Halloween Yogurt Eyeball Floats Recipes

SPOOKY HALLOWEEN EYEBALLS

Steps:

• Beat the peanut butter and butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in the sugar and vanilla. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Roll chilled dough into small, eyeball-sized balls and place on 2 baking sheets lined with wax paper. Refrigerate for another 30 minutes.
• Melt the white chocolate and shortening in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring after each melting, for 1 to 3 minutes (depending on your microwave). Do not overheat or chocolate will scorch. Dip each eyeball into the white chocolate and transfer to the waxed paper until the chocolate has set. You can chill them in the refrigerator.
• Stir a few drops of blue food coloring into the remaining melted white chocolate. Make a round "iris" on the top of the cooled eyeball and press a mini chocolate chip in the center for a "pupil." For an extra spooky bloodshot eyeballs take a toothpick dipped in red food coloring and make squiggly lines on the eye.

HALLOWEEN YOGURT EYEBALL FLOATS

Steps:

• Place silicone ice cube tray with round cubes (1 1/4-inch diameter) on cookie sheet. Squeeze about 1 tablespoon yogurt in each cube depression. Place 1 candy eyeball in center of each yogurt cube; cover tray with plastic wrap. Carefully transfer cookie sheet with tray to freezer.
• Freeze 1 hour or until completely frozen. Immediately before serving, pour 1/2 cup chilled sports beverage into short, clear drinking glass. Place 2 yogurt cubes into each glass. Serve with straws.

CREEPY HALLOWEEN EYEBALLS

Steps:

• Spoon a little bit of strawberry jam into the hole of each lychee. Place a blueberry in the hole and secure blueberry with a toothpick.

HALLOWEEN HORS D'OEUVRES EYEBALLS

Steps:

• Peel the hard-boiled eggs and slice each egg in half. Scoop out the yolks and fill the egg cavities with the cream cheese.
• Press a stuffed olive, pimento side upwards, into the centre of each cream cheese-filled cavity.
• Dip the tip of a toothpick in red food colouring and trace lines like broken blood vessels on the cream cheese.
• Peel the radishes leaving thin steaks of red skin on each radish to represent broken blood vessels.
• Using the tip of a vegetable peeler or a small, sharp knife carefully scoop out an olive-sized hole in each radish.
• Stuff each radish with a stuffed olive, pimento side facing out.
• Arrange the egg eyeballs and radish eyeballs in pairs on 6 serving plates and serve.

HALLOWEEN EYEBALL APPETIZER

Steps:

• Place eggs in a single layer in a large saucepan; add enough cold water to cover by 1 in. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand for 15 minutes. Place in ice water until completely cooled. Gently crack eggs (do not peel). , In a large bowl, combine 3 cups hot water, food coloring and vinegar. Add eggs. (If eggs are not completely covered by colored water, add more hot water.) Let stand for 30 minutes. Remove eggs with a slotted spoon; peel., Cut eggs in half widthwise. Place yolks in a small bowl; set whites aside. Mash yolks with a fork; stir in the mayonnaise, onions, cilantro and mustard. , To level egg white halves, cut a small slice from the bottom of each; place on a serving platter. Pipe or stuff yolk mixture into center of whites. Place an olive slice on each; fill olives with ketchup. Refrigerate until serving. This recipe is best eaten the day it is prepared.

EDIBLE EYEBALL SNACKS FOR HALLOWEEN

Steps:

• Cut tops off tomatoes; remove seeds and pulp, leaving shells intact.
• Fill each tomato with 1 tsp. cream cheese spread; top with 1 olive slice.