I’ve been hiding away in the laboratory, making a monster of an upgrade with my original homemade googly eye recipe. One that makes it perfect for this upcoming Halloween holiday! Now some of you new to Fork & Beans are probably thinking, Isn’t it a little early to be starting with the Halloween stuff? The answer is no. This site LIVES for Halloween. If I had it my way, I’d do all Halloween, all the time. I would have started in August if I could. And these Monster Googly Eyes are the perfect way to kick start the festivities. Why? Because you know they are going to be showing up on A LOT of the upcoming recipes…
Theeeeeyyy’rrrreeee aliiiiiiivvvveeeee!
No baking or cooking involved here; it’s an extremely easy recipe to adhere to, the only difficult part is waiting for them to dry. And please hear me when I say allow them to dry. If you want, make these at night so you give them a good 10-12 hours to set. This way, the hard part of waiting is taken care of in your sleep.
Follow here for the directions to Monster Googly Eyes:
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Monster Googly Eyes
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 20 mins
- Yield: approx. 124 eyes
Description
Adapted from my Homemade Googly Eye recipe
Ingredients
- 1 c. powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. cornstarch
- 1 Tbsp. corn syrup
- 2 tsp. nondairy milk
- ¼ tsp. almond extract (or vanilla extract)
- pinch of dried turmeric (for yellow eyes)
- drop of all natural green coloring (for green eyes)
- mini nondairy chocolate chips
Instructions
- Whisk together the powdered sugar and cornstarch. Add the remainder ingredients (including ingredient for particular coloring you want) except for the chocolate chips and mix until combined. It should be a thick paste at this point.
- Place into either a piping bag or Ziploc baggie and pipe dots into one row onto a baking sheet lined with wax paper. Gently top each dot with the mini chocolate chip–you don’t want to wait too long to place the chocolate chip in the middle or it will set.
- Repeat until all the paste is gone.
- Allow the googly eyes to set for at least 24 hours on your counter.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 eyes
- Calories: 30
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 2mg
- Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 5g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 0.2g
Just to give you a little taste of what to expect this coming holiday, here is a sneak peak of my Mummy Pretzels. Oh, I wasn’t kidding when I said these monster googly eyes are going to slapped onto everything for Halloween.
For more fun food creations, be sure to check out my Instagram. I’m constantly showcasing new ideas that aren’t always shown over here. Come join the fun!
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