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    Home » Desserts » Homemade Candy Eyeballs

    Homemade Candy Eyeballs

    Published: Sep 28, 2021 · Modified: Sep 29, 2021 by Erin · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Candy eyeballs in copper dish and scattered on wood cutting board with black and purple ribbon.

    Did you know you can D.I.Y candy eyeballs? It only takes 3 ingredients too, all natural. Kids get a kick out of making them, and secretly, adults do too!

    Candy eyeballs in copper dish and scattered on wood cutting board with black and purple ribbon.

    What you need:

    • Powdered sugar
    • Cornstarch
    • Black cocoa powder (for coloring, or black food coloring of choice)
    • Vanilla extract is optional
    • Water
    • Plastic bags or piping bags with round tips
    • Parchment paper
    White icing in a plastic bag, next to small bag of black icing by a pair of scissors.

    Making the mixture

    It doesn't get easier than this. Mix up the powdered sugar, corn starch, vanilla (optional) and water until an icing like consistency is formed.

    Remove a few tablespoons to a separate, smaller bowl and mix in the black cocoa powder or black food coloring. You only need a little bit of black, since it's just for the pupils.

    Black icing like confection in a small glass bowl next to a larger white bowl with white icing.

    Either use piping bags with round tips (one small, one larger for the white), or do like I've done above and use plastic baggies.

    Use care when snipping off the tips, a little snip goes a long way. Better to start out with too small of a hole than have to re-bag it because it's been cut too large. The black gets a smaller tip, or smaller hole.

    Start with the white, and pipe round circles onto parchment paper. The parchment paper is necessary so that they eyeballs don't stick. I wouldn't try this on tin foil, or anything other than parchment or a nonstick mat.

    Before the white is completely set, pipe tiny little black dots in their centers.

    Allow the eyeballs to air dry, uncovered overnight at room temp. Allow them to thoroughly dry before decorating. Larger eyes will take longer to dry, but the smaller ones should be hard within a few hours to overnight at the longest.

    Decorate, and have fun!

    Candy eyeballs on wood cutting board in copper bowl with black and purple decorative ribbon.

    DIY Candy Eyeballs

    Easy to make candy eyeballs for decorating Halloween treats, cakes, cupcakes and cookies!
    5 from 3 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: cakes, cupcakes, decorating, diy, Halloween, treats
    Prep Time: 25 minutes
    Total Time: 25 minutes
    Servings: 32
    Calories: 16kcal
    Author: Erin
    Cost: $0.11

    Equipment

    • parchment paper
    • baggies or piping tips

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup powdered sugar
    • 1 tablespoon corn starch
    • ¼ teaspoon vanilla optional
    • 2 tablespoon water
    • 1 tablespoon black cocoa powder or black food coloring

    Instructions

    • Combine powdered sugar, corn starch, vanilla (optional) and water until icing like consistency is formed.
      White icing in a small bowl and a large bowl.
    • Remove about three tablespoons worth of the white mixture, and mix in the cocoa powder or black food coloring. (Depending on what you use, you may need to add a bit more water.)
      Black icing in a small bowl.
    • Divide the two colors into individual plastic baggies, or piping bags fitted with large and small round tip. Using a jar to line with plastic bags helps to get the icing scooped in more easily.
      Plastic baggies lining two glass jars.
    • Twist and secure the bags to close. Cut a hole in each bag (small for the white, tiny for the black).
      White icing in a plastic bag, next to small bag of black icing by a pair of scissors.
    • Pipe the white in circles onto parchment paper; using a baking sheet or something flat underneath for moving it later.
      White dots of icing on parchment paper, being piped out of a plastic bag with a hole cut in the tip.
    • Pipe small black dots in the centers of the white, before they are completely set.
      Black dots being piped onto larger white dots with a bag of frosting.
    • Let air dry overnight until hardened. Don't go over a ¼ inch diameter, or they may have trouble drying out.
      Candy eyeballs on parchment paper on an aluminum baking sheet.
    • Store at room temp, and decorate as needed.

    Notes

    • Allow to dry at room temperature, uncovered. 
    • Vanilla is optional, but don't use too much-it can discolor the whites to a brown color. 
    • Don't store candy eyeballs in the heat. 

    Nutrition

    Calories: 16kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 1g | Sodium: 1mg | Sugar: 4g
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