HALLOWEEN TURKEYS

Once upon a time, there was a lonely bowl of leftover misfit Halloween candy, that noone wanted to eat. All of the good candy had been pulled out long ago and with less and less traffic going by, well, eventually they were all forgotten. Weeks had passed and the owner of the bright green bowl was getting bugged. She didn't want to throw out the goodies in it, but, you can only eat so many candy corns, you know?

Two small pumpkins sat inside, along with an almost full tube of bright red icing used for fake blood, A couple of paper cups of chocolate frosting to give to naughty trickers to make it feel like gooey poo. A few round Peanut Butter Balls had rolled out of their torn package and mingled with the multi-colored Candy Corn, too.

The cute little pumpkins decided to take fate into their own hands and hopped out of the bowl so their owner would see them and use them in a recipe for something good to eat! She saw them! She did! She boiled them down to make pumpkin puree to flavor some yummy cupcakes. What better way to get a kid to eat their veggies? Just make them into a treat!

The tiny cupcakes, now are cooling, and the rest of the misfits are wondering what to do. They are now INSPIRED by the pumpkins to change their destiny ....... They want to do something, too!! The two colors of chocolate frosting are the first to get an idea. "A cupcake should be covered!", says the  chocolate frosting so he jumps on in a squiggly oval pattern. Then the lighter frosting says, "Move over! I want to get on, too" Not to be outdone by the fancy pattern of the chocolate, the tan frosting squirts 3 stars right behind him.

The Candy Corn squeeled, "We will not get left behind! All we ever do is lay around and wait!" So, three of them jumped on the stars, standing straight up and proud. Now they won't be lonely, but they worried about leaving their round, little peanut butter friend behind.

"Do something! Quick! think fast!" The Candy Corn yelled to their friend. The Peanut Butter Ball hopped on in front of them and nestled nice and cozy in the Chocolate mound. When he looked up, he noticed the sad look on the Bright Red tube of Icing. With a tear, the Bright Red Icing sniffled and sadly asked, "What Can I do? There seems to be no room for me!" The Peanut Butter Ball may not have the Biggest Heart of all, but he was not about to leave his friend behind. He simply said, "Come now, Waddle (hehe ... get it?)  on over here and splash some pretty color on my face." The Bright Red Icing squeezed an S on his face because he thought that he was SWEET!

Well, all of the leftover candies were no longer misfits, indeed! They all worked together to change their Destiny and found their own INSPIRATION by the encouragement of others. They each appreciated their own abilities and the use of others, too. They are THANKFUL for their FRIENDSHIPS ...... Just like I Appreciate You! Thank You, My Friends! Happy Thanksgiving!

HALLOWEEN TURKEYS

The Props

1 box of white cake mix
1/2 cup of mayonnaise
1/2 cup of applesauce
3 eggs
1/4 cup of Pumpkin Butter (a.k.a. 2 little pumpkins)
1 cup of water

The Cast

1 can of Chocolate Frosting
1 can of White Frosting
1 bag of Candy Corn
1 bag of Peanut Butter Poppins
1 tube of Red Decorator Icing

Preheat oven to 350*. Place mini cupcake holders in cupcake tins. Add wet ingredients to cake mix. Beat for 1 minute on low speed until combined. Scrape down the sides. Beat for 3 more minutes on medium speed. Fill a freezer baggie with batter and snip a small piece of the corner for pouring. Fill each cup almost to the top. Bake for 17-20 minutes. Remove from oven and empty onto a rack to cool. Assembly: Fill 2 pastry bags with Chocolate frosting and add a small amount to White frosting to add a tan color. Please follow the story to assemble.

Happy Baking and .......... Don't forget your Apron!