Mini Thanksgiving Dinner Cupcakes

I saw this on someone's blog and I had to get it down so I could try to make it next year...

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Yields: 12 cupcakes

Ingredients

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

Directions

1. Bake and cool your favorite cupcake recipe.
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. Slice the maple nut candies thin and layer them as 'turkey'.
4. Dab some white frosting next to it for 'mashed potatoes' followed with a little dab of yellow gel food color as 'butter'.
5. Melt your butterscotch or chocolate chips and thin with a little vegetable oil.
6. Drizzle over the 'turkey' as gravy.
7. Finish it off with the 'cranberries' (red colored sugar or non-perils) and little green 'peas' or 'beans'.