This slow cooker creamed corn is ultra delicious and topped with crispy bacon and chives. The best easy side dish! This creamed corn recipe is slow cooked in a rich and creamy sauce, a classic that’s always on my holiday table.
I take this crock pot dish one step further by adding smoky bacon and a sprinkling of fresh chives for a side dish that will earn you rave reviews! When I want a corn dish I make fried corn, a corn souffle, a scalloped corn casserole or this delicious creamed corn.
When most people think of creamed corn, they think of the canned version. This slow cooker creamed corn is like ten million times better than anything you’d get in a can. It’s got corn cooked in a creamy sauce, which is great on its own. But when you add bacon and chives to the mix, it really makes this dish something special. This southern creamed corn is a must-have for the holidays, and it’s so very easy to make too!
When I have this dish for Thanksgiving dinner, I serve it with some of my favorite Thanksgiving recipes like Cajun turkey, carrot souffle and cranberry orange sauce.
Slow Cooker Creamed Corn Ingredients
To make this slow cooker creamed corn recipe you will need frozen corn kernels, sugar, salt, milk, butter, cream cheese, black pepper, bacon and chives.
How Do You Make Slow Cooker Creamed Corn?
To make this creamed corn start by placing corn, sugar and salt in a slow cooker and stir them together. Next add milk, cream cheese and butter. Cook for a few hours. Take the lid off add some pepper and stir until the corn is nice and saucy! Toss on some cooked, crumbled bacon and fresh chives for garnishes and you’ve got an amazing side dish that doesn’t take up any oven space!
Tips For The Best Corn
- When you first take the lid off the slow cooker, the cream cheese may look a bit curdled. This is normal, all you need to do is stir the corn until the sauce comes together.
- If you want to use canned corn simply drain the corn before placing it in the slow cooker.
- If you feel like your creamed corn looks too thick, simply stir in a splash of milk to thin it out.
- If your corn seems too thin, simply cook it uncovered on high for about 15 minutes or until thickened to your desired consistency.
Quick Tip
You can use frozen corn with this recipe. Don’t worry about thawing it. Just toss the corn in the slow cooker.
Recipe FAQs
Creamed corn is a corn cooked in a cream sauce that is creamy, savory and a little sweet. You can make your own delicious creamed corn in a slow cooker.
For this creamed corn you can use fresh corn or frozen corn. If you choose to use fresh corn simply drain any excess water before placing it in a slow cooker.
Thicken creamed corn by cooking the creamed corn in an uncovered slow cooker for a few minutes. The milk and cream cheese in the recipe will thicken as the water evaporates.
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Flavor Variations
While this creamed corn is savory and delicious as-is, you can change up the ingredients to suit your preferences.
- Meat: Try stirring in diced cooked chicken, turkey or ham for the last 30 minutes of cook time.
- Herbs: For extra flavor, during the last 15 minutes of cook time you could stir in thinly sliced green onions, chopped parsley and chopped thyme leaves.
- Spicy: Add chopped pickled jalapenos to the corn half an hour before removing the corn from the crock pot.
- Cheesy: Try stirring in a cup of shredded cheddar cheese 30 minutes before the corn finishes cooking.
No one will guess that this slow cooker creamed corn is so easy to make; people will think you’ve spent hours in the kitchen! No one needs to know that this recipe only has 10 minutes of prep time, simply sit back, relax and let the compliments roll in!
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Slow Cooker Creamed Corn
Ingredients
- 2 lbs frozen corn
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 4 tablespoons butter cut into cubes
- 8 ounces cream cheese cut into cubes
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 6 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced chives
Instructions
- Place the corn, sugar and salt into a slow cooker; stir to combine.
- Pour the milk into the slow cooker, then arrange the pieces of butter and cream cheese on top of the corn.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 2-3 hours or LOW for 4-5 hours.
- Remove the lid and stir the corn mixture until it comes together into a creamy sauce. Just keep stirring until it’s smooth!
- Stir in the pepper.
- Top the creamed corn with bacon and chives and serve.
Notes
- You can use frozen corn with this recipe. Don’t worry about thawing it. Just toss the corn in the slow cooker.
- When you first take the lid off the slow cooker, the cream cheese may look a bit curdled. This is normal, all you need to do is stir the corn until the sauce comes together.
- If you want to use canned corn simply drain the corn before placing it in the slow cooker.
What would be the best size slow cooker to use for this recipe? Also, if I wanted to incorporate the bacon into the corn throughout, would it be best to cut up and put in raw, or to cook the bacon ahead of time and stir in at the end? Thank you.
A 4 quart is great, it’s better to cook the bacon first!
Will this fit in a 2 quart slow cooker?
I’d halve the recipe for a 2 quart slow cooker!
I’m wondering if the salt and sugar are necessary, or can be left out? It may help me to understand what they add. I don’t think I’ve ever added either to corn and I’m concerned about it being too salty. So many recipes call for too much salt. Making it for Thanksgiving!
The salt and sugar accentuate the flavor of the corn. If you’re sensitive to salt you could try to reduce the amount, and omitting the sugar would probably be fine too!
Looks delicious – can this be made on the stove? How would we modify the recipe for that?
Here’s the stove version: https://www.dinneratthezoo.com/creamed-corn-recipe/
Thanks! How would I reheat the slow cooker version if I make it the night before? Would microwave be ok?
We have sweet corn most years in the field behind our house. I cut corn off the cob and freeze it for the year. Can I use this frozen corn in the recipe?
Yes that works!
Easy and delicious!
Made this for Christmas. Sad to say the bacon I made I. The morning for it was eaten by guests!!! But even without it it was so good!! Thanks for the recipe!!! Was easy and freed up oven and stop stop space! Highly recommend!!
Amanda Mclane
This has become a must for me to cook at all Big dinners we have. It never gets old and I crave it sometimes as well. I’m always asked by more than one person for the recipe.
Can I can jars of this? Thanks!
I wouldn’t recommend it because of the bacon and cream cheese!
This will be our new holiday staple. We didn’t have chives so just added scallions, worked out perfectly. And can’t go wrong with bacon. It was my boyfriends favorite dish at the table
Yay so glad to hear you enjoyed it!! Thanks for reporting back!
Should I add time on for doubling the recipe?
You shouldn’t need to add more time! But if it looks under done (ie the cream cheese is not melted and stir-able), then add on another 30-60 minutes.
Does the cook time change if I cut the recipe in half?
Cook for 1-2 hours on high or 3-4 hours on low. Enjoy!
How well does cream corn freeze haven’t tried the recipe yet so I can’t give it a rating
I wouldn’t recommend freezing this recipe because dairy typically does not thaw well. You could make it a day or two in advance and reheat it in a skillet if needed. Hope that helps!
A new crockpot idea. Thanks look delish great presentation.