Monster Eyeballs

Name: Monster Eyeballs
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Creole, Cajun
Ingredients: 118 milliliters (1 stick) butter, at room temperature; 454 grams package confectioners sugar (about 4 cups); 355 milliliters creamy peanut butter; 85 grams package miniature M&Ms; 340 grams package semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups); 2 Tbsps solid vegetable shortening; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

The recipe Monster Eyeballs could satisfy your Creole craving in around 45 minutes. One portion of this dish contains roughly 3g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 156 calories. For 16 cents per serving, you get a hor d'oeuvre that serves 48. If you have m&ms, vanillan extract, semisweet chocolate chips, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is perfect for Halloween. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and fodmap friendly diet.

Instructions

Blend the peanut butter with the butter, sugar, and vanilla in a medium bowl. It may be easiest to use your hands (kids love doing this).

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Peanut Butter

Vanilla

Butter

Sugar

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Bowl

Line a rimmed baking sheet with wax paper.

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Baking Sheet

Wax Paper

Roll the peanut butter mixture by teaspoons into small balls and place on the baking sheet. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour to firm up the eyeballs.

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Peanut Butter

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Heat on high for 60 seconds, and then stir well. If it’s not quite smooth, heat in two or three 10-second bursts, stirring well after each burst. (Alternatively, you can melt the chocolate, stirring frequently, in a double boiler, over just-simmering water. Avoid overheating, which can cause chocolate to seize up into a stiff mass.)

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Chocolate

Water

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Double Boiler

Take the sheet of balls from the refrigerator; use a fork or a toothpick to dip each one most of the way into the chocolate, leaving a round or oval opening of undipped peanut butter on top. (This opening in the chocolate will be the cornea.) Hold each ball over the chocolate to catch the drips, and then return to the wax paper, cornea side up.

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Peanut Butter

Chocolate

Dip

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Toothpicks

Wax Paper

Place an M&M in the center of the peanut butter cornea to make an iris. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving. Store the eyeballs in the refrigerator or freezer and serve chilled.

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Peanut Butter

Excerpted from Ghoulish Goodies

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Persimmon