Homemade Candy Corn

In a large saucepan, combine sugar, butter and corn syrup. Bring to a gentle boil, constantly stirring, turn down heat and continue boiling for about 4 minutes (depending on how hard the liquid is boiling). Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.

In a separate container, combine powdered sugar, salt and powdered milk. Add this to the liquid mixture in the pan, and with a heavy wooden spoon or other sturdy spoon, stir together until well combined.

Allow the mixture to cool until you can handle it. Place candy on wax paper and knead until all incorporated.
Divide into 3 equal parts and color one of the sections with orange and one with yellow coloring and leave the other as is. I used my hands to mix the coloring in, you can put gloves on if you want, but I didn’t have any trouble washing off the coloring. Roll each piece of ‘dough’ into long ropes, trying to keep the thickness close to the same size. Place ropes together, with orange in the middle. Gently press ropes together, and flatten with your hands. With a sharp knife cut the ropes into bite-sized triangles – note that not every piece will have a white point (those are good for snacking).

This recipe made a TON of candy corn.