On a rainy afternoon last week, I looked for a fun project to entertain my kids. One of my very favorite ways to spend quality time with my boys is to bring them into the kitchen to make something we can enjoy together. These eyeball pudding cups from Kraft Foods were perfect for an afternoon treat. I didn’t have the recommended gum drops and chocolate candies (someone namely my husband had decided to hide the M&M’s for himself-ahem!) so I went with what I had. Instead we used round gummi Lifesavers and chocolate chips for the eyes and Wilton Icing writers.
Halloween Eyeball Pudding Cups
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Author: Kraft Foods
Recipe Type: Dessert
Ingredients
- 1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding (or chocolate if you prefer)
- 2 cups cold milk
- 4 large gumdrops, cut in half crosswise or other large round candy
- 8 small round candies
- 1 tube (19.28 g) red decorating gel (or tube icing)
Instructions
- Whisk pudding and milk vigorously for 2 minutes
- Pour into dessert cups and refrigerate for 20 minutes to set
- Before serving add gumdrops and round candies for eyeballs. Use decorating gel or icing to make the eyes appear bloodshot.
Notes
The red gel or icing will begin to bleed slightly into the vanilla pudding so add that step as close to serving as possible
My kids loved how they turned out, although now I would make the red lines a bit more squiggly to look more bloodshot. This way I couldn’t help but think they looked a bit like suns!
Disclosure: This recipe can be found at Kraft Foods.
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Janet W. says
October 30, 2011 at 10:32 amMy grandson LOVES pudding. This is such a cute, creative idea! Thanks for posting!
Cat Davis - Food Family Finds says
October 30, 2011 at 4:32 pmThose are creepy cool!
courtney says
October 30, 2011 at 5:45 pmhah ha love it! your boys are so lucky to have such a creative mommy!
Harleena Singh says
October 31, 2011 at 12:10 amHi Emilie,
Great recipe- something similar to what my mom used to make when we were young! Would try it out for my daughters now.
Wishing you a happy and safe Halloween as well 🙂
Tesa @ 2 Wired 2 Tired says
October 31, 2011 at 4:29 pmThese look like fun and like something my kids would love too. Have a Happy Halloween!
Jessica patrick says
December 11, 2011 at 9:28 pmOoooo creepy and cute; I’ll have to try these next year!
Stacey Bicovny says
January 22, 2012 at 12:51 amWhat a cute idea. My son would love this. Thanks for the recipe
Carly says
July 8, 2012 at 4:21 pmHow adorable! Can’t wait to try these next Halloween.