Easy Candy Corn Sugar Cookies
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This post is all about how to make candy corn cookies.
It’s that time of the year again! Time for harvest, hoodies, and hayrides. Candy corn is being found in all dollar stores near you. Get ready to brighten up your dessert with these bright orange candies.
Do you need a way to give these treats a makeover? Try making these sweet and simple candy corn cookies. People of all ages will love this festive Fall treat.
Why Candy Corn Cookies?
This candy corn cookie recipe is easy and could be done in 10 minutes. The best thing about candy corn cookies is that they could be made throughout the entire season. This means you could make them for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or any special event in between.
In this blog post, we will go through this candy corn cookie recipe and tell you each step. We will also include some pictures and a video with a comprehensive tutorial on making these little cuties.
By the end of this post, you will be on your way to the store to get some candy corn for this sweet recipe. Or be thinking of what event you will be making these sweeties for.
How to Make Candy Corn Sugar Cookies
The ingredients that you will need for this recipe are:
- Candy Corn
- Sugar Cookie Mix
- 1 Stick of butter
- 1 egg
Fun Fact: Candy corn is made of a mellow sweetener and cream a type of candy made of corn syrup. This is why it tastes very sweet and has a vanilla or marshmallow flavor.
The first thing you will do is pour the sugar cookie mix into a bowl. Then you will add a soften (about room temperature) stick of butter. Then add the egg.
Once we add the egg and butter to the sugar cookie mix, combine the mix until it makes a dough. Make sure your oven is on 375 degrees. They cookies are going in for about 8-10 minutes on a non sticking cooking sheet.
Form the cookies into little balls onto the non stick cooking sheet. Do NOT add the candy corn just yet. You will add them halfway through the baking time. For small to medium sized cookies, You want to add 10 to 12 cookies to a standard 20 inch nonstick cookie sheet.
Bake cookies for 4-5 minutes at 375 degrees. When you start to see the edges form (cookies almost done).
Then you want to briefly take the cookies out of the oven and add the candy corn to the top. Try not to push candy corn too hard into the dough. Add as many as desired. We added 2 or 3 to each cookie. then put it back into the oven for another minute or two.
Conclusion
Enjoy these little cookies this harvest season. This will be great for a Fall themed bridal shower and would and any other event during the Autumn season.
Our little girls absolutely love these candy corn sugar cookies! We hoped you enjoyed this recipe and will let us know how your cookies came out. Please be sure to let us know in the comment section below.
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