Honey Butter Corn Skillet with cream cheese, is the easiest Corn side dish recipe ever! Canned Corn tossed with butter, honey, cream cheese and Italian seasoning makes for a hearty and delicious side dish recipe, especially for Thanksgiving.
Sweet, Creamy, Buttery and Delicious Corn cooked in a skillet is just delightful!!!
I love to serve this Honey Butter Skillet Corn hot while the butter and cream cheese are still melting into the corn! Gosh! so good!
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- HONEY BUTTER SKILLET CORN
- 4-Ingredient Corn
- The Best Creamy Corn recipe
- Ingredients needed for Skillet Corn
- How to make Honey Butter Skillet Corn
- Substitutions
- Slow Cooker Honey Butter Corn
- How to store leftover Honey Butter Skillet Corn
- More Thanksgiving Sides Recipes
- Can I use frozen Corn?
- Can I use fresh corn?
- Variations
- Top Tips to make the Best Honey Butter Skillet Corn recipe
- You'll also love these easy side dishes recipes
- Honey Butter Skillet Corn
HONEY BUTTER SKILLET CORN
Corn is one such ingredient which I love to use every often. Not only is Corn healthy but it makes for so many easy and hearty recipes as well.
Be it my Sweet Corn Casserole or Spicy Hot Creamed Corn with Crispy Chicken or Southern Fried Corn or Southern Creamed Corn or Easy Cheesy Corn Fritters OR
even these corn salads like Broccoli Corn Salad or Ranch Cheddar Corn or Grilled Corn Mango Salsa or Corn Empanadas or Black Bean and Corn Tacos
This simple Honey Butter Skillet Corn is a family favorite recipe. My husband especially loves Corn cooked this way.
Although for my kids I generally make Honey Butter Skillet Corn without cream cheese as they do not like cream cheese. That too is such a wonderful version of this Honey Butter Skillet Corn recipe. You can find the recipe for it below.
4-Ingredient Corn
YES! You need only 4-ingredients to make this easy and family faviruite Honey Butter Skillet Corn. Its super easy to make and tastes beyond delicious...
The Best Creamy Corn recipe
Why I love this recipe is:
- easy to make
- pantry staple ingredients
- just 4-ingredoents recipe
- can be made in skillet or slow cooker
- can be made ahead of time
- gets ready in just 15 min
- great side dish for Thanksgiving & Christmas
- can be made with frozen corn or canned corn
Ingredients needed for Skillet Corn
- Butter - I use salted butter for this recipe. However to control the amount of salt you can use unsalted butter. (You can replace butter with bacon fat drippings or shortening for more flavors)
- Canned Corn - You can use frozen corn or fresh corn ears, as well
- Cream Cheese - I love skillet corn with cream cheese as it makes it taste so creamy and hearty
- Honey - adds a bit of sweetness to this skillet corn
- Italian Seasoning - I love to add this because it tastes really good in this dish
- Salt and Pepper - to season the honey butter skillet corn
See recipe card for quantities.
How to make Honey Butter Skillet Corn
This super simple and delicious Honey Butter Skillet Corn recipe takes just 15 min to make from scratch.
Use a cast iron skillet. Heat it over medium high heat. Melt butter and honey in it.
Once the butter melts, add the corn and cook for 7-8 min over medium high heat. (Stir occasionally, until it gets cooked through)
Add chopped cream cheese, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Toss to combine. Cook for 4-5 min
Serve immediately.
Hint: serve this skillet corn immediately while the butter is still melting for best flavors.
Substitutions
- Bacon fat or duck fat - instead of butter, use bacon fat or duck fat to cook the corn in the skillet. It gives it a tonne of flavors making it so delicious!
- Vegan - use vegan butter and make a roux using almond milk and vegan butter and use any vegan sweetener to make a vegan Honey Butter Skillet Corn.
Slow Cooker Honey Butter Corn
YES! Its so easy to make this Honey Butter Skillet Corn in the slow cooker. NO COOKING REQUIRED. All you need to do is dump everything in the slow cooker, toss to combine. Cover and slow cook on low heat for 1-2 hours.
Stir until combined and set in keep warm setting until you serve it.
How to store leftover Honey Butter Skillet Corn
MAKE AHEAD THANKSGIVING SIDE: The best news is that this Honey Butter skillet corn can easily be made ahead of time and refrigerated for about a week in an airtight container. Reheat in the microwave until heated through before serving.
REFRIGERATE: You can store leftovers in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks. Reheat in the microwave or in the skillet before serving.
More Thanksgiving Sides Recipes
- Southern Louisiana Collard Greens
- Garlic Mashed Potatoes
- Southern Buttermilk Ranch Mashed Potatoes
- Cranberry Pecan Stuffing in Crock Pot
- Grandma's Sausage Herb Stuffing
- Mom's Turkey Stuffing Recipe
- Grandma's Turkey Gravy Recipe
- Best Cranberry Sauce Recipe with Orange Juice
Can I use frozen Corn?
Yes of course! This recipe for Honey Butter Skillet Corn works perfectly with frozen corn. You can use white or golden corn for this recipe
Can I use fresh corn?
Yes of course! Fresh Corn ears can easily be used for this recipe for Honey Butter Skillet Corn recipe.
Variations
- Spicy - to make hot Honey butter Skillet Corn, you can add some hot sauce while cooking the corn, along with cream cheese cubes
- roux - if you're making Honey Butter Skillet corn without cream cheese, but you still want it creamy, then first make a roux with butter, flour and milk. And once it turns creamy, add the corn along with salt, pepper & Italian seasoning.
Top Tips to make the Best Honey Butter Skillet Corn recipe
- Always serve this hot for the best flavors
- Make sure you cut the cream cheese into cubes and then add to the corn so that it melts perfectly and quickly
- Always use a cast iron skillet for this recipe of Honey Butter Corn Skillet. You'll love how the honey and corn almost caramelizes in the skillet
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- Southern Cornbread Dressing Recipe
- Southern Buttermilk Cornbread
- Sweet Corn Casserole
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- Easy Cheesy Corn Fritters
- Southern Fried Corn
- Southern Creamed Corn
- Brown Sugar Glazed Baby Carrots
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- Garlic Mashed Potatoes
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Honey Butter Skillet Corn
INGREDIENTS
- 1 15oz Canned Corn or 1 bag of 16oz frozen corn
- 4 tablespoon Butter salted
- 2 oz Cream Cheese
- 2 tablespoon Honey
- ¼ teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- freshly chopped Parsley for garnish
INSTRUCTIONS
- Heat a skillet over medium high heat. Add the cubed butter and honey and allow them to melt.
- Once melted, now add the canned (or frozen) corn, and cook for 7-8 min, stirring occasionally until it gets cooked through
- Next add the cubed cream cheese along with salt, pepper and Italian seasoning. Stir and allow it to cook for 4-5 min until the cream cheese melts and gets creamy.
- Garnish with freshly chopped parsley and serve immediately.
Notes
VARIATIONS:
- Spicy - to make hot Honey butter Skillet Corn, you can add some hot sauce while cooking the corn, along with cream cheese cubes
- roux - if you're making Honey Butter Skillet corn without cream cheese, but you still want it creamy, then first make a roux with butter, flour and milk. And once it turns creamy, add the corn along with salt, pepper & Italian seasoning.
Jhon says
Such a delicious side dish recipe with corn! This is definitely happening for Thanksgiving ❤️❤️
Meridith says
Beyond delicious! Super comforting dish