Pilgrim Hat Thanksgiving Cupcakes – white cupcakes with a classic buttercream are topped with an edible pilgrim hat – the perfect Thanksgiving cupcakes!
Being that this week is Thanksgiving, I thought I would get my act together and actually put together some Thanksgiving treats!! And I totally wish I came up with this idea, because I think these Thanksgiving cupcakes are the cutest things. But alas, I didn’t come up with it. I actually saw some cupcakes decorated like this when I went on a “back of the store” tour for a local grocery store (post on that to come!!) When I saw them, I immediately thought – I’m totally stealing that idea!! Then I got home and as I was blog hopping, I saw similar cupcakes at Our Best Bites and Hoosier Homemade. But just because they’ve been done before doesn’t mean that they can’t be done again!! And Abbi’s favorite part?
Eating the sprinkles!
These Thanksgiving cupcakes would be a great activity for the kids to put together on Thanksgiving. And I’m sure everyone will have fun eating them!!
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White cupcakes with a classic buttercream are topped with an edible pilgrim hat – the perfect Thanksgiving cupcakes.
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 (18.25 oz.) package white cake mix with pudding
- 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Buttercream
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3–4 cups powdered sugar (depending on how sweet you want it)
- 2–3 tablespoons milk
Pilgrim Hats
- Thanksgiving/Fall sprinkles (optional)
- 24 Fudge Stripe Cookies
- 24 Mini Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, unwrapped
Instructions
Make the cupcakes:
- Preheat the oven to 325ºF. Line 24 muffin tins with cupcake liners.
- In the bowl of a mixer, combine all of the cupcake ingredients and mix on low until combined. Turn the speed up to medium and beat for 2 minutes.
- Fill each cupcake liner 2/3 full of batter. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Make the buttercream:
- With a mixer, beat the butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla. Add in the powdered sugar, 1/2 cup at a time. Beat for 2-3 minutes, until light and fluffy. Add in the milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until you reach your desired consistency.
Assemble the cupcakes:
- Reserve about 1/2 cup of the buttercream. Place the remaining buttercream in a piping bag fitted with a decorative tip. Pipe the buttercream onto the cooled cupcakes, then add sprinkles, if desired.
- Tint the reserved buttercream orange or yellow. Place in a piping bag fitted with a small round tip. Place a peanut butter cup upside down on the bottom (chocolate) side of each of the fudge striped cookies. Pipe the frosting around the base of the peanut butter cup to hold it in place. Pipe a buckle on the peanut butter cup.
- Place one cookie hat on top of each cupcake.
Notes
cupcake recipe from Southern Living
Barbara says
November 22, 2010 at 1:55 pmHow fun are those? And so easy to make, too!
I'm sure they were pleased you stole their idea. I'm going to steal it too!
Megan says
November 22, 2010 at 2:09 pmHow cute and a great cupcake to let the kids help.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Georgia (The Comfort of Cooking) says
November 22, 2010 at 4:54 pmThese are super adorable, Deborah. You are so creative with cupcakes, cakes and all manner of desserts! Way to go! I hope you and your family have a wonderful and very happy Thanksgiving!
Keersten says
November 22, 2010 at 5:29 pmOh my goodness, those are darling! You could even let the kids help assemble them. Thanks!
Joanne says
November 22, 2010 at 5:59 pmThese are awesome! I almost forget the true meaning of Thanksgiving with all of the thoughts about food at this time of year but thanks for reminding me what we are REALLY celebrating!
Kim says
November 22, 2010 at 7:08 pmAbbi is so precious. Love the pic of her shoveling the sprinkles in 🙂
I'm loving the look of these cupcakes and wish I could go in the kitchen and whip them up right now. My daughter would love them, but my 4 year old is allergic to peanut butter.
Katie Rose says
November 22, 2010 at 7:16 pmSuper cute idea! I'm going to have to buy a lot of extra pb cups though, I think some might get…damaged yeah that's it, during assembly 😉
Ingrid says
November 22, 2010 at 7:52 pmYour babygirl is too cute!
Happy Thanksgiving!
~ingrid
Veeda says
November 22, 2010 at 8:11 pmso cute!
Dawn says
November 22, 2010 at 8:11 pmSo simple and so cute! Can't wait to make these and bring into work to share.
Kristy says
November 22, 2010 at 8:24 pmThose are so cute! Love them!
teresa says
November 22, 2010 at 8:31 pmeeeeeh, sheer adorability! love this!
scarlettabakes says
November 22, 2010 at 9:49 pmThese are absolutely, positively adorable!
I can not wait to make them. Thanks so much for the recipe, and for the gorgeous photographs!
Tessa says
November 23, 2010 at 12:18 amI love these and your idea to make them the day of with the kiddo's is perfect. Thanks for the idea!
Julie says
November 23, 2010 at 12:30 amSo cute! If I didn't have to work on T-day I'd be making these! Your little one is too sweet 🙂
vanillasugar says
November 23, 2010 at 1:29 amoh deb those are cute. love them!
Tasha says
November 23, 2010 at 2:49 amThese are just too cute! I'm wishing I had a place to bring Thanksgiving cupcakes to.
Madison Marie says
November 23, 2010 at 3:31 amWhat a cute idea! I wish I'd seen it earlier so I could have brought them into my kindergartners!
Monet says
November 23, 2010 at 6:34 amNot only are these cupcakes precious, but sweet Abbi made me melt too! These look like such a fun holiday treat. Thank you for sharing with me…I hope you have a wonderful week of feasting, friends and family!
Holly says
November 23, 2010 at 8:11 amI love these!! Sooo cute:)
grace says
November 23, 2010 at 7:06 pmGEEZ, why can't i be creative like that? those little hats are brilliants, and so doable. sigh. 🙂
Amy @ www.rockpaperscissorsinvitations.com says
October 3, 2012 at 8:19 pmThose are so cute-you could even make them personalized for everyone!
Wonderful.
valerie marinez says
November 23, 2013 at 4:56 pmThe top hat part was done with Mini Reese’s?? I am making these right now and they look very small for the hat part.
Deborah says
November 23, 2013 at 9:39 pmIt is one of the regular mini Reese’s – the ones that you have to unwrap, not the ones that come in the bag unwrapped. Hope that helps!
Nicole says
November 27, 2013 at 10:03 pmI am very excited to make these for Thanksgiving. I will be getting started here in an hour or so. It all looks delicious! Thanks for the recipe!