Eerie Eyeball Cookies
Details
- Timing
- Timing
- Total:
- Bake:
- 9 Min.
- Prep:
- 30 Min.
- Skill Level:
- Intermediate
- Yields:
- 48 cookies
Some may find it a little unsettling to have your treats staring right back at you, but we can't get enough of how fun this recipe is. Fall snack time is sweeter and eerier with this Halloween Eyeball Cookies recipe. Begin with soft, chewy peanut butter cookies made with REESE’S Creamy Peanut Butter. Decorate with frosting to make an eye, then make the pupil with WHOPPERS Malted Milk Balls. A word of advice: Don't make eye contact with these eerie eyeball cookies and just enjoy!
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Ingredients & Directions
- Prep Time
- 30 minutes
- Bake Time
- 9 minutes
- Cool Time
- 20 minutes
BAKE MODE:
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Ingredients
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1/2shortening
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3/4 cup
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1/3 cupgranulated sugar
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1/3 cuppacked light brown sugar
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1egg
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2 Tbspsmilk
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1-1/2 cupsall-purpose flour
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1 tspbaking soda
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1/2 tspsalt
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granulated sugar (optional)
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1 cupvanilla frosting (homemade or ready-to-spread)
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red and black decorator frosting in tubes
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Step-By-Step Directions
Equipment Needed
oven
mixing bowl
mixer
measuring cups
rubber scraper
cookie sheet
wire rack
1
Heat oven to 375° F. Beat shortening and peanut butter in large bowl until well blended. Add 1/3 cup granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.
2
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar, if desired; place on ungreased cookie sheet.
3
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.
4
Frost center of cookie with vanilla frosting to form white portion of eye. Decorate with red and black frostings to form outline of eye and bloodshot markings. Press malted milk ball "iris" into center of eye. Makes about 48 cookies.
Decorating Tip
If you don't have red or black frosting in tubes, dip toothpick in red food color and drag through frosting to make bloodshot eye
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Nutrition FactsServings Per Container 48 servingsServing size 1 cookie (22g)Amount per servingCalories100% Daily Value*Total Fat 5g 6%Saturated Fat 1.5g 8%Trans Fat 0gCholesterol 5mg 2%Sodium 85mg 4%Total Carbohydrates 12g 4%Dietary Fiber 0g 0%Total Sugars 8gIncludes 7g Added Sugar 14%Protein 2gVitamin D 0 0%Calcium 10mg 0%Iron 0mg 0%Potassium 45mg 0%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutritional advice.
