![]() You only need three ingredients + possibly a little water. It is both easy and fun to make eyeballs for cakes yourself. You can also choose other colors and make creepy red eyes or whatever you want. But you can use fresh eggs and divide them into yolks and whites.įood coloring – You need a little black color for the eyes. Ingredient notesĮgg white – I like to use pasteurized because it is easy and one is not left with a lot of egg yolks. You can use the same recipe to make edible eyebrows, lips, or other fun cake ornaments that you can use to decorate your Halloween cakes. Then you always have some nice candy eyes on hand when you need to make fun cookies or maybe creepy Halloween cakes. ![]() They should be dried either in the oven at low heat, or just on the kitchen table, and when completely dry, they can be put in an airtight container or jar. These eyes can be stored for many months when they are finished. It’s only the imagination that sets the limit on what they should look like. It is not difficult to make edible eyeballs themselves, and the cubs can also help make their own eyes for the cakes if they like. It’s both more fun and cheaper than buying them, and you can give them exactly the look you want. You can buy candy eyes in several stores to decorate your cakes, but you can actually easily make them yourself. Make your own candy eyes for the cake projects You can easily make your own candy eyeballs, it is both cheap and easy. Cookies or muffins can get extra life and soul by using a set of nice eyes, and the kids love it. Refreeze your ice cream bar penguins until you are ready to serve.When you’re baking creepy cakes for Halloween, for example, it’s smart to have some edible candy eyes to decorate the cakes with. Add a little more candy melt to the backs of the Oreo wings and secure them to the sides of the penguin’s belly. ![]() Add dabs of the candy melt to the backs of the candy eyes and beaks, and secure them onto the ice cream bar to make the penguin’s face. Using the candy melt, pipe a large white oval for the penguin’s belly. Pour into a small squeeze bottle (or piping bag with small tip.) Remove your ice cream bars from the freezer. Melt 6 ounces of white candy melts in a microwave safe dish. Using scissors, cut triangle beaks from the orange slice candy. Gently cut your Oreo wafers with a knife to make the penguin wings. Prepare all of your accessories before removing ice cream bars from the freezer for assembly. Refreeze your ice cream sandwich lions until you are ready to serve. Remove your ice cream sandwiches from the freezer and attach the cookie faces and candy ears with a little dab of candy melt. Melt 2 ounces of candy melts in a microwave safe dish and attach the candy parts of the lion’s face to the lemon cookie wafer. Cut the yellow Mike & Ike candies to make the lion’s ears. Draw the “whisker” dots on the yellow candy melts with a black food color pen. Prepare all of your accessories before removing ice cream sandwiches from the freezer for assembly. Refreeze your ice cream cone bees until you are ready to serve. Lightly press the Laffy Taffy mouth on the front. Add another dab of melted chocolate to secure the mini Hershey’s Kiss for the stinger. Add a dab of melted chocolate to the backs of the candy eyes and secure in place. Poke holes in the chocolate coating with a knife or toothpick to insert the black licorice antennae. If needed, you can use a little of the melted chocolate chips to secure the stripes in place. Attach the Laffy Taffy stripes first, lightly pressing into the chocolate on the cone. Place your frozen ice cream cones in tall glasses to keep them upright while you decorate. Melt chocolate chips in a microwave safe dish. Tear off and roll tiny pieces of Laffy Taffy for the mouths. Roll out thin and flat with a rolling pin. Soften yellow Laffy Taffy (one piece at a time) in the microwave for 5 – 10 seconds. Cut antennae from black licorice ropes or wheels. Prepare all of your accessories before removing ice cream cones from the freezer for assembly. Just make them ahead of time and keep them frozen until you’re ready to serve. ![]() They’d be perfect for animal-themed birthday parties or pool party desserts. (And a MUCH larger freezer.) Ohhhh the possibilities: owls, bears, cats, dogs, pandas, frogs, hippos, giraffes, monkeys… I could make an entire zoo if I had the time. All with a few edible accessories and your imagination. And make a classic ice cream cone look like a bite-sized bumblebee. Transform an ice cream bar into a playful penguin. Turn a simple ice cream sandwich into a lickable lion. Lions and penguins and bumblebees… oh my!Īs if summertime wasn’t sweet enough, here are some creative ways to make store-bought, frozen treats even more fun. ![]()
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