Candy Corn Cookie Bars
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These candy corn cookie bars are a colorful and festive treat that deserves a top spot on your fall baking list. Layers of soft and chewy sugar cookie dough are topped with a creamy vanilla frosting and decorated with candy corn and sprinkles.
These sweet and delicious bars are a crowd-pleasing dessert that looks as good as it tastes.
Candy Corn Cookie Bars
These candy corn cookie bars put the distinctive yellow, orange, and white layers of candy corn into a soft and chewy dessert bar. Sugar cookie dough forms the base of these bars, and yellow and orange gel coloring give the dough the vibrant candy corn colors.
Everyone knows that sugar cookies are about ten times more delicious with frosting, so these bars are topped with a rich and creamy vanilla frosting to give the bars their top white layer. With a delicious soft texture, sweet taste, and fun appearance, these bars are everything you want in a fall party treat.
Candy Corn Desserts
You’re also going to love our candy corn fudge and our candy corn cookies and you absolutely must see these adorable Ghosts holding a piece of candy corn!
💗 Why We Love This Recipe
- With candy, cookies, and frosting all in the same recipe, these will satisfy even the strongest sugar cravings.
- Their adorable and festive look makes them perfect for Halloween parties and fall school events.
- These treats look impressive and difficult to make but they’re actually very easy.
- They’ll satisfy cookie and blondie lovers since they taste like a cross between the two treats.
🥄 Recommended Tools
- baking pan
- electric mixer
- spatula
- mixing bowls
- rolling pin
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
🛒 Ingredients Needed for This Recipe
For the cookies:
- butter – unsalted, softened
- sugar
- egg
- vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour
- baking powder
- salt
- yellow gel food coloring
- orange gel food coloring
For the frosting:
- butter – unsalted, softened
- vanilla extract
- heavy cream
- salt
- confectioner’s sugar
- candy corn
- yellow & orange sprinkles
How to Make Candy Corn Cookie Bars
Step One: Make the Cookie Batter
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter an 8×8 square baking pan and line with parchment paper.
- Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and continue to mix.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients until they are well incorporated.
Step Two: Color and Bake
Step Two: Color and Bake
- Divide the dough in half. Add orange food coloring to half of the dough and knead until the color is evenly distributed throughout. Repeat with the other half of the dough and the yellow food coloring.
- Press the yellow dough into the bottom of the prepared pan. Place the orange dough on a piece of wax or parchment paper and press or roll it out into an 8×8 square. Carefully place it on top of the yellow dough and gently press into place.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes or until just set. Place on a cooling rack to cool completely before frosting.
Step Three: Add the Frosting
- Place butter in a mixing bowl and cream with an electric mixer. Add the vanilla to the butter and continue mixing.
- Add the cream and half of the powdered sugar and mix again.
- Add remaining powdered sugar and salt, then beat until everything is well incorporated and the frosting is smooth.
- Spread frosting across the cooled cookie bars. Decorate with candy corn and sprinkles. Cut bars into 9 squares and serve.
Tips and Suggestions
- Be careful not to over bake the cookie dough or the bars will be dry.
- If you don’t have time to make the frosting from scratch, you can make a quicker version of these bars by topping them with a store-bought frosting.
- When lining the baking dish with parchment, use enough paper so that it goes up over the sides of the dish. This will make it easier to remove the baked squares after they cool down.
Variations
- Add some mellowcreme pumpkins to the tops of the bars for a festive Halloween look.
- Replace the sprinkles with some yellow and orange sanding sugar.
- Mix some white chocolate chips into the cookie batter for a delicious white chocolate cookie taste.
- For more candy corn flavor, you can fold some chopped candy corn into the cookie batter before baking.
How Do I Serve Candy Corn Cookie Bars?
These are an obvious choice for a Halloween party treat, but you can also make them as a delicious dessert any time of year. You can change the color scheme and toppings for other holidays, or simply leave the food coloring out.
How Do I Store Candy Corn Cookie Bars?
Store these bars in an airtight container at room temperature for 1-2 days or in the refrigerator for up to five days. For best results, store them in a single layer, but if you’re planning to stack them, place a piece of parchment paper in between layers so they don’t stick together.
Can I Freeze Candy Corn Cookie Bars?
You can – place them in an airtight container, a freezer bag, or a Ziplock bag and they should keep for up to 3 months in the freezer.
More Halloween Desserts
- Nutter Butter Ghosts
- Halloween Bundt Cake
- Spider Cookies
- Witch Hat Cupcakes
- Ghost Cupcakes
- Candy Corn Cookies
- Halloween Oreo Fudge
- Halloween S’mores Dip
- Halloween Pinwheel Cookies
- Halloween Ooey Gooey Cookies
Candy Corn Cookie Bars
Ingredients
For the Cookies:
- ½ cup butter unsalted, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- yellow gel food coloring
- orange gel food coloring
For Frosting
- ½ cup butter unsalted, softened
- ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 Tablespoons heavy cream
- ½ teaspoons salt
- 2 ½ cups confectioner's sugar
- ½ cup candy corn
- yellow and orange sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- Line a square 8×8 baking pan with parchment and lightly butter.
- With an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.½ cup butter, 1 cup sugar
- Add in the egg and vanilla.1 egg, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt
- Gradually add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until they are all well incorporated.
- Divide the dough in half.
- Add yellow food coloring to one half of the dough and knead until the color is even throughout.yellow gel food coloring
- Repeat with the other half of the dough and orange food coloring.orange gel food coloring
- Press the yellow dough into the bottom of your prepared pan.
- Place the orange dough on a piece of parchment or wax paper and roll or press it out into an 8×8 square. Carefully place it on top of the yellow dough in the pan and gently press it into place.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes or until just set. Don’t overbake or the cookies will be dry.
- Place on a cooling rack to cool completely before frosting.
To make the frosting
- Place butter in a mixing bowl and creamwith an electric mixer.½ cup butter
- Add in vanilla and continue beating.½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- Add in cream and half of the powdered sugarand mix. Add remaining powdered sugar and salt, beat until all ingredients arewell incorporated and frosting is smooth.3 Tablespoons heavy cream, ½ teaspoons salt, 2 ½ cups confectioner's sugar
- Spread frosting across cooled cookie bars.
- Decorate with candy corn and orange andyellow sprinkles.½ cup candy corn , yellow and orange sprinkles
- Cut into 9 squares and serve!
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