Candy Corn Cupcakes

As I kid, I loved candy corn. Besides my favorite chocolate candies, candy corns that came in those small clear bags being dropped into my trick-or-treat bag was a huge treat. I saw a mini cupcake version of these Candy Corn Cupcakes in Pillsbury’s latest magazine called Easy Halloween. I told Curtis, I have to make these!
I actually made these a few weeks ago when I made the Halloween Tombstone Cupcakes and couldn’t wait to share these with you! I used McCormick’s orange and yellow food color and it worked just fine.

Taken with my iPhone
That’s me eating one of these yummy cupcakes! If you have a favorite white cupcake recipe, feel free to use that. I went the easy route and used a cake mix which I do not have a problem doing whatsoever!

Looks kind of like a candy corn, doesn’t it? Next time, I would use the instructions on the box that uses egg whites instead of whole eggs. I think I’ll get a more pure white cake batter that way.

Using a 2 tsp (small) OXO cookie scoop, I first add the yellow cake batter to all of the cupcake liners first.

I rinse the cookie scoop and then add the orange cake batter to all of the cupcake liners.

Rinse the cookie scoop again and then add the white cake mix on top, into all of the cupcake liners. It’s that simple!

Candy Corn Cupcakes
Yield: 24 cupcakes
Prep Time: 30 min
Cook Time: 20 min
Total Time: 50 min
This recipe is slightly adapted from Pillsbury's Easy Halloween magazine. The recipe was for mini cupcakes, making them regular sized gives you a bigger treat. So easy and wonderful for a Halloween get together.
Ingredients:
1 box white cake mix with pudding (including ingredients for the cake mix)
McCormick orange food color
McCormick yellow food color
24 white cupcake liners
2 containers (1 lb each) creamy white ready-to-spread frosting
orange and yellow coarse sugar
24 pieces of candy corn
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare cupcake pan with cupcake liners. Prepare white cake mix as instructed on the box.
Take 3 small mixing bowls and divide the cake batter between the three bowls, about 1 1/2 cups in each bowl. In one bowl, drop 3-4 drops of yellow food color and fold in. Add more drops and mix if needed. In a second bowl, drop 3-4 drops of orange food color and fold in. Add more drops and mix if needed.
Add 2 tsp of cupcake batter of each other color at a time to cupcake liners, layering in this order, yellow, orange then white.
Bake for 15-18 minutes or according to the directions on the box. After removing the cupcakes from the oven, allow cupcakes to cool in the cupcake pan for 5 minutes before removing and placing on a cooling rack. Allow cupcakes to further cool for at least 15 minutes before frosting.
Using a large tip and decorator bag, pipe frosting onto cupcakes. Mix together 2 Tbsp each of orange and yellow coarse sugar together and sprinkle on top of each cupcake along with 1 candy corn each.
Cook's Notes: Next time, I will use the instructions on the box that says to use egg whites, this will ensure the white part is more of a pure white.
Be careful, when folding in the color, do not overmix the cake batter.
To make it easier, scoop each color at a time into all of the cupcake liners.
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Darling cupcakes!!! Love a simple decorating tip that’s so pretty!
Absolutely gushing over these. I love candy corns and I wish they would be out all year long. The colors are perfect and they are adorable!
SO adorable!
your cupcakes look so cute, and I’m sure they are equally delicious! My girls will love these!
I’m not a huge fan of candy corn but I don’t think I could refuse one of these babies. They look amazing.
I wish I had known you posted a candy corn recipe! I made some candy corn popcorn and I should have linked you up!! These are precious!
So cute and so simple! I’m going to a halloween party and may offer to take these!
Oh my gosh these are SPOOKTACULAR! xoxo
Cute! Cute! Cute!
I love how you decorated the tops of the cupcakes.
What cute cupcakes! I think the trick-or-treaters in my neighborhood would love to get one of these with their candy.
love these! Just put on pinterest xoxoox
These are just tooooooo cute Julie!!! candy corn was one of my childhood favorites!
I am SUCH a sucker for candy corn. I personally think it should be a year-round treat…
These are RIDICULOUS – in a wonderfully amazing way! Every time I see candy corn it reminds me of the Halloween where I met two of my closest friends in the world and we ate 2 lbs of candy corn in 2 hours
Thanks for remind me!
Adorable! My littles would love those cupcakes!
This is the cutest idea! My mind is now reeling with the possibilities for other layered cupcakes.
These look amazing and not too difficult either! Very festive. And now I want one.
Oh wow, these look so light and fluffy. And the color! So fun. I would eat way too many in one sitting.
What a great recipe! I love candy corns and this is perfect for October!
These are TOO CUTE! Love this idea! Don’t like candy corn, but could definitely get used to the cupcakes!
love these, they are so cute!
super cute Julie! It’d be a struggle to have leftover candy corn to top off my cupcakes. Those bags disappear super fast around here.
These are perfect! What a sweet treat for this time of year and for Halloween. Great job Julie!
These are just a little bit way too FUN!! So festive
These are so cute! What a great idea for Halloween.
Oh J, those are so stinkin’ cute! Great job on the colors too!
These are awesome! Pinning to my pinterest!!!
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These are so cute and I love how candy corn translated so easily to cupcake form. My kids would be thrilled to eat these.
Julie,
These cupcakes looks so cute. Almost too cute to eat
I love the way these cupcakes look. It’s funny- I’m really drawn to pictures of anything candy corn, but I don’t actually like the way it tastes – just the way it looks! I think my kids will love these.
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Cute cupcakes Julie!!
I love these and think they’re so cute! Perfect easy treat for Halloween
Love these Julie! You totally rocked them… I am not craving candy corn and candy corn cupcakes!
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These are beautiful too! You are so talented!!!!