely love it! I’ve made a bunch of your recipes and I’m addicted!! Thank you so much for all the great dinner posts especially the salads and the crockpot ones..so much easier when you just don’t have the time but way better than cereal! Ha!! Got the kids & happy hubby. Cool video too. Thanks!! Reply
This comment made my day!! So, so great to hear! 🙂 Haha — happy kids and happy husband is the best 🙂 Thanks again Claire! Reply
These are adorable and I love how they don’t look easy, but after watching the video, I think I could do this! 🙂 I have read your ebook (awesome!) and I love your blog and photography! The short videos are so fun. What editing software do you use or camera? I have heard that go-pros work great but I haven’t tried one yet but really want to. Maybe you could do a post about it! Reply
You are so sweet, thank you Adell! 🙂 Thank you so much for your kind compliments, they mean so much to me!! I use a 6d camera and edit in photoshop for blog photos. For the videos, I would love to do a post sometime when I feel like I’ve learned enough to!! This turkey video was my very first time ever doing a video and editing and I recognize I have SO much to learn! 🙂 I actually did it super budget — just used my iphone, built a tripod out of PVC pipe (tutorial here: http://thecraftyblogstalker.com/diy-overhead-camera-mount/) and then I edited on imovie on my phone. I hope that helps. As I learn more, I will keep some notes going to hopefully write about it all! Reply
Thanks for the info! I can’t wait to try a video, such a fun element to add. And I think people will really love the quick, short videos. I am like you, a little impatient 😉 but if that means cute turkey muffins in October, no complaints here! Reply
They are so much fun to make!! Thank you so much! Haha, yeah as fun as long recipe videos are, I just rarely have the patience to finish them! ? Reply
Very cool! This would make it a nice treat to a friend’s son coming up birthday party! The video makes it easy to follow too. Thanks. Reply
These are the cutest ever.. even though we don’t celebrate thanksgiving here in Australia I definitely will be saving the recipe to make at a later stage. Reply
