Bloodshot Peanut Butter Eyeballs

Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee

Show: Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra LeeEpisode: Sweet and Spooky Halloween

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (18)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
26 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
24 servings

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: 1 hr 0 min
Cook: 26 min
Total:: 1 hr 56 min

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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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recipe Bloodshot Peanut Butter Eyeballs
JIM ST CHARLES, IL 10-30-2009
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WHITE OR DARK???
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

THE PHOTO SHOWS THE CUPCAKES WITH WHITE FROSTING. HOWEVER, THE RECIPE CALLS FOR DARK CHOCOLATE FROSTING....OPPS I AGREE... WITH ANOTHER REVIEWER, USE GUMMY EYEBALLS. THE PLASTIC ONES COULD BE CHOKEING HASSARDRead more
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Katherine Caliente, CA 10-22-2008
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What's with the frosting?
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

The frosting in the pic looks great. Would love to have that recipe.
recipe Bloodshot Peanut Butter Eyeballs
lorik glendale, CA 07-18-2008
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home made marshmelow
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

it is asam
recipe Bloodshot Peanut Butter Eyeballs
Joanne Santa Ana, CA 11-07-2007
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Fun & Tasty
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made these for my annual Halloween Party I give for my niece & her friends. All the kids loved them! They were fun to... make too. Plus they couldn't be easier!Read more
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Anonymous 11-03-2007
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i loved it
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

i really liked this recipe. Very easy to make, but it looks like you spent alot time makeing the cupcake!!
recipe Bloodshot Peanut Butter Eyeballs
Erika Houston, TX 02-22-2007
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Great Halloween Look
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

These cupcakes are great for a Halloween party and they look great, I was not crazy about the filling though.