Eyeball Cookies Recipe

Eyeball Cookies Recipe
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92% would make again

All eyes will definitely be on these adorable cookies when they're set on any buffet table. “I created them for my son’s kindergarten class for Halloween,” Sherry Lee notes from Columbus, Ohio.

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  • 20-25 Servings
  • Prep: 25 min. + chilling

Ingredients

  • 5 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped, divided
  • 20 to 25 vanilla wafers
  • Blue paste food coloring
  • 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
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  • Red liquid food coloring

Directions

  • In a microwave, melt 4 ounces of white chocolate; stir until smooth. Dip vanilla wafers in melted chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Chill until set.
  • Melt remaining white chocolate; stir until smooth. Tint blue. Spread a small amount onto the center of each cookie; place a chocolate chip in the center.
  • For bloodshot eyes, use a toothpick dipped in red food coloring to draw lines from blue circles to outer edges of wafers. Chill until set. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 20-25 servings.

Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 each) equals 36 calories, 2 g fat (1 g saturated fat), trace cholesterol, 12 mg sodium, 5 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Eyeball Cookies published in Simple & Delicious September/October 2006, p45

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Eyeball Cookies Recipe

Eyeball Cookies

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Reviewed on Nov. 01, 2009 by yummyideas

Thumbs up from both my kids and first prize in the Spooky Dessert contest!

Reviewed on Oct. 09, 2009 by Patti924

I've made these for a few years now at Halloween and they disappear quickly and everyone loves them! Very easy for great effect!

Patti Stagner

Ardmore, TN

Reviewed on Oct. 08, 2009 by mommyof2boys

Great idea..and easy to make. I have also used nutter butter cookies and dipped them into white chocolate and put mini chocolate chips for eyes and it looks like a ghost. So much fun to make

Reviewed on Nov. 04, 2008 by llaaling

These cookies were great. Everybody raved over them. My only problem was that the food coloring took hours to dry, or you would end up with red fingers.

Reviewed on Nov. 04, 2008 by ldg4251

I made these on Halloween for my nephew. He absolutely loved them!! They were so easy to make and looked great!

Reviewed on Nov. 04, 2008 by gramma00

I made these cookies and sent them to my grandchildren, 8 & 3, who live in another state. They arrived in 20/20 shape. My 3 year old grandson was afraid to eat them at first but his sister got him to come around. They loved them. This will become a Halloween tridition for us. Thanks.

Reviewed on Nov. 03, 2008 by EmilyS67

Made these for a school bake sale. They were a big hit with the children and went fast!

Reviewed on Nov. 03, 2008 by rbaines

These were so much fun to make. I used a toothpick dipped into red food coloring to create the blood shot eyes. I won 1st place and received a gift certificate.

rbaines

Reviewed on Nov. 02, 2008 by cfaunce

Lots of fun! I made the cookies and took them to work for our Halloween party. They were a hit for the whole department! Altho they take a little time, it was fun for me! It was fun to see my fellow employees laughing at them and gobbling them up at the same time! I look forward to all of these fabulous ideas!

Reviewed on Nov. 01, 2008 by Meredith1975

I made these for my kids' class parties. I found it hard to get the red food coloring to "stick" to the eyeballs, so I mixed some red food coloring with melted white chocolate and made squiggly lines with a tooth pick instead.

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