How to make Edible Gummy Eyeballs
Gummy Eyeballs are perfect for adding spooky flair to drinks, punch bowls, cakes, or for enjoying alone. Made with coconut milk, cranberry juice, and blueberries, these eerie eyeballs are both creepy and delicious!
Make a sweet surprise in their morning glass of milk, hide an eyeball in their lunch box for school, etc. These Gummy Eyeballs go everywhere on Halloween; they taste yummy! I didn’t put much sugar in there to keep the sugar low for the sake of the kids. Therefore, this fun recipe is simple, but a few mistakes to watch out for. I’ll guide you through it all!
The Mould
I chose a silicon mould to make big balls, which is perfect for this recipe, although a smaller version would work, too. This mould is usually used to create nice-looking scotch or cocktails, but this time, it’s for our eyeballs (Check my version here).
Technique
The first step is to make the iris and pupil of the eyes. I’ve used cranberry juice for red, but you could use whatever juice colour you fancy. Then, you’ll add a blueberry to the bottom of the mould and refrigerate it. The second part is the coconut jelly, which you’ll need to wait until it cools before pouring over the coloured layer. Otherwise, it will melt the iris part of your eyes and make a mess.
Gelatine or Agar?
Both are suitable for this recipe; the exact quantities are in the recipe card below. Agar is ideal for vegetarians, but the texture differs slightly from gelatine. The light jello giggles result is only achievable with gelatine, although it will be more fragile to manipulate. Last, gelatine barely needs to be boiled and diluted without problems. However, if you choose the gelatine sheets, let them soften in cold water before adding them to the hot liquid.
While agar, you’ll need to add it to cold water before cooking it to dilute properly. Otherwise, when added to hot liquid, it will make a paste and won’t dilute by itself; you would then need to blend it, pass it through a sieve and cook it a bit longer. As for the Agar texture, it is firmer and visually a bit blurry. But ultimately, they both work for this Gummy Eyeballs recipe.
Ideas to use Gummy Eyeballs
Here are a few ideas on where to hide these spooky Gummy Eyeballs. They do not float, so if you intend to put them in a punch bowl or drink, put them on a toothpick or over a bunch of ice cubes. They also work at the bottom of a see-through punch or beverage.
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How to make Gummy Eyeballs
Equipment
- 1 silicone big or medium balls mould 4-6 balls
Ingredients
- 400 ml coconut milk one can
- 100 ml water
- 75 ml cranberry juice or any juice
- 6 gelatine sheets or 4 tsp. powder gelatine or 3 tsp. Agar
- 4 blueberries or dark chocolate balls
- 1 tbsp sugar
Instructions
- Add one gelatine sheet to a water bowl to soften, and add it (or ½ tsp. powder) to the simmering cranberry juice. Stir. (if you use Agar, add ½ tsp. to the liquid before cooking, let simmer a few minutes).
- Add less than a tablespoon of juice to the mould, and add the blueberry in the center.
- Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- Let the remaining gelatine sheets (and agar) soak for 5 minutes in 100 ml of cold water before adding them to the simmering coconut milk with the added sugar. (You can add 3 tsp. of powdered gelatine directly to the simmering coconut milk + water.)
- Once the gelatine dissolves (it is almost instant for gelatine, but Agar takes 2-3 minutes to cook), let it cool for 5-10 minutes.
- Fill up the rest of the mould with the coconut liquid.
- Refrigerate overnight for up to 24 hours before serving.
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Well that’s gross but cool and my kids will LOVE it, lol.
For once, I will accept with pleasure that someone call one of my recipes ‘gross’. haha! A kid’s favourite for sure!
This is so fun! My nieces and nephews are obsessed with Halloween so I definitely have to make these with them. I love that these are made from healthy ingredients too!
Certainly! There’s not a lot of sugar, and there’s a subtle burst of antioxidants from the blueberry in the center!
Oh my gosh these look… gross but amazing! I know a few people who will love these this Halloween!
They will be the masterpiece at your Halloween Table! Enjoy!
Oh, these are neat! I need to make some of them, my family will love them. I will need to get a round mold first but yeah I definitely need to make these.
Yummy and easy! You’ll see!
We don’t celebrate Halloween, but I bet my grandsons would get a kick out of seeing this! It is so interesting. I am so glad that you did a video for me to get a visual.
Love videos also, they show details otherwise missed… I’m a big time visual also.
These gummy eyeballs look perfect for Halloween, and my daughter would love them! I like that included a substitution for the gelatine as I am vegetarian so I would opt to use agar instead.
Agar hold a bit better, and the eye is less fragile this way! Enjoy!
YUM! I love gummy candies. This one sounds amazing with the coconut, cranberry, blueberry combination. What a fun and creepy idea for kids (and kids at heart) at Halloween.
This is such a fun idea! My boys will definitely love it!
The boys definitely will!
The coconut and cranberry blueberry combo is interesting and looks awesome. I am sure they’ll taste yummy too. Great fun idea for kids.
Yeah, they are spooky and delicious, this is an unusual combo!
Great idea and so easy to do, my only problem was I could get my coconut to set, I will try again using more agar. But love this.