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Thanksgiving Treats – Simple and Easy: Corny Candy

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My kids usually do very on the Halloween night, and I try my best limiting their sugar intake. The result – a bag of candy for me. If you find yourself in the same boat wishing you can put Halloween candy to good use; I  have a few ideas. I have to say upfront my creations are not perfect, but I just tried to think what I had around the house (so I don’t end up spending more money making these treats). I will tell you what worked and what didn’t.

CORNY CANDY is one of my favorite HALLOWEEN DIY TREATS. It's easy, quick, needs to stove and can be done 5 different ways. PLUS we do share which way we love the best!

I started with going through my pantry and buying a couple of things – some are on great Halloween clearance.

You will need an oval cookie shaped like a corn cob. I found some cookies that resembled the shape and reshaped few round rice cakes with a knife.

Best Kernels are M&Ms and Skittles, but we also used Gum Drops and whatever else resembles the shape.

A can frosting can make an excellent eatable adhesive, but I also found a butterscotch Snack Pack pudding cup so that we can try both.

Corn leaves might look good with fruit chews. I only had the red one, so I will use that, and I wanted to give it a try with Airheads

After assembling your corny candy, put it in the freezer for a bit to preserve the best shape

Corny Candy #1

INGREDIENTS:

Cinnamon Crisp cookie, white vanilla frosting, Skittles, and red fruit chews

MY THOUGHTS:

I think it is a great combination and it sure makes a cute Indian Corn

Corny Candy #2

INGREDIENTS:

Rice cake, vanilla frosting, gum drops, Airheads and possibly some fruit chews

MY THOUGHTS:

The Very festive looking object, but it looks more like a convention of traffic lights than it does like corn. I like the Airhead leaves (I did use scissors), and by the way, a rice cake with vanilla frosting is delicious.

 

Corny Candy #3

INGREDIENTS:

Rice Cake, Snack Pack pudding, M&Ms, red fruit chews and some leftover green chew

MY THOUGHTS:

Pudding doesn’t freeze well and even after 24 hours in the freezer is still quite messy. It also ruined candy dye, so the whole corn doesn’t quite look the part. Definite fail.

Corny Candy #4

 

INGREDIENTS:

Cinnamon Crisp cookie, butterscotch pudding, random round candy, and Airheads

MY THOUGHTS:

This one looks a bit better. Does it look like corn? Mmmmaybe. The Leaves look great, but the butterscotch pudding makes everything move around way too much.

Corny Candy #5 

 

INGREDIENTS:

Cinnamon Crisp cookie, butterscotch pudding, Skittles, and Airheads

MY THOUGHTS:

I think this is my best corny candy – Airheads make awesome leaves, Skittles would work perfectly for the small cinnamon cookie.

Look around your house and those Halloween candy bags –

The perfect combination might be right in front of you.

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Comments

  1. Jenny says

    November 5, 2013 at 10:02 am

    Very creative!!

  2. Erin B. says

    November 5, 2013 at 11:29 am

    Considering I have the artistic talent of a bird…..THESE ARE AMAZING!!

  3. Jennifer says

    November 5, 2013 at 12:11 pm

    These look yummy! I have a huge sweet tooth, so this is right up my alley lol

  4. mel says

    November 5, 2013 at 12:32 pm

    This is awesome! What great idea and they all look delicious!

  5. Katy says

    November 5, 2013 at 12:45 pm

    I love finding creative and fun ways to work with food. Especially for kids, but even for adults, it just makes them so much more fun to eat! These are so creative. – Katy

  6. Kristyn says

    November 5, 2013 at 2:51 pm

    very creative ideas!

  7. Jenna Wood says

    November 5, 2013 at 3:02 pm

    I’ve worked with Airheads and fruit roll ups for stuff like this before, but they don’t go well with cake and chocolate flavors- great for decorating though! I like #4 the best!

  8. Debi@TheSpringMount6Pack says

    November 5, 2013 at 3:07 pm

    Very cool. I must have read it as candy corn because it took me a minute for my brain to wrap around what I was looking at

  9. Dede says

    November 5, 2013 at 6:59 pm

    That would be so much fun at a Thanksgiving dessert table. I bet the kids enjoyed taste-testing for you!

  10. OneMommy says

    November 5, 2013 at 7:48 pm

    Those do look fun to make for little ones! We definitely have enough M&M’s to do a few! (few dozen that is!)

  11. SHELLEY R ZUREK says

    November 6, 2013 at 9:44 am

    #1 is my favorite. Liked it so much I pinned it! Great job, very creative.

  12. Krista says

    November 7, 2013 at 9:33 am

    This is a great idea! I think I’ll have the kids make these for the family dinner this year!

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