What Are the Key Takeaways From This Recipe?

These fritters pair two forms of corn with honey, buttermilk, and bacon, then fry at about 375°F for a crisp, sweet-and-savory finish.

• Double corn refers to using both coarse yellow cornmeal and whole corn kernels.
• Honey sweetens the fritter batter and also forms the base of the warm bacon drizzle.
• Buttermilk supplies the primary liquid used to bring the fritter batter together.
• The original recipe specifies frying the fritters at approximately 375°F.
• A deep-fry thermometer provides a direct way to monitor frying-oil temperature.
• The honey for the finishing drizzle is warmed gently over very low heat rather than boiled.

What Are Double Corn and Honey Fritters?

Double corn fritters use cornmeal and whole kernels, while honey appears in both the batter and warm bacon drizzle for layered sweetness.

• The term double corn refers to using both cornmeal and whole corn kernels.
• Cornmeal forms part of the fritter's dry base.
• Whole corn kernels add texture and noticeable pieces of corn throughout each fritter.
• Honey is used twice: once in the batter and again in the finishing drizzle.
• Bacon provides a salty, savory contrast to the warmed honey.

A corn fritter is a portion of corn-based batter that is cooked until the exterior becomes browned and crisp. In this recipe, the batter contains coarse yellow cornmeal as well as fresh or canned corn niblets. Using both ingredients creates more textural contrast than a batter containing only ground cornmeal.

Buttermilk supplies moisture, flour helps provide structure, and baking powder provides leavening. Two tablespoons of honey add gentle sweetness directly to the fritter batter. The second honey component is much more noticeable: a full cup of honey is warmed gently and combined with pieces of crisp bacon for serving.

The finished fritters combine sweet honey, salty bacon, corn, buttermilk, and crisp fried edges, giving them a distinct sweet-and-savory flavor. That balance makes these double corn and honey fritters flexible enough for brunch, an appetizer platter, a side dish, or a warm snack.

What Should You Know Before Making These Corn Fritters?

Prepare the bacon, batter, frying oil, and honey drizzle separately so each component is ready when the fritters finish cooking.

• Drain canned corn thoroughly before adding it to the batter.
• Cook and drain the bacon before preparing the honey drizzle.
• Use a deep pot with adequate room above the frying oil.
• Prepare a slotted spoon and paper-towel-lined tray before frying.
• Monitor oil temperature while cooking the fritters in batches.

Organization makes this recipe easier because several components come together quickly once the frying oil reaches temperature. Cook the bacon first and set it aside. Mix the batter, arrange a draining tray, and have a deep-fry thermometer and slotted spoon within reach before any batter goes into the oil.

If canned corn is used, allow it to drain thoroughly. Excess water can change the consistency of the batter and may increase splattering when moist batter comes into contact with hot oil.

What Ingredients Do You Need for Double Corn and Honey Fritters?

The recipe combines cornmeal, flour, corn, buttermilk, honey, bacon, leavening, seasonings, and frying oil to make crisp, sweet-and-savory fritters.

Most ingredients have a clearly defined job in the finished fritter. Cornmeal supplies the characteristic ground-corn base, while whole corn kernels add texture and small bursts of corn flavor. Flour helps provide structure, and baking powder provides leavening.

Buttermilk moistens the dry ingredients, while two tablespoons of honey lightly sweeten the batter itself. Salt and black pepper keep the fritter from becoming one-dimensionally sweet. Vegetable oil provides the high-temperature cooking medium needed to create a browned exterior.

The remaining cup of honey is reserved for the finishing sauce. Crisp bacon is stirred into this warm honey immediately before serving. If canned corn is used instead of fresh corn, drain it thoroughly before adding it to the dry mixture.

Ingredients

• 3 slices thick sliced bacon, cut into 1/2" pieces
• 3/4 c. coarse yellow cornmeal
• 3/4 c. all purpose flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/8 tsp. ground black pepper
• 1-1/2 c. corn niblets, fresh or canned, drained
• 3/4 c. buttermilk
• 2 Tbs. honey
• vegetable oil for frying
• 1 c. honey

How Do You Make Double Corn and Honey Fritters?

Cook the bacon, mix the wet and dry ingredients, fry heaping spoonfuls near 375°F, then serve the fritters with warm honey-bacon drizzle.

• Cook the bacon first so it is ready for the finishing drizzle.
• Combine the dry ingredients before adding the buttermilk mixture.
• Fold the wet and dry ingredients together until thoroughly blended.
• Portion the batter by heaping tablespoonfuls.
• Turn the fritters as they brown so both sides cook evenly.

Instructions

Fry the bacon in a medium skillet over medium high heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, about 10 minutes. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Set aside. In a large bowl, stir cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt and black pepper until well blended. Stir in the corn. In a small bowl, whisk the buttermilk and 2 Tbs. honey until blended. Add to the dry ingredients and fold until thoroughly blended.

Heat about 1-1/2" of oil in a deep pot until hot enough to sizzle, or approximately 375°F on a deep-frying thermometer. Add the batter by heaping tablespoonfuls to the hot oil. Fry for about 5 minutes, turning them as they brown. With a slotted spoon, lift the fritters from the oil to a tray lined with a double thickness of paper towels.

Heat the additional 1 c. honey in a saucepan set over very low heat, just until warm, stirring constantly. Add the crisp bacon pieces to the warm honey and serve with the fritters.

Step-by-Step Cooking Checklist

1. Cut the thick-sliced bacon into approximately 1/2-inch pieces.
2. Cook the bacon in a medium skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, about 10 minutes.
3. Transfer the bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate and set it aside.
4. Stir together the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt, and black pepper in a large bowl.
5. Add the corn kernels and distribute them through the dry mixture.
6. Whisk the buttermilk and 2 tablespoons of honey together in a separate bowl.
7. Add the buttermilk mixture to the dry ingredients and fold until thoroughly blended.
8. Heat approximately 1 1/2 inches of vegetable oil in a deep pot to about 375°F.
9. Carefully lower heaping tablespoonfuls of batter into the hot oil without overcrowding the pot.
10. Fry for about 5 minutes, turning the fritters as they brown.
11. Remove the fritters with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper-towel-lined tray.
12. Warm the remaining honey over very low heat, stir in the cooked bacon, and serve with the freshly fried fritters.

What Temperature Should You Use to Fry Corn Fritters?

Fry these fritters at about 375°F, checking the oil with a deep-fry thermometer and allowing the temperature to recover between batches.

• The original recipe specifies approximately 375°F frying oil.
• USDA states that deep-frying oil is usually maintained between 350°F and 375°F.
• Adding batter can temporarily reduce the temperature of the oil.
• Cooking manageable batches makes temperature control easier.
• A deep-fry thermometer measures oil temperature directly.

Oil temperature is important because deep frying relies on rapid heat transfer from the oil to the food. The original recipe calls for approximately 375°F. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service, oil used for deep frying is usually maintained between 350°F and 375°F.

Use a thermometer as the primary guide rather than judging temperature only by whether the oil appears to sizzle. Adding cool batter can lower the oil temperature, so working in manageable batches gives the oil time to return toward the recipe's 375°F target.

Also leave adequate empty space above the frying oil. Batter and moisture can cause bubbling, and an overfilled vessel increases the risk of hot oil overflowing.

How Do You Make the Honey Bacon Drizzle?

Warm one cup of honey over very low heat, then stir in crisp bacon immediately before serving to create the sweet-and-savory finishing drizzle.

• The finishing drizzle uses 1 cup of honey.
• The bacon should already be cooked until crisp.
• Use very low heat to warm the honey.
• The honey only needs to become warm and easier to spoon or drizzle.
• Add the crisp bacon pieces shortly before serving.

The honey-bacon drizzle is intentionally simple. Place the additional cup of honey in a saucepan and warm it over very low heat while stirring. The goal is not to boil or aggressively cook the honey. Gentle warming makes the honey more fluid and easier to spoon over freshly fried fritters.

Once the honey is warm, stir in the crisp bacon pieces prepared at the beginning of the recipe. Combining the bacon and honey close to serving time keeps the finishing step simple and preserves the contrast between the sticky honey and crisp bacon.

The mixture can be spooned over each fritter or offered in a small serving dish as a dipping sauce.

How Should You Serve Corn and Honey Fritters?

Serve the fritters warm after draining, with honey-bacon drizzle spooned over the top or offered on the side for dipping.

• Serve the fritters soon after frying for their crispest texture.
• Allow excess frying oil to drain before adding the honey topping.
• The honey-bacon mixture can be spooned over individual fritters.
• Serving the drizzle separately lets each diner control the amount used.
• The fritters can fit an appetizer, brunch, side-dish, or snack menu.

Fried foods generally have their crispest texture soon after leaving the oil. Allow the fritters to rest briefly on paper towels so excess surface oil can drain away, then move them to a serving plate while they are still warm.

The warm honey and bacon can be spooned over the fritters immediately before serving. For a group, offering the drizzle separately may be more practical because each person can choose how much honey-bacon mixture to add.

The batter already contains two tablespoons of honey, so the fritters have a mild sweetness even before the finishing drizzle is added. The bacon topping makes the sweet-and-savory contrast much more pronounced.

How Should You Store Leftover Corn Fritters?

Refrigerate leftover fritters within two hours, or within one hour above 90°F, and keep the refrigerator at 40°F or colder.

• Cooked fritters containing buttermilk and bacon are perishable foods.
• FDA guidance recommends refrigerating prepared perishable food and leftovers within two hours.
• When temperatures are above 90°F, the FDA reduces the unrefrigerated period to one hour.
• FDA guidance recommends maintaining a refrigerator at 40°F or below.
• Refrigeration can soften the crisp exterior of fried fritters.

Do not leave the cooked fritters or bacon-containing honey mixture sitting at room temperature indefinitely after the meal. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends refrigerating or freezing perishables, prepared foods, and leftovers within two hours. When the surrounding temperature is above 90°F, that period is reduced to one hour.

Store cooled fritters in a covered, food-safe container in a refrigerator maintained at 40°F or below. Fried foods naturally lose some crispness during refrigeration, so reheated leftovers may not have exactly the same exterior texture as freshly fried fritters.

The honey-bacon mixture can be stored separately from the fritters. Keeping the topping separate prevents the honey from soaking into the fritters during refrigeration and allows the drizzle to be warmed gently before serving again.

What Common Questions Come Up When Making Corn Fritters?

Common questions involve corn choice, batter handling, frying temperature, cooking time, honey warming, serving, storage, and recipe yield.

This recipe is straightforward, but small details can affect how an individual batch cooks. Fresh and canned corn are both listed as options. Canned corn should be drained before use. The batter is portioned by heaping tablespoonfuls, so fritter size will naturally vary somewhat from one cook to another.

The original recipe instructs cooks to fry the fritters for about five minutes while turning them as they brown. Treat five minutes as the recipe's approximate cooking time rather than an absolute guarantee for every fritter. Actual cooking time can vary with portion size, batter temperature, oil volume, cookware, batch size, and how closely the oil remains near 375°F.

Because the original recipe does not provide a verified yield, this page does not invent a serving count. It also does not provide estimated calorie, carbohydrate, fat, protein, sodium, or other nutrition values without a recipe-specific nutritional analysis.

FAQs

What makes these double corn fritters?

They contain two forms of corn: coarse yellow cornmeal and whole corn kernels.

Can you use canned corn in corn fritters?

Yes. The original recipe allows fresh or canned corn, but canned corn should be drained before it is added to the batter.

Why is honey added to the fritter batter?

Two tablespoons of honey lightly sweeten the fritter batter and complement the corn, buttermilk, and savory bacon topping.

What temperature should the oil be for these fritters?

The original recipe calls for approximately 375°F frying oil. A deep-fry thermometer provides a direct way to monitor the temperature.

How long should corn fritters fry?

The original recipe calls for approximately five minutes of frying while turning the fritters as they brown. Actual cooking time can vary with fritter size and oil temperature.

Can you make these fritters with fresh corn?

Yes. Fresh corn niblets can be used instead of drained canned corn.

Should you boil the honey for the bacon drizzle?

No. The original instructions call for warming the honey over very low heat just until warm while stirring constantly.

Can the honey-bacon drizzle be served on the side?

Yes. Serving the honey-bacon mixture on the side lets each person control how much topping is added to the fritters.

How should leftover corn fritters be stored?

Refrigerate perishable leftovers promptly in a covered container and keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below.

How many fritters does this recipe make?

The original recipe does not provide a verified yield, so a specific batch quantity should not be estimated until the recipe has been measured.

What Sources Support the Food-Safety Guidance in This Recipe?

The original Lappe's recipe supplies the ingredients and method, while USDA and FDA guidance supports frying-temperature and food-storage recommendations.

The ingredient quantities and preparation steps on this page are based on the original Lappe's Bee Supply recipe. Government food-safety sources are used only where established guidance helps explain frying temperatures, refrigeration, and the safe handling of prepared foods.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service states that oil used for deep frying is usually maintained between 350°F and 375°F. That guidance supports the original recipe's 375°F frying instruction rather than replacing it.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends refrigerating perishable prepared foods and leftovers within two hours and reducing that period to one hour when temperatures are above 90°F. FDA guidance also recommends maintaining the refrigerator at 40°F or below.

Sources

1. What Are Deep Fry Thermometers? — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service. USDA states that oil used for deep frying is usually maintained between 350°F and 375°F.
   USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service — Deep Fry Thermometers
2. Tips to Chill Food — U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA recommends refrigerating or freezing perishables, prepared foods, and leftovers within two hours.
   U.S. Food and Drug Administration — Tips to Chill Food
3. Food Safety for Moms-to-Be At-a-Glance — U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA explains the two-hour rule, the one-hour limit when temperatures exceed 90°F, and refrigerator-temperature guidance.
   U.S. Food and Drug Administration — Food Safety At-a-Glance
4. Ready-to-Eat Foods: Food Safety for Moms-to-Be — U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA advises refrigerating prepared food and leftovers promptly.
   U.S. Food and Drug Administration — Ready-to-Eat Foods
5. Cooking with Honey — Lappe's Bee Supply. Additional Lappe's recipes featuring honey in sweet and savory applications.
   Lappe's Bee Supply — Cooking with Honey

Editorial Standards

This recipe retains the original Lappe's Bee Supply ingredient list and preparation method. Additional explanatory cooking and food-safety information is separated from the original recipe and supported by recognized government sources where appropriate. Lappe's Bee Supply does not estimate a serving yield, nutrition value, calorie count, finished fritter size, or other recipe-specific measurement when verified data has not been supplied.