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1
Add green and yellow food coloring to 3 tablespoons of the vanilla frosting to turn it into the color of lettuce.
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2
It looks like this.
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3
Put 1/4 of this into a plastic bag.
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4
Warm up the rest for 5 to 10 seconds in the microwave.
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5
Pour the warmed up frosting from Step 1 into a bowl over 1/2 of the cornflakes and mix well.
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6
Spread the coated cornflakes out on a piece of parchment paper so they're not overlapping.
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7
Make the paper patterns.
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8
Cut out a circle that's the size of the cupcake as shown in the photo.
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9
Cut off about 1/8 of the top.
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10
This will be the base.
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11
Make the turkey skin.
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12
Microwave 4 caramel candies for 7 seconds, and combine them to make one big piece of candy.
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13
If the candies are too hard to knead together, keep microwaving them in 4 second increments until they are soft enough.
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14
Put a sheet of plastic wrap on a flat surface.
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15
Put the Step 5 caramel ball on the plastic and roll it flat to fit the paper pattern made in Step 4.
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Cut the flattened caramel to fit the pattern with scissors.
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Make the turkey drumsticks (legs).
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Break the PRETZ stick into thirds, Put a kneaded softened caramel candy on one end to form a drumstick.
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They look like this.
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The PRETZ sticks don't have to be the same length.
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Spread the remaining uncolored 2 tablespoons of vanilla frosting over the cupcake.
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22
This will be the glue.
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Place the turkey skin from Step 6 onto the iced cupcake from Step 9, and put the folds towards the back end.
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If the frosting comes out, press the cut (bottom) end to make the skin stay on the cupcake.
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25
Crush the remaining uncolored cornflakes finely and mix with 1/3 teaspoon of water to soften.
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This will be the turkey stuffing.
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Press this onto the frosting that is sticking out from the bottom end after Step 10.
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28
Optionally add some green sprinkles (not listed).
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Moisten the caramel of the drumsticks from Step 8 slightly, and press them onto the sides of the cupcake (see photos).
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30
Make a small hole in the bag with the frosting in Step 2.
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Use this as glue to stick the frosting covered cornflakes from Step 3 around the turkey.
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Put a little vanilla frosting on the ends of the drumsticks to make them look like bones, and it's done.
