Stars: 5 out of 5
Pros: Delicious looking turkey cupcake
Cons: Not actually edible
The Bottom Line:
November ready
With gobble gobble cupcake
Fun decoration
Let’s Talk Turkey about Hallmark’s Next Keepsake Cupcake
The calendar says it is fall, but I’m having a hard time
believing that since it is currently in the upper 90’s here in Southern
California. (And as a fan of hot weather, I am not
complaining). But we are beginning to see fall items in the stores,
and Hallmark is no exception. They’ve just released Grateful Gobbler,
the fourth in their yearlong Keepsake Cupcake series, and it’s a great piece.
Since this is the November cupcake, is it really surprising
that the focus is a turkey? The cupcake in question is obviously a
chocolate cupcake, which we can tell thanks to just a bit of the cupcake that
is peaking out of the reddish orange wrapper. There is a bit of
green frosting circling the outer side of the cupcake. And in the
middle is the turkey. He looks like he is made out of chocolate
frosting, at least the parts that are right next to the cupcake. I’m
not sure what the head and neck that rise out of the cupcake are supposed to be
made from. Fondant maybe? There
are two cookies shaped like wings sitting on the cupcake and a third rising out
of the back of the cupcake for the turkey’s tail feathers. And the
feathers on the tail section? Why pieces of candy corn, or course.
The plastic on this cupcake looks so much like the items
I’ve described that my mouth waters a bit when I look at it. The
overall effect looks like Thanksgiving, so it is perfect for
November. And the foil on the cupcake nicely evokes the fall season,
so it perfectly fits as well. I don’t think we could ask for a
better November cupcake.
Being a cupcake, this has a nice flat bottom so you can set
it out as part of your display of the rest of the series or any Thanksgiving
decoration display. You’ll also find the 4 in a Christmas tree
series marker on the bottom of the ornament.
If you want to hang this ornament somewhere, you’ll find the
loop behind the turkey’s head, right in the middle of the cupcake. He
actually tips forward very, very slightly, but it is hardly noticeable unless
you are looking for it.
While the choices in Grateful Gobbler might be a bit
obvious, the execution is plenty of fun. I’m thankful to have this
in my collection, and you will be as well.
Original Price: $12.95
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