Photo: Bloodshot Peanut Butter Eyeballs Recipe
Ingredients
For Cupcakes:
- 1 (18.25-ounce) box dark chocolate cake mix
- 1 1/3 cups chocolate milk
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 3 eggs
For Filling:
- 1 (3.4-ounce) box instant butterscotch pudding
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 (12-ounce) container ready-to-spread dark chocolate frosting (recommended: Betty Crocker Creamy Deluxe)
- Red gel frosting
- Plastic eyeballs
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 (12-capacity) muffin pans with cupcake papers; set aside.
In a large bowl, use a hand held electric mixer to beat together cake mix, chocolate milk, oil, and eggs on low speed for 30 seconds. Scrape sides of bowl with a rubber spatula and beat for 1 minute more on medium speed.
Use a ladle to fill each lined cupcake cup 2/3 full. Use oven mitts to place cupcakes in preheated oven and bake for 21 to 26 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcake comes out clean with no wet batter.
Use oven mitts to remove from oven and let cool completely before filling and frosting, about 30 minutes.
For filling combine pudding mix, milk, and peanut butter in a bowl. Whisk for 2 minutes until smooth and thickened. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Spoon filling into a pastry bag fitted with a medium plain tip. Fill cupcakes by inserting tip into tops of cupcakes and squeezing a couple of tablespoons of filling into each. Spread 2 tablespoons frosting on each cupcake top.
Using red gel frosting, draw squiggly lines on the frosted cupcakes so that they look like veins. Place a plastic eyeball in the center of each cupcake.
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By serjamlog@aol.com
on November 21, 2012
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I gave this 1 star only because I couldn't give it a negative rating. I made these cupcakes tonight to bring as a dessert to someone's house. First, the batter only made 12 cupcakes, not 24 and no one even wanted to lick the bowl because the batter didn't taste right nor was it thick like it should be. Second, I did not like the very runny consistency of the filling. My son said it looked like diarrhea. I had to agree. I tossed that filling mixture and made a pudding instead that I used to fill the cupcakes. This was the first of Sandra Lee's recipes I've tried. Don't think I'll be trying another.
By peggyflo
on October 15, 2011
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Want to make these cupcakes, but wondering if the icing shouldn't be white rather than chocolate. The picture shows white and I would think you would need that in order for the red lines and eyeballs to show effectively. Did I miss something?
By mckenzie4291
Oregon
on October 24, 2010
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My cousins and I made these cupcakes for fun and we loved them, they were easy and fast to make. They tasted great! We will definitely make them when we have our Halloween party. I loved the recipe so much that I might just make these cupcakes for every event, just not add the eyeballs.
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