This delicious sweet honey butter skillet corn is always a popular side dish! The best creamy corn recipe made with cream cheese, butter, and honey.

honey butter skillet corn on a wooden spoon

Skillet corn is a favorite recipe of ours, and everyone loves creamed corn, but today I’m sharing yet another yummy way to serve corn as a side dish.

This honey butter skillet corn is creamy, sweet, and tastes incredible.

It comes together in just 15 minutes and uses simple ingredients that you probably already have on hand.

We just can’t get enough of this creamy honey butter cream cheese sauce paired with the crunch of sweet corn.

This is a great side dish idea for the Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, or any kind of dinner just like this slow cooker creamed corn. This is another great way to cook frozen corn!

How to make honey butter skillet corn

Step 1: Melt the salted butter and honey in a skillet.

Step 2: Add the frozen sweet corn and cook for 6 – 8 minutes, until hot

Step 3: Add in the cream cheese and cook another 5 minutes or so, until melted and creamy

Step 4: Salt and pepper to taste, serve and enjoy!

What kind of corn to buy

For this recipe, I used frozen sweet corn, but any variety of frozen corn would work here.

Can I use fresh corn?

I haven’t tried it myself, but I think it would be a great way to use up some fresh ears of corn!

We couldn’t get enough of the corn.

It’s a great easy vegetable side dish that you can make anytime!

How to store leftover honey butter corn

This will keep well in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

To reheat honey butter skillet corn, you can either microwave it or pop it in a skillet to warm it up.

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Yield: 10 servings

Honey Butter Skillet Corn

Name: Honey Butter Skillet Corn
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 24 oz frozen sweet corn; 4 tablespoons salted butter; 2 ½ tablespoons honey; 4 tablespoons cream cheese; 1 teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon pepper

This creamy sweet honey butter skillet corn is the best easy side dish!

Prep Time 2 minutes

Cook Time 13 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

24 oz frozen sweet corn
4 tablespoons salted butter
2 ½ tablespoons honey
4 tablespoons cream cheese
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper

Instructions

Melt butter and honey in a large skillet
Add the frozen sweet corn and stir over medium heat for 6 - 8 minutes
Add the cream cheese and cook an additional 4 - 5 minutes, stirring often, until melted and creamy
Salt and pepper to taste and stir right before serving

Notes

The corn will get creamier and thicker the longer it sits, so if it is a little liquid-y, let it sit a few minutes and stir right before serving.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 141Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 266mgCarbohydrates: 19gFiber: 2gSugar: 8gProtein: 3g

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