🎃 Eyeball Truffles Recipe

Here’s a detailed, step-by-step recipe for Eyeball Truffles — fun to make and creepy-cute enough for any Halloween party or campground gathering!

👁️ What You’ll Need:

Ingredients:

• 1 box (about 15 oz) vanilla or red velvet cake (store-bought or homemade)
  
• 1/2 cup cream cheese frosting (store-bought or homemade)
  
• 12 oz white chocolate or white candy melts
  
• Gel or liquid food coloring (blue, green, or red for the iris)
  
• Black edible gel, or mini chocolate chips (for pupils)
  
• Optional: Red decorating gel (for bloodshot veins)
  
• Lollipop sticks (if making them as cake pops)
  

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🍰 Step 1: Make the Truffle Base

1. Bake your cake according to the box directions (or use leftover cake). Let it cool completely.
   
2. Crumble the cooled cake into fine crumbs in a large bowl.
   
3. Add cream cheese frosting, a little at a time, and mix until it forms a dough-like consistency that holds together when pressed.
   
   • (You might not need the full 1/2 cup depending on the cake’s moisture.)
     

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🍡 Step 2: Form the “Eyeballs”

1. Roll the mixture into small balls — about 1 inch in diameter (eyeball size!).
   
2. Place the balls on a parchment-lined tray.
   
3. Chill in the freezer for 20–30 minutes, or until firm.
   

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🍫 Step 3: Coat with “Eyeball Whites”

1. Melt the white chocolate or candy melts in a microwave-safe bowl (in 20-second intervals, stirring each time, until smooth).
   
2. Using a fork or dipping tool, coat each truffle completely in white chocolate.
   
3. Tap off excess and place them back on the parchment paper.
   
4. Let them set until hardened (refrigerate for about 10–15 minutes).
   

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🎨 Step 4: Add the Iris & Pupil

1. Using colored gel icing or melted candy melts, draw a circle on top of each truffle to make the iris.
   
   • Blue, green, or red are great spooky colors.
     
2. Add a black dot of edible gel in the center for the pupil (or press in a mini chocolate chip).
   

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💉 Step 5: Make Them Bloodshot (Optional)

• Use red decorating gel or a toothpick dipped in red food coloring to draw thin “veins” radiating from the iris for a creepy touch!
  

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❄️ Step 6: Chill & Serve

• Refrigerate the truffles for at least 30 minutes before serving to keep them firm.
  
• Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
  

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🧁 Optional Variations:

• Use red velvet cake inside for a “bloody” surprise when bitten!
  
• Add a splash of almond or vanilla extract to the cake mixture for extra flavor.
  
• Stick them on lollipop sticks and display them upright in a foam block for a fun Halloween centerpiece.
  

Try this easy, spooky dessert the next time you stay at Kiefer Campgrounds!