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Crochet candy corn pattern

ByMelissa Hassler

Add a little handmade sweetness to your fall decorating with this crochet candy corn pattern. These soft, colorful pieces are cute tucked into baskets, added to Halloween displays, or grouped together for an easy autumn decoration.

Quick answer

This beginner crochet candy corn is worked in joined rounds using worsted weight (#4) yarn and a G-6 (4 mm) crochet hook. Simple single crochet increases and decreases shape the piece, with white, orange, and yellow color changes creating the classic candy corn design. The finished candy corn measures approximately 2.5 inches tall and 1.5 inches in diameter and is stuffed with fiberfill.

Crochet candy corn pattern details

Here’s a quick overview of the materials, sizing, gauge, and pattern notes before you begin.

Skill level

Beginner — This pattern uses single crochet, simple increases and decreases, joined rounds, basic color changes, stuffing, and sewing the opening closed.

Materials needed

  • G-6 (4 mm) crochet hook
  • Worsted weight yarn (#4) in white, orange, and yellow
  • Yarn needle
  • Fiberfill
  • Scissors

Finished size

The finished crochet candy corn measures approximately 2.5 inches tall × 1.5 inches in diameter (6.5 × 4 cm).

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Gauge

Gauge is not important for this pattern.

Crochet abbreviations

  • sc = single crochet stitch
  • sc2tog = single crochet decrease
  • ch/chs = chain/chains
  • st/sts = stitch/stitches
  • sl st = slip stitch

Pattern notes

  • The candy corn is worked in joined rounds.
  • The ch 1 at the beginning of each round does not count as a stitch.
  • Join each round with a sl st to the first sc.
  • The pattern is written in US crochet terms.
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Crochet candy corn pattern instructions

Begin with white yarn.

Round 1: Ch 2, work 4 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook. Join with a sl st to the first sc. (4 stitches)
Round 2: Ch 1, make 2 sc in each st around, join (8 stitches)
Round 3: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join (8 stitches)
Round 4: Ch 1, *2 sc in next st, sc in next st; repeat from * around. Join. (12 stitches)

Switch to orange yarn.

Round 5: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join (12 stitches)
Round 6: Ch 1, *2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts; repeat from * around. Join. (16 stitches)
Round 7: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join (16 stitches)
Round 8: Ch 1, *2 sc in next st, sc in next 3 sts; repeat from * around. Join. (20 stitches)

Switch to yellow yarn.

Round 9: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join (20 stitches)
Round 10: Ch 1, *2 sc in next st, sc in next 4 sts; repeat from * around. Join. (24 stitches)
Round 11: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join (24 stitches)
Round 12: Ch 1, sc2tog around, join (12 stitches)
Stuff the candy corn firmly with fiberfill.
Round 13: Ch 1, sc2tog around, join (6 stitches)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Use a yarn needle to sew the remaining 6 stitches closed.

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Happy crocheting! 🧶
— Melissa

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