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Candy Corn Cookie Bars

These colorful sugar cookie bars resemble fall's iconic candy corn with layers of yellow, orange and white!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Additional time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour 25 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: candy corn cookie bars
Servings: 9 servings
Calories: 560kcal

Ingredients

For the Cookies:

  • ½ cup butter unsalted, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • yellow gel food coloring
  • orange gel food coloring

For Frosting

  • ½ cup butter unsalted, softened
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 Tbsp heavy cream
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 ½ cups confectioner's sugar
  • ½ cup candy corn
  • yellow and orange sprinkles

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350
  • Line a square 8x8 baking pan with parchment and lightly butter.
  • With an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Add in the egg and vanilla.
  • In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and 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.
  • Repeat with the other half of the dough and orange 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 8x8 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.
  • Add in vanilla and continue beating.
  • 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.
  • Spread frosting across cooled cookie bars.
  • Decorate with candy corn and orange andyellow sprinkles.
  • Cut into 9 squares and serve!

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 560kcal | Carbohydrates: 86g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 78mg | Sodium: 457mg | Potassium: 95mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 63g | Vitamin A: 730IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 36mg | Iron: 1mg