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Homemade Halloween Candy Corn
Nesting Lane Indulge
Homemade Halloween Candy Corn Recipe. Do you love Candy Corn? Why not make it at home? It's takes a lot of steps to make, but it's not as hard as you would think. This is a great project to do with the kids!
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Prep Time
20
minutes
mins
Cook Time
10
minutes
mins
Total Time
30
minutes
mins
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Servings
20
Equipment
Waxed Paper
Medium Saucepan
Candy Thermometer
Large Mixing Bowl
Wooden Spoon
Airtight Container
Ingredients
1x
2x
3x
⅔
cup
light corn syrup
⅓
cup
butter
1
cup
sugar
1
teaspoon
vanilla extract
2½
cups
powdered sugar
¼
teaspoon
salt
⅓
cup
powdered milk
yellow food coloring
as needed
orange food coloring
as needed
Instructions
Prepare a flat surface by lining with waxed paper.
In a medium sized saucepan over medium/high heat, add butter, corn syrup, and sugar. Stir to mix.
Stir continuously and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat to low and stirring often, simmer for 5 minutes, or until a candy thermometer reads 230° F.
Take pan off of heat and stir in the vanilla.
In a large mixing bowl, add powdered sugar, powdered milk, and salt. Stir to mix well.
Using a wooden spoon, stir wet mixture into the dry mixture.
Turn out dough onto wax paper.
When dough is cool enough to handle, knead well to fully combine ingredients.
Separate into 3 equal portions.
Using your thumb press down the center of two of the portions to create a "bowl".
Add a few drops of orange food coloring into one of the "bowls" and yellow into the other. Knead to distribute the color evenly.
Roll each portion into skinny ropes.
Place the ropes next to each other with the white first, the yellow in the middle and then the orange.
Press lightly to flatten the ropes and to connect them.
Using a sharp knife, cut triangle shapes to create candy corn shape.
Store in an airtight container.
Notes
Yields: 1 3/4 pounds of candy
Nutrition
Serving:
40
g
Calories:
90
kcal
Carbohydrates:
18.5
g
Protein:
0.32
g
Fat:
2
g
Saturated Fat:
1.2
g
Cholesterol:
5.5
mg
Sodium:
35.3
mg
Sugar:
15.3
g
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