Here's a recipe to make your own candy corn from scratch.
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup white corn syrup
1/3 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
several drops food coloring (optional)
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup powdered milk
Directions:
Combine sugar, white corn syrup and butter in pan, bring to boil
stirring CONSTANTLY. Turn heat low and boil 5 minutes. Stir occasionally.
Remove from heat and add vanilla and several drops food coloring (optional)
Meanwhile, combine powdered sugar, salt and powdered milk Add all at once to
mixture in pan. Stir until cool enough to handle. Knead until stiff enough to
hold its shape. Shape into triangles, or any shape desired.
Candy Corn Recipes
Now that you've made your candy corn, you can put those delicious little guys into Candy Corn Cookies or Candy Corn Popcorn Balls -- those are two of the best recipes I've made -- the kids just eat them up! (and it's hard to pass them up for bigger people too.)