Eerie Eyeballs

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Eerie Eyeballs

Yields approximately 9 dozen bite-sized eyeballs

3 oz lemon gelatin (can be sugar-free)
1 cup hot water
1/2 cup miniature marshmallows
1 cup pineapple juice
8 oz cream cheese (can be lowfat/Neufchatel)
1 cup mayonnaise (can be fat-free)

Dissolve lemon gelatin in 1 cup water in double boiler, add
marshmallows and stir to melt. Remove from heat. Add pineapple juice
and cream cheese.

Beat until well blended. Cool slightly. Fold in
mayo.

If you have a truffle candy mold or round ice cube trays, pour
the mixture in the molds and leave to set in the fridge. Otherwise
pour into a deep ceramic dish and chill until thickened or firm
enough for scooping into eyeballs. Using a melonballer, scoop full
balls of the mixture and set aside for decoration.

To decorate, use
liquid food coloring and an old detail paintbrush and get creative.
You will need black food coloring for the pupils. Also, if you are
in a hurry, instead of painting the colored irises, you can
carefully dip the ball in a small pool of food coloring to
approximate the iris, but still paint on the pupils.

For 1999, I found rubber ice cube trays that worked beautifully with
much less waste than the melonballer technique. I sprayed the rubber
trays with non-stick cooking spray beforehand like you would any
gelatin mold, let the gelatin mixture sit in the refrigerator to
set, then I was able to carefully pop the eyeballs out to paint
them. Some of the eyeballs did break, and they do have one flat
side, but that actually works, since then they don’t roll around
while you are trying to paint them.

Since 2001 I have found that
Wilton truffle candy molds are even better, since the swirl design
on the top is the right size for the cornea shape on the eyeball.
When using the truffle molds, one recipe makes about 9 dozen
eyeballs – plenty for a party crowd!

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