Little pastries — confections full of corn? (7)

I believe the answer is:

weepies

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'confections full of corn?' is the definition.
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'little pastries' is the wordplay.
'little' becomes 'wee' ('wee' can be similar in meaning to 'little').
'pastries' becomes 'pies' (pie is a kind of pastry).
'wee'+'pies'='WEEPIES'

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