Thanksgiving Crafts: Indian Corn Treats
I came up with these fun Indian corn treats when trying to think of a cute and unique dessert for Thanksgiving awhile back! I love trying to make clever desserts and snacks that look like something cute, so my goal was to create an Indian corn dessert. And what better to use than “Harvest candy corn”?! I was pretty happy with how they turned out, and I think our family loved them too. Of course they are very “kid friendly” and if you wanted to make them into a fancier dessert, you could consider baking your own mini-cakes, or even making a pumpkin roll, and then serving slices to each guest. It is certainly a very sweet dessert, so you may want to wait a little while after Thanksgiving dinner before diving in!!
Hope you enjoy this idea and have fun creating your own!
- Regular candy corn
- Harvest candy corn
- Frosting
- Yellow crepe paper (streamers)
- Snack size sponge cake
- Knife and scissors
Cut 3 pieces of the crepe paper, each about 8″ long. On each piece, cut one end into a point. These pieces of streamers will be your corn’s husk. Lay the 3 strips side by side on your serving plate with them overlapping, but slightly fanned out.
Place the cake in the center of the streamers. Then, cover with a thick layer of frosting.
Now lift the two side streamers up and gently press them into the sides of the cake. Now twist the 3 bottom ends together (the ends without the points). See the second photo above.
Now take your candy corn and begin pressing them down into the frosting and cake. Sink them down until only the bottom end color on the candy corn is showing. Continue until your cake is covered in candy corn. Create even rows if you can, and stop just above the crepe paper on each side. You can choose to use mostly regular candy corn or mostly harvest candy corn. The picture at the top of the page shows one of each.
Your candy Indian corn treat is now finished!
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