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Old Fashioned Cornflake Candy

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Old Fashioned Cornflake Candy: This old fashioned Christmas candy has been around forever and is not only delicious but is fast and easy to make. With only a few easy to find ingredients this crunchy candy will fit perfectly on your holiday goodie tray. The combination of crunchy peanut butter and the crunch from the cornflakes make this candy different from any other holiday candy. Scroll down for add in ideas and how to make candy bars.

Old Fashioned Cornflake Candy
CANDY OR COOKIES: I have seen this peanut butter candy referred to as a no bake cookie but most of the time Old Fashioned Cornflake Candy. What do you call it?
  • Old Fashioned Cornflake Candy
  • Old Fashioned Cornflake Candy
  • Old Fashioned Cornflake Candy

How to Make Old Fashioned Cornflake Candy

  • INGREDIENTS (full printable recipe below)
    • light corn syrup
    • granulated sugar
    • chunky peanut butter
    • cornflakes
    • white chocolate
    • shortening (optional)
  • DIRECTIONS
    • In a sauce pan, bring to boil corn syrup and sugar.
    • Remove from heat and stir in crunchy peanut butter and cornflakes.
    • Mix well.
    • Drop a tablespoon of candy mixture onto wax or parchment paper.
    • Add white chocolate chips and shortening to a medium microwave safe bowl, microwave on high 30 seconds, stir, microwave another 30 seconds, stir and microwave an additional 15 seconds and stir until creamy.
    • Use a fork to drizzle or pour into a squeeze bottle and drizzle over candy in a back and forth motion.

Modern Add Ins

Old Fashioned Cornflake Candy
  • chocolate chips
  • peanuts
  • coconut
  • raisins
  • butterscotch chips

HOW TO TRANSFORM THIS OLD FASHIONED CORNFLAKE CANDY TO CHOCOLATE CANDY BARS

Old Fashioned Cornflake Candy
Carefully spread hot mixture in a greased or buttered 9×13-inch baking pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top (the amount of chips is determined by how thick you would like the top chocolate layer. Let the chocolate sit on top until soft enough to spread or place into a warm oven to melt the chocolate. Spread melted chocolate into a thin layer (thick works too) over the top of the cornflake mixture. Let sit until completely cooled before cutting into narrow candy bars.

Swap Out Some of the Corn Syrup for Honey

Old Fashioned Cornflake Candy
Add another layer of flavor with honey! Honey and peanut butter were made to go together…..well maybe not but they do make a winning combo. Don’t go full on honey. I recommend substituting ½ cup of honey for the same amount of light corn syrup.
Old Fashioned Cornflake Candy

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Old Fashioned Cornflake Candy

Old Fashioned Cornflake Candy

Yield: Makes About 48+ Pieces of Candy Depending on the Size of Clusters
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup crunchy peanut butter
  • 6 cups cornflakes
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips for drizzling
  • 1 tablespoon shortening

Instructions

  1. In a sauce pan, bring to boil corn syrup and sugar.
  2. Remove from heat and stir in crunchy peanut butter and cornflakes.
  3. Mix well.
  4. Drop a tablespoon of candy mixture onto wax or parchment paper.
  5. Add white chocolate chips and shortening to a medium microwave safe bowl, microwave on high 30 seconds, stir, microwave another 30 seconds, stir and microwave an additional 15 seconds and stir until creamy.
  6. Use a fork to drizzle or pour into a squeeze bottle and drizzle over candy in a back and forth motion.

Notes

ADD INS: DO NOT ADD MORE THEN A CUP — add one item of several = 1 CUP TOTAL

  • chocolate chips
  • peanuts
  • coconut
  • raisins
  • butterscotch chips

SWAP SOME OF THE CORN SYRUP FOR HONEY—½ light corn syrup + ½ cup honey

MAKE A PAN OF CHOCOLATE COVERED CANDY BARS: OMIT THE WHITE CHOCOLATE DRIZZLE OR ADD IT OVER THE TOP OF THE MELTED CHOCOLATE. LIGHCarefully spread hot mixture in a greased or buttered 9x13-inch baking pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top (the amount of chips is determined by how thick you would like the top chocolate layer. Let the chocolate sit on top until soft enough to spread or place into a warm oven to melt the chocolate. Spread melted chocolate into a thin layer (thick works too) over the top of the cornflake mixture. Let sit until completely cooled before cutting into narrow candy bars.

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Old Fashioned Cornflake Candy

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  2. Ok – I HAVE to get to the store pronto to get corn flakes and corn syrup…these look super!! Thanks for linking up to Foodie Friday.

    Oh, and if you haven’t done so already – don’t forget to pop on over to Little Brick Ranch to enter the Joey Totes Earth Day GIVEAWAY!!!

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  3. Hi Sheryl,
    What a great little treat. I can sure see why they are called Disappear Cookies, they would go really fast here. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope to see you next week. Have a wonderful week end!

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