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!


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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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37 Responses to “Candy Corn Cupcakes”

  1. 1
    Liz — October 12, 2011 @ 10:15 am

    Darling cupcakes!!! Love a simple decorating tip that’s so pretty!

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    Cassie l Bake Your Day — October 12, 2011 @ 10:32 am

    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!

  3. 3
    DessertForTwo — October 12, 2011 @ 10:43 am

    SO adorable!

  4. 4
    Chef Dennis — October 12, 2011 @ 10:52 am

    your cupcakes look so cute, and I’m sure they are equally delicious! My girls will love these!

  5. 5
    Eliana — October 12, 2011 @ 10:56 am

    I’m not a huge fan of candy corn but I don’t think I could refuse one of these babies. They look amazing.

  6. 6
    shelly (cookies and cups) — October 12, 2011 @ 11:20 am

    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!

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    jessica lynn — October 12, 2011 @ 11:26 am

    So cute and so simple! I’m going to a halloween party and may offer to take these!

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    Paula - bell'alimento — October 12, 2011 @ 12:08 pm

    Oh my gosh these are SPOOKTACULAR! xoxo

  9. 9
    Shannon — October 12, 2011 @ 1:04 pm

    Cute! Cute! Cute!
    I love how you decorated the tops of the cupcakes.

  10. 10
    Lana @ Never Enough Thyme — October 12, 2011 @ 2:08 pm

    What cute cupcakes! I think the trick-or-treaters in my neighborhood would love to get one of these with their candy.

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    Alison @ Ingredients, Inc. — October 12, 2011 @ 2:53 pm

    love these! Just put on pinterest xoxoox

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    SMITH BITES — October 12, 2011 @ 2:58 pm

    These are just tooooooo cute Julie!!! candy corn was one of my childhood favorites!

  13. 13
    Feast on the Cheap — October 12, 2011 @ 4:34 pm

    I am SUCH a sucker for candy corn. I personally think it should be a year-round treat…

  14. 14
    JavelinWarrior — October 12, 2011 @ 5:29 pm

    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!

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    Natalie @ Cooking for My Kids — October 12, 2011 @ 6:07 pm

    Adorable! My littles would love those cupcakes!

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    Cookin' Canuck — October 12, 2011 @ 8:13 pm

    This is the cutest idea! My mind is now reeling with the possibilities for other layered cupcakes.

  17. 17
    Tesa @ 2 Wired 2 Tired — October 12, 2011 @ 8:18 pm

    These look amazing and not too difficult either! Very festive. And now I want one. :)

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    Georgia Pellegrini — October 12, 2011 @ 9:40 pm

    Oh wow, these look so light and fluffy. And the color! So fun. I would eat way too many in one sitting.

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    Kelly — October 12, 2011 @ 11:02 pm

    What a great recipe! I love candy corns and this is perfect for October!

  20. 20
    Lauren — October 12, 2011 @ 11:37 pm

    These are TOO CUTE! Love this idea! Don’t like candy corn, but could definitely get used to the cupcakes!

  21. 21
    Diane {Created by Diane} — October 13, 2011 @ 2:40 pm

    love these, they are so cute!

  22. 22
    Rachel @ Baked by Rachel — October 13, 2011 @ 4:04 pm

    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.

  23. 23
    Paula — October 13, 2011 @ 9:54 pm

    These are perfect! What a sweet treat for this time of year and for Halloween. Great job Julie!

  24. 24
    marla — October 14, 2011 @ 9:23 pm

    These are just a little bit way too FUN!! So festive :)

  25. 25
    Bunkycooks — October 16, 2011 @ 9:13 am

    These are so cute! What a great idea for Halloween. :-)

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    Lisa @ KarmaPerDiem — October 16, 2011 @ 6:25 pm

    Oh J, those are so stinkin’ cute! Great job on the colors too!

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    Not So Average Mama — October 17, 2011 @ 8:35 pm

    These are awesome! Pinning to my pinterest!!!

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    Terris-FreeEats — October 18, 2011 @ 11:26 pm

    These are so cute and I love how candy corn translated so easily to cupcake form. My kids would be thrilled to eat these.

  30. 29
    Kiran @ KiranTarun.com — October 19, 2011 @ 1:01 pm

    Julie,
    These cupcakes looks so cute. Almost too cute to eat :)

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    Christin — October 20, 2011 @ 6:10 pm

    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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  33. 31
    Denise @ Creative Kitchen — October 24, 2011 @ 10:02 pm

    Cute cupcakes Julie!!

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    megan @ whatmegansmaking — October 25, 2011 @ 3:19 pm

    I love these and think they’re so cute! Perfect easy treat for Halloween :)

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    Amanda — October 8, 2012 @ 5:04 pm

    Love these Julie! You totally rocked them… I am not craving candy corn and candy corn cupcakes! :)

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    Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell — October 19, 2012 @ 4:50 pm

    These are beautiful too! You are so talented!!!!

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