Ever heard of glass gem corn?
It's a little like maize corn that you see in the fall but the kernels are more translucent and resemble strands of glass when on the cob. And it comes in some really cool rainbow colors.
In case you're not familiar with glass gem corn, here's a short video explaining some more about it
I went down a IG rabbit hole looking at all these colorful heirloom corn photos the other day so of course I had to try making some.
I started with a base of sugar cookies cut out into cobs (I freehand cut these out)
For rainbow kernels, I used jelly beans. I tried at first to use the whole jelly bean as kernels but they seemed too big so I cut them in half.
Use some melted white chocolate to attach the "kernels"
Fill in as closely as you can get them
Husks are made from wafer paper cut out roughly in husk shapes (see in pic below) then painted with a little brown food color mixed with water. While still wet attach the paper to back of cookie and let dry.
When dried the husks crinkle a bit to give overall shape/texture. I also sprayed the jelly beans with some edible food spray in pearl color to give them a more glass-like appearance versus regular maize corn.
I really like how they came out but next time I may try to make them more 3D versus flat for more effect. If you'd like to see more of the real thing, you can go down a glass gem corn rabbit hole on Instagram here!
