Goblin Eyeballs
Our home economists had great vision when creating these devilish deviled eggs. Guests at your Halloween party will be "goblin," them up! —Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ingredients
- 12 eggs
- Red food coloring
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 12 large pimiento-stuffed olives, halved widthwise
Reviews
I used my own recipe for the filling so I'm rating this based the concept rather than the flavor. I made a dozen boiled eggs, cracked the heck out of them (rolling the cracked eggs on the counter makes a nice spiderweb of cracks). I then put them in an 8" square Pyrex in the sink, dumped in about two teaspoons of red food coloring, a glug of vinegar, and poured in boiling water to cover. They're heavily veined, it shows up great! I really think the recipe should mention how much dye is needed, though. I happened to have an old bottle of red and just used what was left in it. The vinegar is because you use some when making dye for Easter eggs so I figured it couldn't hurt, might help. Mine look fantastic! Oh, and I placed them on a bed of shredded lettuce rather than slicing ends. That works, too.
Easy and turned out great. I used my own deviled egg recipe. The tip to slice off a small part of the "pointed" end of the egg was brilliant!!
This was super easy and turned out beautifully - and were a huge hit! I will probably make them for every Halloween Party or Friday the 13th celebration from here on out.
Overall a good recipe except that after soaking the eggs in red dye water, the eggs themselves were almost entirely white. Yes, I cracked the eggs in multiple places! Has anyone else had this issue? Any suggestions? Thanks
I always do a Halloween themed dinner on Halloween and these are great! I have made this recipe a few times now and I do use more spices in the egg yolk mixture but the process to make these look like eyeballs is fantastic! I would recommend using more red dye tho.
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When I tried this recipe, my egg whites didn't turn out looking red and veiny. I think you need to really crack the eggs well and put a ton of red food coloring in the water. Like more than you think is too much.