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    Home » Recipes » Dessert

    How to Make Candy Googly Eyes

    Published: October 3, 2015 · Updated: February 14, 2020 · By: Krissy · 15 Comments
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    I'll show you How to Make Candy Googly Eyes so you can bring your Halloween treats to life with chocolate centered eyes that can be any size you want!

    I'll show you How to Make Candy Googly Eyes so you can bring your Halloween treats to life with chocolate centered eyes that can be any size you want!

    candy googly eyes on fruits and veggies

    Okay, this post will be quite entertaining. Not only because my googly candy eyes turned out so freaking cute, but because I made an entire batch and waited an entire 24 hours for them to dry and used up all of my mini chocolate chips, only to see that they turned out to be a severe pinterest fail.

    a mess up of candy googly eyes

    This might be a long read, but I beg you to read this part of the post because its a story of triumph. A story of determination. A story of how crazy I am.

    I knew I wanted to make candy eyes because I have seen them all over pinterest on adorable little monster cookies and such. Damn you pinterest! Well, I saw them at craft and cake making stores and they were between $4-$6 per package and the little pupils were smack dab in the center. Boring. I saw people making their own and posting about it, but they colored part of the frosting jet black and the color either bled into the white or they put the little black dot on top which looked funny to me. Sorry, fellow bloggers, but I didn't like your candy eyes either. So, I went about it my own way.

    I asked my insanely talented cake maker friend, Liz, how to make royal icing. She said 3 egg whites to 4 cups sugar. I did the math and realized that would make about 53 dozen googly eyes, so I reduced it to 1 egg white and 1 ⅓ cups sugar

    Only problem is that I had no idea what the consistency should have been for the perfect eye. What did I do? I grabbed the largest damn egg in my refrigerator, because bigger is always better, right? You see, I get the most beautiful organic, free range, happy-chicken-eggs from a guy I used to work with who happens to live on a farm. Every egg is different and they vary quite a bit in size. Turns out the egg-stra (get it?) egg white made my icing quite runny, but I went with it. The final result is what you see above - flat eyes. I even went so far as to slice the top off of each damn mini chocolate chip so that it would lay flat. Plus, I didn't have wax paper so I used my silpat. That thing is amazing for baking, but I don't think it helped my flat lame little eyes properly set. So, by this point I was completely pissed off but determined to make it work, much like I was by the third time I attempted to make my salted caramel sauce after the first two failed attempts.candy cream

    The result this time? Perfection. I had the perfect consistency. Only one problem... I had used all of my mini chocolate chips in the previous batch. At this point, I got creative, and I was so glad I did. First, I started picking the mini chips out of the failed eyes. That was a serious pain. Then I got out my candy covered sunflower seeds and thought they looked kinda cool.

    a close up of googly eyes

    Then I remembered I had some larger chocolate baking chips and the fun really started.

    different candy googly eyes

    I started off putting them in the center, but remembered that to be googly, they had to be more on the side, right? So that's what I did.

    a candy googly eye

    This is the beauty of making them on your own - you can have fun with it (once it actually starts working as intended). I had little eyes, big eyes, yellow eyes... all sorts of cool ones.

    different variations of candy googly eyes

    My favorite eyes were the ones I used with the large chocolate and I used the tip of the frosting to add little highlights. Edible art!

    a pair of candy googly eyes

    I love it when my kids think I'm super cool, and when I took some fruit out and started making faces with my googly eyes along with some blanched almonds and fruit leather, I was pretty damn awesome in their eyes that day.

    candy googly eyes in a plum

    I plan on making some really fun cookies this month using the eyes as well as a fun Thanksgiving treat, so you'll have to check back!

    candy googly eyes in an apple

    candy googly eyes on fruits and veggies

    How to Make Candy Eyes

    I'll show you How to Make Candy Googly Eyes so you can bring your Halloween treats to life with chocolate centered eyes that can be any size you want!
    4.72 from 7 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes
    Scale: 50 servings
    Recipe Created By: Krissy Allori

    Ingredients

    • 1 small egg white
    • 1 ⅓ cups confectioners sugar (sifted)
    • chocolate chips or candy coated sunflower seeds

    Instructions

    • Combine the egg white and sugar in the bowl of your mixer. Use the whisk attachment to beat on medium speed for 4-5 minutes, occasionally stopping to scrape down the sides as needed.
    • The final consistency must be such that you can scoop some up and it will stick to the spoon, but if you tilt the spoon, the thick icing will eventually fall off.
    • If its too thick, add water in one teaspoon increments until you've reached the proper thickness.
    • If its too thin, add additional sifted powdered sugar.
    • Add the frosting to a piping bag with a small round tip, or you can just snip the corner of the bag off.
    • Lay out a large piece of wax paper and squeeze straight down to make a mound the desired size to make an eye. Don't make more than 10 or so before putting the candy piece on top because the eyes will begin to dry right away.
    • Allow to sit at room temperature for at least 24 hours before removing.

    Notes

    Makes about 4 dozen eyes but amount can vary widely depending on size

    NUTRITION INFORMATION

    Calories: 12kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Sodium: 1mg | Sugar: 3g
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    Comments

    1. Jordi

      November 02, 2021 at 11:28 am

      5 stars
      I used the exact ingredients and it turned out great!

      Reply
    2. Jessica

      January 23, 2019 at 3:43 pm

      5 stars
      I made these for Halloween monster cupcakes and they were totally awesome! I'm curious to k ow if I could add a drop or two of food coloring to make other little candies, but I'm worried it will wreck the recipe.

      Reply
      • Krissy

        January 25, 2019 at 9:18 am

        Hi Jessica, I've never added food coloring. I would think gel would work best. If you try it, will you let me know? Thanks!

        Reply
    3. Angel Armadillo-Macias

      October 30, 2017 at 1:41 pm

      Omg! Thank you so much for posting this. My kids are the candy eyed I bought for Halloween brownues. I was not about to go to the store last night.

      Reply
    4. Tamsyn

      October 24, 2017 at 5:36 am

      Roughly how many eyes does your recipe make?

      Reply
      • Krissy

        October 25, 2017 at 7:01 am

        It completely depends on the size of your eye, but it will make a TON.

        Reply
    5. Natalie Feibish

      June 01, 2017 at 8:13 pm

      5 stars
      Can you refrigerate to speed the hardening process?

      Reply
      • Krissy

        September 18, 2017 at 2:15 pm

        I haven't tried so I don't know for sure.

        Reply
    6. Sakima

      November 15, 2016 at 5:43 am

      5 stars
      Thank you for posting this blog. I'm a private caterer and make all my baked goods and edibles from scratch. I actually needed to make several dozen eyes for an upcoming party and my recipe is tedious. I will be trying your recipe today. Thanks again for the post. P.S your eyes are adorable.

      Reply
      • Krissy

        November 17, 2016 at 5:51 am

        Thanks Sakima! -Krissy

        Reply
    7. Joanne

      October 26, 2016 at 6:57 am

      I'm totally doing this for my Cookie Monster cake! This was egg-celent!! And when your kids think you're cool, it's because you ARE!! Fun artsy wishes!!

      Reply
    8. Jenny Black

      October 15, 2016 at 10:20 pm

      Hi, I want to make these for school but how safe is the raw egg?? Jen

      Reply
      • Krissy

        October 18, 2016 at 11:25 am

        Royal icing and buttercream are made with raw egg white. As long as you use fresh eggs, you should be fine. If you're not sure, though, I'd just trust your gut. I've never gotten sick from eggs. -Krissy

        Reply
    9. Michote

      August 23, 2016 at 5:16 pm

      How long do they keep and how should they be stored? Thanks!

      Reply
      • Krissy

        August 29, 2016 at 5:56 am

        Hi Michote, If you store them in an airtight container at room temp, they'll last for at least a couple of weeks. I believe I made them and then used them for my monster cookies a good two weeks later and they were totally fine. -Krissy

        Reply

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