Halloween Peanut Butter Eyeballs
These Halloween themed peanut butter eyeballs are the perfect bite-size sweet treat for your party. They look creepy but taste delicious, and you can make them ahead for convenience. Add these to your dessert table for kids or adults.
If you love traditional chocolate covered Buckeyes you’ll love this white chocolate coated version that’s decorated to look like eyeballs for Halloween. The recipe is simple to make and the technique I use makes them look more realistic than many other versions I’ve seen.
Follow my tips and suggestions for making them ahead so you’re not rushed when you’re hosting a party or taking them to a potluck gathering.
- Put them on your Halloween dessert table with other treats.
- Serve them after dinner at a Halloween dinner party to give the night a playful vibe. Or wrap them in cellophane bags as party favors.
- Take them to a ladies night Halloween witch themed party.
How to Make It
See detailed instructions in the recipe card below.
- Combine the peanut butter and softened butter together first, using a hand mixer or standing mixer. Add in the powdered sugar slowly, integrating it well.
- Use a small scoop to measure out 20 balls. Roll them in the palm of your hand to shape them nice and evenly. Chill to firm up.
- Use a toothpick to hold each ball and dip it into the melted white chocolate. Don’t coat it all the way – leave a round section open at the top to look like the iris of an eye. Place on wax paper-lined sheet pan or tray to cool and set up.
- Remove the toothpick and place a mini chocolate chip in the tiny hole where the toothpick pierced the peanut butter ball – this will be the pupil. Chill again to set.
- Use the red decorator icing or gel to make the eyeballs look bloodshot. Make small squiggly lines on the white part, all around the “eye.”
Storage
These are fine to sit out at a party for a couple of hours, but for storage, keep them in the fridge in an airtight container.
Make Ahead
Make these ahead and freeze for a month or two. Double wrap them in plastic wrap, then aluminum foil to freeze.
Thaw in the fridge for a couple of hours to soften, and serve.
Helpful Tips
- Double the recipe! Make more for a larger crowd.
- Make an extra batch for Christmas. Just dip them fully in the white chocolate and sprinkle with red and green sprinkles. Freeze them until the holiday.
More Halloween Themed Dessert Ideas
If you like this recipe I hope you’ll try these other Halloween sweets.
- Witch fingers. Light and buttery shortbread cookies get a creepy upgrade for Halloween.
- No-bake Halloween cake. Perfect for the crafty decorator who doesn’t like to bake – start with frozen pound cake!
- Easy dirt cups ‘graveyard’ desserts. Both kids and adults will love these adorable no-bake mini desserts.
- Candy corn snack mix. Sweet and salty with just 2 ingredients make this treat a non-stop munchie snack.
If you’re hosting an October gathering, I urge you to make these Halloween peanut butter eyeballs to impress your guests and get ready to hear the “oohs” and “aahs!”
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Halloween Peanut Butter Eyeballs
Delicious peanut butter balls are decorated to look like realistic bloodshot eyeballs for your Halloween dessert table. They're easy to make ahead and your guests will love them!
Ingredients
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 pound white chocolate candy coating
- 20 mini chocolate chips
- 1 tube of red decorator gel or writing icing
Instructions
- In a large bowl, use a hand mixer to cream together the peanut butter and softened butter until well combined.
- Slowly add in the powdered sugar and continue to mix until everything is integrated and smooth.
- Use a mini scoop and roll out 20 balls about 1-inch around, in your hands. Place on top of wax paper on a small sheet pan or tray, and put in the freezer to chill for 30 minutes until firm.
- Meanwhile, melt the white chocolate in the microwave or a double boiler.
- Use a toothpick to dip each ball into the melted chocolate, but do not cover completely. Leave a round area of peanut butter to show through so it looks like the iris.
- Place the peanut butter ball back on the wax paper to set up, and insert a mini chocolate chip into the hole where the toothpick was, to look like the pupil.
- Finish all the “eyeballs” and place back in the fridge to fully chill and set up.
- Finally, use the red decorator icing or gel to add small curvy lines to look like bloodshot eyes. Chill until ready to serve.