Honey Butter Skillet Corn
Updated Apr 30, 2026
This delicious Honey Butter Skillet Corn is always a popular side dish! The best corn side dish recipe made with cream cheese, butter, and honey.
Honey Butter Skillet Corn
This easy honey butter skillet corn is creamy, sweet, and tastes incredible!
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 recipe 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 just Sunday dinner!
Ingredients Needed
- Frozen Sweet Corn: any variety will work for this recipe.
- Salted Butter: if you use unsalted butter instead you will want to add a little more salt to taste at the end.
- Honey
- Cream Cheese
- Salt & Pepper
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 that for another 5 minutes or so, until everything is all 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!
Storing
This recipe can be stored in airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
To reheat honey butter skillet corn, you can either microwave it or place it in a skillet over medium heat until heated through.
We couldn’t get enough of the corn. It’s a great easy side dish that you can make anytime!
Honey Butter Skillet Corn
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 the butter and honey in a large skillet.
- Add the frozen sweet corn and stir the mixture over medium heat for 6-8 minutes, until hot.
- Add the cream cheese and cook for an additional 4-5 minutes, stirring often, until melted and creamy.
- Salt and pepper to taste, serve and enjoy!
I have made this recipe twice now. Used fresh super sweet corn I cut off the cob and milk I scraped out the second time. Used less butter and less honey because well corn is already super sweet. I also only used 2 tablespoons of cream cheese. Wow I recommend going fresh.
Can this be frozen for later use.
@Roberta, I wouldn’t think so because of the dairy in the recipe.
can you use canned corn
I HAVE SEEN RECIPES USING CANNED CORN. I HAVE NOT MADE IT ANY WAY YET. PLANNING FOR THANKSGIVING