Candy Corn Cupcakes and Lessons Learned
I have seen versions of candy corn cupcakes in magazines and on several recipe sites. In my first attempt to make some candy corn cupcakes, I used a cake mix and poured the colored batters into a dark nonstick cupcake pan. Unfortunately, they baked faster than I expected, and they were a nice golden brown on the outside rather than yellow and orange. I didn’t feel like running back out to the store, but I was determined to make some candy corn cupcakes. I found a basic cupcake recipe on cooks.com, and started mixing up the ingredients. Then came the next roadblock…no vanilla extract. I did some research for vanilla extract substitutes, and decided to substitute an equal amount of maple syrup. Guess what? It worked, and gave the cupcakes a nice flavor. I also used cupcake liners the second time around, and no browning occurred…the candy corn colors were nice and bright. The time required in the kitchen to make these colorful cupcakes is not long, unless you are learning lessons along the way like I did!
Candy Corn Cupcakes
Ingredients:
- 1 box of white or yellow cake mix prepared according to directions on the box or your favorite basic cupcake recipe prepared
- red food coloring
- yellow food coloring
- your favorite white icing recipe or store bought icing
Directions:
- Prepare cake mix.
- Divide cake mix evenly between two bowls.
- Add drops of yellow food coloring to one bowl of batter, and mix until desired shade of yellow is reached.
- Add red and yellow food coloring to the other bowl of batter, and mix until desired shade of orange is reached.
- Fill cupcake liners 1/4 full with yellow batter.
- Top yellow batter with orange batter, filling an additional 1/4 full.
- Bake cupcakes according to directions from the box or recipe.
- Cool, and then top with icing and desired candy or other Halloween decorations.
What a cute idea! I might just make these for the teacher’s Halloween “gifts.”
Very cute Megan!
So cute! I love them! I just made some regular cupcakes tonight and topped them with candy corn. I wish I would have seen this first!
These turned out super cute! good job! Thanks for the tips, too, we might try these later this week!
so pretty!!!
Cute idea! I bet the kids loved them!
Those cupcakes look super cute! I can’t believe I’ve never seen Candy Corn Cupcakes before!
omg! these are too cute, and so easy to make! now i just need to learn how to pipe my icing so it doesn’t look like a big mess!
Look delicious!!
These look perfect. Love the layers.
These are adorable!
Wow Megan, those really did turn out gorgeous!
So cute!
This is so cool Megan! I volunteered to make soemthing for a Halloween spooky walk/Fundraiser and these would be perfect!
great advice, and super tasty looking cupcakes! I’m always up for learning from others
That’s why I post about all my kitchen fails! hehe
These are adorable!
This is the cutest recipe!! Love.
cute idea! i love the two-toned batter – these would be great with any halloween topping – fabulous!
Adorable! Candy corn is my favorite halloween treat… but I do like cupcakes, and these are cupcakes topped with candy corn… so they may win. These would be so cute for a kid to take to school for a Halloween party. (Do they still have those?)
WOW – Great Idea Megan! Love them
Fun! I love Candy Corn! Have you tried the Candy Corn Hershey Kisses? As much as I love Candy Corn, those sound gross…
Daaamn, tasty! Food just tastes better when it’s a crazy color.
Hi Megan,
I stumbled upon these adorable cupcakes while in search of recipes to celebrate National Candy Corn Day on Friday. (always the day before Halloween:) I must have been here before because, I found you in my custom search engine. Perhaps, it was in my “shy” days:)
Anyway, I would love to “grab” your link for my post (the picture would be wonderful too!) Do you mind if I do??? Your Candy Corn Cupcakes are simply irresistible.
Thank you so much for sharing…