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Easy Oreo Eyeballs Halloween Cookies

Harriet
Easy to make oreo eyeballs, these Halloween cookies are made with fondant icing and are sure to be the hit of your Halloween party.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Desserts
Cuisine Western
Servings 12 cookies
Calories 70 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 12 oreo cookies with a white filling
  • Premade fondant icing in assorted colors including black
  • 12 white sugar pearls
  • Red gel food color optional

Instructions
 

  • Carefully twist the oreo cookies in half, keeping the half with the frosting. Use the other half for another treat.
  • Take a pea-sized piece of yellow (or another color) fondant for the iris and roll it into a ball.
    Squash the fondant ball under a small piece of parchment paper into a flat disc about half the size of the white oreo cookie filling.
  • Place the yellow fondant into the white cookie filling, placing it slightly off-center, and gently press it into place.
  • Next, take a small piece (about half the size of a pea) of black fondant icing for the pupil and shape it into a ball.
  • Squash the black fondant ball into a small flat disc - it should be smaller than the yellow.
    Place it into the center of the yellow disc on the cookie and gently press it into place.
  • To make the eyelid, take a piece of black fondant (about the size of two peas), roll it into a ball, and then squash it into a disc. Cut it in half.
  • Place one-half of the black eyelid disc over the cookie and place it so that it just covers part of the iris and pupil.
    Use the remaining piece of eyelid fondant for another cookie.
  • Gently press a pearl sprinkle to the eye to give the eyes a little sparkle.
    Repeat steps 1 - 8 to make more eyeballs for Halloween.

Notes

Eyelids - We gave these oreo eyes a bit of character by giving them a top eyelid. We used black fondant icing, but use another color if you like - you could even paint or pipe on eyelashes.
More eye detail - you can keep it simple as outlined in the instructions above or add a few extra details like:
  • Add texture to the iris fondant by pressing lines into it with the back of a knife before adding the pupil.
  • For bloodshot eyeballs, you can paint on some red gel food color with a fine-tipped paintbrush or toothpick.
Red food color - If you are making these cookies with young kids and intend on making bloodshot eyeballs. 
We recommend that you or an older child handle the red food color because it does stain.
SUBSTITUTIONS 
You don't need to use fondant icing to make these cookies - you could use other ingredients: 
  • For the iris - you could use cake decorating gel, gummy lifesavers, pipe-on colored icing, or buttercream. 
  • For the pupil - small dark chocolate chips, or black/brown mini M&M's
  • For the eyelid - you could use fruit leather.
  • For the eye sparkle - you shape a tiny piece of white fondant into a ball, use white cake confetti or add a small dot of melted white chocolate or candy melts.
The calories per cookie are an estimate only.

Nutrition

Serving: 1eyeball cookieCalories: 70kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 1gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.01gSodium: 47mgPotassium: 28mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 0.2IUCalcium: 3mgIron: 1mg
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