Candy Corn
From sharyl4 15 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 10
Making your own candy corn is fun and easy....who knew?
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- 2/3 cup white corn syrup shopping list
- 1/3 cup butter shopping list
- 1 tsp. vanilla shopping list
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, lightly packed shopping list
- 1/4 tsp. salt shopping list
- 1/3 cup powdered milk shopping list
- food coloring shopping list
- disposable gloves shopping list
How to make it
- Heat sugar, corn syrup and butter in saucepan. Stir constantly until it comes to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and add vanilla.
- In a large bowl, combine powdered sugar, salt and powdered milk. Add the hot mixture and stir until smooth.
- Grab two additional bowls and divide the mixture into three equal parts.. Stir a coup;e drops of yellow food coloring into one batch and mix thoroughly. Combine red and yellow to make orange for another batch. Leave the third batch white.
- Let the dough stand until cool and firm.
- Put on the gloves, which will protect your hands from staining as well as keeping your candy free of fingerprints.
- Grab a wad of each color of dough and ro;; into a rope 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch in diameter. Carefully push the three rolls together, using a rolling pin to slightly flatten the top.
- Cut candy in alternating diagonal lines to form candy corn shapes. Finish shaping individual kernals by hand until smooth.
- Candy can be refrigerated in layers of waxed paper to better maintain it's shape.
- Makes 1 3/4 pounds of candy.
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Reviewed by 22 people-
high5 candy recipe thanks
momo_55grandma
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YUMMY should have already been rated!
55555 and the FFF group!! :)
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You said it, Candy. The child in an adult's body is obviously jealous of Sharyl. FIVE from here also.
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