Need a creepy Halloween treat? Let’s make Creepy Eyeball OREO Cookies! They’re simply OREO cookies dipped in candy melt or melted white chocolate and then topped with gummy eyeballs. So easy the kids can totally help make these treats!
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Ingredients to make Eyeball OREO Cookies
How do you make Creepy OREO Cookie Eyeballs?
Cover a cookie sheet with wax paper to lay the OREO cookies down. I find wax paper works better to release the candy melt treats rather than parchment paper.
If you can find “red velvet” candy melts, the color is a more muted red than just “red” candy melts. I think it works better with the eyes. I found mine at Joann Fabrics.
Measure about 1/3 cup of the red velvet candy melts. Microwave the red candy melts in the microwave in 30-second increments in a microwave-safe bowl. Stir after each 30 seconds, until the candy melts end up completely smooth. Don’t skip this step!
If you let them go longer than 30 seconds at a time, you run the risk of burning the candy melts.
Pour the entire bag of white candy melts (or white chocolate chips) into a microwave-safe bowl. Use this exact same method as the red velvet candy melts for melting the white candy melts, until they are smooth.
It took about two 30-second increments for the red velvet candy melts, and it took about three 30-second increments of the white candy melts to get them melted and nice.
You want a nice smooth honey consistency to the candy melts. If they seem gloppy, you can add a teaspoon of shortening, or my personal favorite is these Paramount flakes, which are oil flakes. I add a pinch at a time and stir them up, until the candy melt gets to the right consistency.
When you’re ready to dip, take a spoon or fork and flick drizzles of the red velvet candy melt over the white candy melt. Just a tiny bit, so you don’t turn the white candy into pink candy.
You’ll need to do this periodically after every few OREO cookies. Just be careful not to mix it up, so it doesn’t end up pink.
Then, drop an OREO cookie into the mixture, flip it over to cover, and then life it with a fork and tap it on the side to remove excess candy melt.
Set the cookie on the wax paper.
After every 2-3 OREO cookies, place a gummy eyeball on the center of each cookie.
Add a sprinkle of red sanding sugar around the eye.
Place the cookie sheet into the freezer for 10 minutes to harden the candy melt.
Serve them on a Halloween-themed platter or package them up in ziplock bags with these fun little treat toppers you can download below.
Download the Bag Toppers
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Creepy Eyeball OREO Cookies
Ingredients
- 14.3 oz package OREO cookies
- 1 package white candy melts or 1 bag white chocolate chips
- 1 package red velvet candy melts
- 1 package gummy eyeballs
- Red Sanding Sugar
Instructions
- Cover a cookie sheet with wax paper to lay the OREO cookies down. I find wax paper works better to release the candy melt treats rather than parchment paper.
- If you can find "red velvet" candy melts, the color is a more muted red than just "red" candy melts. I think it works better with the eyes. I found mine at Joann Fabrics.
- Measure about 1/3 cup of the red velvet candy melts. Microwave the red candy melts in the microwave in 30-second increments in a microwave-safe bowl. Stir after each 30 seconds, until the candy melts end up completely smooth. Don't skip this step!
- If you let them go longer than 30 seconds at a time, you run the risk of burning the candy melts.
- Pour the entire bag of white candy melts into a microwave-safe bowl. Use the same method for 30-second increments in the microwave and then stirring to melt them as well.
- It took about two 30-second increments for the red velvet candy melts, and it took about three 30-second increments of the white candy melts to get them melted and nice.
- You want a nice smooth honey consistency to the candy melts.
- When you're ready to dip, take a spoon or fork and flick drizzles of the red velvet candy melt over the white candy melt. Just a tiny bit, so you don't turn the white candy into pink candy.
- You'll need to do this periodically after every few OREO cookies. Just be careful not to mix it up, so it doesn't end up pink.
- Then, drop an OREO cookie into the mixture, flip it over to cover, and then life it with a fork and tap it on the side to remove excess candy melt.
- Set the cookie on the wax paper.
- After every 2-3 OREO cookies, place a gummy eyeball on the center of each cookie.
- Add a sprinkle of red sanding sugar around the eye.
- Place the cookie sheet into the freezer for 10 minutes to harden the candy melt.
- Serve them on a Halloween-themed platter or package them up in ziplock bags with fun little treat toppers you can download below.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
10Serving Size:
3Amount Per Serving: Calories: 218Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 162mgCarbohydrates: 33gFiber: 1gSugar: 20gProtein: 2g
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