Easy Candy Corn Sugar Cookie Bites

My cream cheese sugar cookie dough is the best in my opinion {and that of my families}.  This year I decided that I wasn’t just going to make it at Christmas but I also wanted to keep them super easy.  Anyone with a pizza cutter and Ziploc bag can make these Easy Candy Corn Sugar Cookie Bites.  Keep scrolling to see how.

I have found over the years that decorating sugar cookies is intimidating for a lot of people.  If I can somehow help get families in the kitchen making them, then that is a success for me.

Some of my fondest memories were and are made in the kitchen.  Having a recipe that you can get your family involved with is a treasure.  This candy corn sugar cookie recipe is one of those {keep scrolling to see photos of my Tales helping me}.

That is what I love about food, the unity it brings every single day.  Whether that is breakfast, lunch, dinner or a holiday…food brings people together.

I didn’t go through the entire sugar cookie recipe in this post because you can it all in my Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies post.  It will give you all of the details for making this simple sugar cookie dough.

Once you have refrigerated the dough for at least 2 hours {I usually do it overnight}, it is time to roll it out.  Flour the surface you are rolling on and the top of the dough.  If is still sticking, add more flour but don’t go over board.  Add a little at a time.  Too much flour can result in a dry and tough cookie.

How to make Candy Corn Sugar Cookie Bites Without a Cookie Cutter

For this cookie I rolled long sections of dough and then used a straightedge and pizza cutter to cut long strips about 1 1/2-2″ in width.  Note:  You can make these as large as you want but I don’t suggest going any smaller.

Then take each strip of dough and use the pizza cutter to cut triangles.

Place them on a silicone lined {or parchment} baking sheet and bake for 7-8 minutes.  You want the edges to just barely be turning brown.  Don’t over bake.

They don’t take long to cool, so we will turn out attention to decorating.  I purchased white, yellow and orange sugar sprinkle in small bags for $1.00 at Micheal’s. 

In a flat plate pour the colors out, starting with the yellow.  Followed by orange and then white.  The lines need to touch but not be too wide.  They also need to be about the same height.

Using store bought vanilla frosting, I filled a small Ziploc bag and piped the frosting onto the cookie {working one at a time}.  It doesn’t have to look perfect, so even if you don’t have experience in this area, I promise…you can do it.

Now turn the candy corn sugar cookie over into the sprinkles.  You will want the large end of the triangle to be on the yellow and the small on the white.  Press down slightly, so that the sprinkle adhere well.

Here is proof that you don’t need any experience.  My Tales has never piped frosting.

Or done any kind of cookie decorating.

But I would say that she didn’t do too bad of a job.  Wouldn’t you.  Candy corn anyone?

The end result is just so darn cute and fun to make!  Bag them up for a Halloween treat or add them to a dessert buffet.  Anyway you use these little cuties will be perfect!

Want to learn some other ways to use this Cream Cheese Sugar Cookie dough?  Try these…

• Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
• Stained Glass Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
• Honey Nut Rugelach {using Cream Cheese Sugar Cookie Dough}
• Snowflake Linzer Cookies {using Cream Cheese Sugar Cookie Dough}
• Glace’ Icing