Chocolate Cake Cookies with Candy Corn M&Ms Treat Bags

You know I had at least one more candy corn inspired craft in me, right? This one is a sweet one, super sweet and delicious!

One of our readers actually alerted me to the fact to look for the limited edition Candy Corn M&M’s flavor. I snatched them up at after I found them at my local Target. They are candy corn filled M&M’s with a white chocolate candy shell. They are good alone, but they just called out to me to put into a recipe. And I wanted to share a really cute way to package them up. These are two cute and too good not to share!

First, I saw this amazing recipe from Parent Pretty for cake mix cookies, and I knew I had to try it.

These cookies were super simple to make. I started with a chocolate cake mix, added 3 tbsp of chocolate syrup, 1 egg, and 1/2 cup softened butter to it. The batter will be really thick.

Don’t follow the cake batter ingredient directions. I had to wrap my brain around that the cake batter mix wouldn’t be thin and runny like cake batter should be.

After all the cake/cookie batter was mixed together, I added about 2/3 of a bag of candy corn M&M’s. I just eyeballed it and made sure there were enough candy corn pieces in each cookie.

I made golf-ball sized dough balls and dropped them onto a parchment lined cookie sheet to bake for about 10-12 minutes in a 350 degree oven.

Then, while the chocolate cake cookies were baking, it was time for the quick craft. I knew I wanted to make candy corn gift tags for treat bags.

These cookies called out to be seen through a clear bag.

Here is what I used:

small white paper plates
sponge brush
orange and yellow paint (I used DecoArt Multi-surface Satin Paint in Pumpkin Patch orange and Lemon Zest)
scissors
Sharpie marker
Hole-punch
Orange and white striped baker’s twine
Small clear treat bags

First, paint the paper plates as shown above, leaving a white center, orange middle ring, and a yellow outer ring and let dry.

Each plate will make 6 gift tags.

Then, cut each plate into 6 pie shapes to create the perfect candy corn design. Punch a hole at the top of the candy corn triangle, and add a cute face on the front.

That’s it!

After the cookies have cooled, it is time to package your treats together.