Monster Eye Dessert Recipes for Halloween

Ingredients:
- Premade Vanilla Pudding
- Round LifeSavers Gummies
- Black Jelly Beans, Chocolate Chips, Raisins or Dried Blueberries
- Truffle Mold, Mini-Muffin Tin

Directions:
- Place a LifeSavers Gummies candy in the center of each truffle mold or muffin tin cavity.
- Fit a jelly bean, chocolate chip, raisin or blueberry in the center of each gummy circle.
- Gently spoon the vanilla pudding into each mold, careful to keep the candy in the center.
- Freeze the slimy monster eyeballs until firmly set.
- Remove the monster eyeballs from the freezer and allow them to thaw slightly, less than 5 minutes.
- Turn the scary treat out onto a Halloween serving plate and arrange.
TIP: If you are not going to enjoy the slimy monster eyeballs right away, keep them frozen until just before serving.

Crunchy Halloween Monster Eye Dessert

Ingredients:
- Container of White Frosting
- Box of Vanilla Wafers
- Hard LifeSavers Candies
- Small Tube of Red Gel Icing
- Black Jelly Beans, Chocolate Chips, Raisins or Dried Blueberries

Directions:
- Spread a small coating of white frosting on each vanilla wafer.
- Place a single LifeSaver in the center of each frosted vanilla wafer.
- Fit a jelly bean, chocolate chip or raisin in the center of each LifeSaver.
- Use the red gel icing to draw bloodshot lines on each crunchy monster eyeball.
- Arrange the crunchy monster eyes in a single layer on a Halloween serving platter.

Squishy, Hollow Halloween Monster Eye Dessert

Ingredients:
- Mini Powdered Sugar Doughnuts or Mini Vanilla Cupcakes
- Round LifeSavers Gummies or Hard LifeSavers Candies
- Small Tube of Red Gel Icing

Directions:
- Center a LifeSaver over the doughnut hole or place in the middle of the cupcake.
- With the red gel icing, draw bloodshot lines on each squishy monster eyeballs.
- Leave the centers hollow and very scary.
- Arrange the squishy monster eyes in a single layer on a Halloween serving platter.

Healthy (gasp!) Halloween Monster Eye Dessert

Ingredients:
- Dried Apple Rings (giant monster eyeballs) or Dried Figs (midget monster eyeballs)
- Dried Apricots or Mango Slices
- Raisins, Dried Plums or Dried Blueberries

Directions:
- Place the apple rings or slice dried figs in circles and place on a Halloween serving tray.
- Cut the apricots down the center or cut small circles from the mango slices.
- For the giant monster eyeballs, press the apricots into the center of the apple rings, (either fitting the apricot inside the center hole of the apple ring or covering the hole completely).
- For the midget monster eyeballs, place the mango slices in the center of the dried fig circles; pushing the mango circle into the gooey inside of the dried fig.
- Cut the raisins, plums or dried blueberries in half and stick them in the center of the apricots or mango slices, sticky side down.

Note: These edible eyeball recipe suggestions are variations and experimentations using common ingredients. Use your imagination and creativity - have your kids join in the fiendish fun. Mix and match the ingredients or methods listed above to suit your family's personal taste and whimsy. Close similarities to other recipes are coincidental.

Sources:
Personal Experience
Disney Family Fun