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Eerie Eyeball Cookies

Eerie Eyeball Cookies

Details

Timing
Timing
Total:
2 Hr.
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

Ingredients

  • 1/2
    shortening
  • 3/4 cup
    REESE’S Creamy Peanut Butter
  • 1/3 cup
    granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup
    packed light brown sugar
  • 1
    egg
  • 2 Tbsps
    milk
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 1-1/2 cups
    all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • granulated sugar (optional)
  • 1 cup
    vanilla frosting (homemade or ready-to-spread)
  • red and black decorator frosting in tubes
  • 48
    WHOPPERS Malted Milk Balls
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Step-By-Step Directions

Equipment Needed 
oven oven
mixing bowl mixing bowl
mixer mixer
measuring cup measuring cups
rubber scraper rubber scraper
pan cookie sheet
wire rack 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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