Description
Delightfully spooky and colorful Cake Eyeballs are a fun and festive treat perfect for Halloween parties or any fun occasion. Made from moist cake mixed with creamy frosting, shaped into bite-sized balls, and coated with vibrant candy melts, these eyeballs can be decorated with various candies and sprinkles to create playful and eerie effects that kids and adults will love.
Ingredients
Scale
Cake and Frosting
- 1 package cake mix of your choice (regular size)
- 1 cup prepared frosting of your choice
Candy Coatings
- 1 package (12 ounces) each orange, pink, blue, purple, vibrant green, black, and white Wilton candy melts
Decorations
- Candy coating disks
- Jumbo sprinkles
- Candy-coated sunflower kernels
- Candy eyeballs
- Twizzlers Rainbow Twists
- Life Savers
- Colored sugar
- Assorted sprinkles
Instructions
- Prepare Cake: Preheat your oven as directed on the cake mix package. Grease a 13×9-inch baking pan and prepare the cake mix according to package directions. Pour the batter into the pan and bake until done, about 35 minutes. Once baked, cool the cake completely on a wire rack.
- Crumble and Mix: Break the cooled cake into a large bowl and crumble it finely. Add 1 cup of prepared frosting to the crumbled cake and mix everything well until combined into a dough-like consistency suitable for shaping.
- Shape Cake Balls: Roll the mixture into 1-1/2 inch balls using your hands. Arrange the cake balls on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Chill the cake balls in the freezer for at least 2 hours or refrigerate for at least 3 hours until firm.
- Melt Candy Coatings: In separate microwave-safe bowls, heat the Wilton candy melts in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until fully melted and smooth.
- Coat Cake Balls: Dip each chilled cake ball into the melted candy coating of your choice, ensuring it is fully covered. Allow excess coating to drip off before placing them upright on a lined baking sheet.
- Decorate: While the coating is still wet, add your choice of decorations like candy eyeballs, sprinkles, candy discs, and other candies to create eerie eyeball effects.
- Set and Serve: Let the coated and decorated cake eyeballs stand at room temperature or in the refrigerator until the candy coating is fully set before serving.
Notes
- Make sure the cake is completely cooled before crumbling to avoid a gummy mixture.
- Chilling the cake balls thoroughly is essential for easy coating and to keep their shape.
- Mix and match candy melt colors and decorations to personalize your eyeballs.
- You can store the finished cake eyeballs in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
- For best results, use a fork or dipping tool to dunk the cake balls into the melted candy coating to avoid fingerprints and mess.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 eyeball (about 40g)
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
