Marzipan Eyeballs
Ingredients
- Odense Marzipan
- Toothpick or safety pin
- Black, red, blue, and green food coloring
Recipe by Abigail Connolly
These lifelike Marzipan Eyeballs will stare back from the dessert table, a scarily sweet decoration for your Halloween celebration!
Time
30 minutes
Yield
4 eyeballs
Ingredients
- Odense Marzipan
- Toothpick or safety pin
- Black, red, blue, and green food coloring
Directions
- Gather materials: Odense Marzipan, toothpick or safety pin, black, red, blue, and green food coloring.
- Divide and dye in respective colors. Note: be sure to also leave some of the Marzipan undyed as shown below.
- Divide and roll the large undyed Marzipan log into four even balls.
- Create small blue and green balls for the irises. Press flat into each eyeball.
- Roll small black balls and press lightly in the center of each iris to create the pupils.
- Straighten a safety pin or use a toothpick to press lines around the iris to create texture.
- Roll a teensy bit of plain marzipan and place towards the edge of the pupil.
- Roll thin red veins and place around the eyeballs.
- Yay! Creepy marzipan eyeballs.
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