Monday
Oct122009
A-Maize-ing: How to Make Candy Corn at Home
Monday, October 12, 2009 
Where does candy corn come from? Had you asked me a week ago, I would have said "from a bag, of course!". But when my friends at Serious Eats asked me to make a homemade batch for my weekly feature on their site, I quickly embarked on a crash course in DIY confectionery.
While commercially produced candy corn is made using hella machinery and takes 4-5 days to make, the at-home version is surprisingly easy (even for candymaking novices like myself!), and far more flavorful than the store-bought type. Oh, and if you are so inclined, you could use the dough to make your own mellowcreme pumpkins too.
Reader Comments (12)
candy corn are my favorite, i'm in love.
How fun! And it really does seem easy. I'll give this a try with my kids.
Those bakery pics in the post below are giving serious cravings! Wish I lived close enough to go grab some of those treats.
Thank you for the recipe, this looks great!~
oh wow! I heart candy corn and have to find specialist sweet shops in the UK to buy it. I will absolutely be making this at the weekend!
Wow! I had never thought to make candy corn at home. It's my second favorite halloween candy behind mellowcreme pumpkins.
During vacation, we stopped at a candy store in Red Lodge, MT, and they had several different flavors of candy corn: traditional, caramel, cinnamon, etc. These different flavors were new to me so I had to pick up a couple of bags. They were pretty good, but they weren't as good as the regular.
Very cute. I'll admit I've never really thought to make candy corn homemade since I don't particularly care for the store boughten kind but this is far too cute.
I've seen this before and always wanted to give it a go. Unfortunately, I've already ODed on candy corn. :| But if I ever have a free lump of time, this might just be the recipe I turn to.
I love this!!!! They are so cute!!! My husband is excited for candy corn season every year I am definitely going to try this!! Thanks for sharing!
Those are TOO CUTE!! I think I am going to have to give them a try. . .so perfect for the season! :)
Wow! I totally want to make candy corn from scratch. I am so all about this. Thank you for posting!
This is the coolest darned recipe ever... I went and read it and copied it to consider trying here at the Prepatorium. The only thing possibly better than the candy corn has to be that picture. It is the best.
Thanks for stopping in, I can't wait to see the notecards!
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The kids LOVE candy corn, I love making new things....this will be a definite to do on our list before Halloween! Thanks for the great idea and recipe!