Comments on: Candy Corn on the cob

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:34:00 +0000

I think that you would have to have a clinical psychological condition to find that appealing.

By: B E Pratt

B E Pratt — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:03:00 +0000

That looks awesome!

By: Cobwebs

Cobwebs — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:39:00 +0000

Southern Living has a deep-fried candy corn recipe:

http://www.southernliving.com/food/how-to/fun-deep-fried-food-deep-fried-candy-corn-00417000076071/

I’m pretty sure this is why Rome fell.

By: Bruce Arnold

Bruce Arnold — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 03:56:00 +0000

Look! She’s wearing a MASH shirt! Cool!

By: EH

EH — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 03:21:00 +0000

I just burned through a 1lb bag of candy corn in a matter of days, bite your tongue.

By: William McCafferty

William McCafferty — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:34:00 +0000

That would take care of your raw cookie dough problem!

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:03:00 +0000

Yeah, it can. The yellow diet is the first step to Breatharianism.

By: TheMadLibrarian

TheMadLibrarian — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:50:00 +0000

I was thinking of circus peanuts. Possibly Gummi- somethings.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:48:00 +0000

Also a rare example of the product being made with (HFCS) what it purports to be (“corn”).

By: Ed Falk

Ed Falk — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:26:00 +0000

Friends made candy corn on the cob back in college. They did it by putting some candy corn in a blender on “liquify”, and then molding the resulting goop into the cob and pressing some more candy corn into it.

Definitely a sugar overdose.

By: The Organic Goddess

The Organic Goddess — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:33:00 +0000

Where they’ve come home early from work, to cook dinner for their kids.

By: LemonadeLunch

LemonadeLunch — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:30:00 +0000

I think a peanut butter fudge or penuche would work.

By: royaltrux

royaltrux — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:10:00 +0000

Disgusting. No bowl of sugar is safe from you all.

By: Gina Martin

Gina Martin — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:03:00 +0000

You should definitely read this first: http://jezebel.com/5942622/taste-test-i-took-a-candy-corn-oreo-and-put-it-in-my-mouth

By: dioptase

dioptase — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:59:00 +0000

Has anyone else tried chicken fried corn on the cob? Wow! Deadly good. Next up is for someone to batter fry candy corn on the cob. Doesn’t really appeal to me taste wise, but it would be an epic creation.

By: Wisconsin Platt

Wisconsin Platt — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:53:00 +0000

http://i.imgur.com/6r1kD.jpg

By: bcsizemo

bcsizemo — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:51:00 +0000

Really now.

But it actually makes sense, cause where else would you keep a binder full of women, but in the kitchen.

By: Mark Stephan

Mark Stephan — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:48:00 +0000

Stole my idea (that I never did anything with) ;)
Had that idea about 10 years ago

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:39:00 +0000

Ah, could be, didn’t even think of that. I was imagining a freezer bag full of thick, liquid caramel.

By: brerrabbit23

brerrabbit23 — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:36:00 +0000

Breatharians: it cannot be done breatharian.

By: welcomeabored

welcomeabored — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:25:00 +0000

Taffy would be a good choice, especially if it’s made from scratch. It stays pliable for a long time, and it can be made sticky enough to hold the corn in place.

I’m also concerned about keeping raw cookie dough at room tempurature. We’re out of peanut butter and I’m wondering if I’ll find our favorite brand on the shelves at the store today. Too many food scares and sick people.

By: mccrum

mccrum — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:25:00 +0000

My god, it just works everywhere. He’s come up with the perfect punchline.

By: EH

EH — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:20:00 +0000

Possibly Laffy Taffy as well, but Airheads might be meltable and reformable.

By: bcsizemo

bcsizemo — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:18:00 +0000

I agree. I think the cookie dough is a good start but you need something compatible with what candy corn can do. I mean it has a life span of probably a year or more. It needs a binder that can at least stand up to a few months of hanging out on the counter.

By: Xeni Jardin

Xeni Jardin — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:18:00 +0000

maybe a binder full of women

By: Chris Gladish

Chris Gladish — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:14:00 +0000

I like the idea, but not at wasting the cookie dough, or at having uncooked cookie dough sitting out at room temperature.

So, I’m trying to think of alternatives – please, post suggestions here, or if you actually try it, maybe some results?

My ideas so far:

* Laffy Taffy (or regular taffy?), formed into a small log, maybe nuked for a few seconds to soften the outer edge for candy corn insertion (there’s a loaded phrase for ya).

* Setup a mold, pour molten sugar – dangerous, brittle difficult, time consuming, I don’t think this is a good option

* Chewing gum? Not even sure how to pull this off.

By: PlutoniumX

PlutoniumX — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:13:00 +0000

I assumed she meant Caramel candies. I see a lot of that handmade around here. Rolled and wrapped up in a piece of wax paper and sold in bags.

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:05:00 +0000

Not if I get there first!

By: Chris Gladish

Chris Gladish — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:04:00 +0000

They are real, but in limited quantities, and are exclusive to Target stores.

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:04:00 +0000

Looks delicious,

However:

“…caramel (since I had a fresh bag of that around too).”

A fresh bag of caramel? I’m not sure whether to judge for calling a bag of processed caramel ‘fresh’, or to be impressed that someone would make up a batch of caramel and bag it. Either way I think this was along the right line, personally – I would have gone with a fudge.