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.