Have you ever needed to make a Halloween treat in a hurry? Or maybe you just didn’t feel like spending the day in the kitchen? I’m certainly not against purchasing treats when I’m in a rush, but I keep a list of easy treats I can make at home. If I have the ingredients on hand, it’s easier than getting ready, driving to the store and getting stuck in the slowest line possible. Or maybe that only happens to me. Either way, this recipe belongs in my “cheater’s kitchen” category because I only use four ingredients to make these Bloodshot Eyeball Cookies. They come together quickly and look like I have fussed. What’s not to love? These can easily be made gluten free by substituting gluten free sandwich cookies for the Oreos.
I start with a package of vanilla cream filled sandwich cookies. I usually Double Stuff Vanilla Oreos, but you can use any flavor or use several different flavors for variety. I melt white chocolate and dip both sides of the cookies into the chocolate. Once the cookies are dipped, place them on a sheet of waxed paper or aluminum foil and immediately press a candy eyeball into the white chocolate on one side of the cookie.
Once the candy coating is dry, about ten minutes, use gel icing to make squiggles on the cookie to resemble bloodshot lines extending from the eyeball. These cookies are very rich, but very tasty! Here’s some tips I’ve found to make the job easier.
Get all your supplies together before you begin. This is a biggie and really helps when you discover someone has moved the candy bark to a different place in the kitchen. Another tip to keep the chocolate from hardening, which was suggested by a reader, keep the chocolate in a slow cooker set on low. You can use any color of icing for the “bloodshot” effect, but gel icing works the best. I found the candy eyeballs in the Halloween section at Dollar General stores.
- 12 Vanilla Sandwich Cookies
- 4 ounces white chocolate bark, melted
- 12 candy eyeballs
- 1 package gel icing
- Dip both sides of cookies into candy bark. Place onto a piece of foil or waxed paper to harden. Immediately add a candy eyeball to one side of the cookie. When chocolate has hardened, use gel icing to add squiggly lines extending from eyeball.
Want more fun Halloween recipe ideas?
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Those are creepy cool cookies for the season! Bloodshot eyes are a [perfect touch!
These seem easier to make than I thought. However, I’d be very grossed out eating eyeballs.
I love how great these turned out. They are so easy to make and the kids love them. I will have to share this with my friends with little ones.
This is a fun baking project I’d love to make with my kids. They’d love to cover the cookies (& themselves). Got to grab the eyeballs.
What a fun treat! They aren’t too spooky, but help make the holiday special.
These are so fun! I love how easy they are to make too!
I love a good spooky Halloween treat. And one that is this easy? I REALLY love it!
These are fabulously frightful and so super easy too! They would be a huge hit in my children’s classrooms and I could make an entire batch in minutes.
Yum these look delicious! I bet my kiddos would love these, this is a really great idea to send to school as my kiddos treats for their class!
These are super cute and look like something the kids would have fun making with me. I need to make some this weekend.
Oh these are way too cool. They look delicious and it’s awesome that you can easily make them gluten free.
I’ve got everything to make these except the candy eyes? I will be out shopping to find these and surprise my grand kids with some fun treats.
These. Are. Awesome.
I am going to make these for the Halloween party we have next weekend.
These cookies are so cute and so easy to make, my kids would love them!
Those are so cute! I don’t know why, but creepy eyeball anything has always been my standard for Halloween everything.
Oh these are so cute! And easy enough for the kids to help with. Saving this for my Halloween party!
These are so cute! I picked up a package of gummy eyeballs last week that I wasn’t sure what to do with, but I think I’ll do this!