Halloween will be here in a few weeks and it’s a time of celebration and fun! This year I am adapting deviled eggs for monster fun. Use your favorite deviled egg recipe or try this one. If you want a gross monster look, add a few drops of green food coloring to the egg yolk filling. I’m not crazy about food coloring, but I am showing you my result. The amount of coloring is up to you. I think they’re still fun with the traditional yellow filling. Cut your eggs in half lengthwise and fill.
Now comes the fun part. Add red squiggles to the white of the eye using tomato paste or thick ketchup. I drew them with a toothpick but you could pipe them on. Push sliced black olives in the middle of the green iris and you’re done. Bloody eyes for appetizers.
It makes a fun centerpiece for a seasonal get together with a few pieces of veggies to make a face. I used a pair of deviled eyes, a nose of grape tomato, and a lettuce mouth with grape tomatoes for teeth. Pepper or celery slices would also make a great mouth. Surround the centerpiece with a plate of eyes, crackers, chips, veggies, and maybe my spider pepper on green artichoke spinach hummus. Fun and tasty!
Halloween Monster Eyes Appetizers
Use organic when available. Makes 24 eyes
Halloween Monster Eyes
Ingredients
- 6 oz black olives drained and sliced
- 12 Hard boiled eggs shelled and halved
- Several drops of green food coloring (optional
- 2 tbsp Tomato paste
Instructions
- Use favorite deviled egg recipe or mine for filling
- Add a couple of drops of food coloring as desired (optional)
- Fill egg whites with deviled filling
- Round filling with spoon
- Press sliced black olive in filling to create pupil of eye
- Dip a small fork, knife, or toothpick in tomato paste and add lines to whites of eyes
- Optional use a pair of eyes to make a appetizer table centerpiece served with tray of monster eyes, crackers, and veggies
Enjoy!
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Brilliant! They would make such a great addition to a buffet at Halloween. I’m not crazy about food colouring either. Especially after throwing away a batch of cakes where I’d used black and it tasted revolting. I wonder if I could mix the egg yolk with avocado, spinach or parsley instead. #mmbc
I had thought about using spinach in the food processing for color but didn’t have time to experiment and find out what it does to flavor. Last year I used spinach and artichokes for a green hummus for Halloween but that probably wouldn’t work for deviled eggs. I really like the regular deviled egg flavor.
These are brilliant and love the eyes so fun X #mmbc
Fun ideas for Halloween, Carol! My grandchildren will like the monster deviled eggs and the spider hot dogs!
and they taste good too!
These would be fun to share with the Baby Grands!
My family loves deviled eggs and they are so easy to decorate. Have a beautiful day!
Yummy monster eyes!! Thanks so much for linking up at #AThemedLinkup 2 for All Things Halloween. Shared.
So many great ideas.
Dropping by again to say thanks so much for linking up at the #UnlimitedMonthlyLinkParty 5. Shared.
I have a friend who made edible cow eye-balls last year… it went viral! So crazy! These remind me of her recipe! Thanks for sharing on Tuesday Turn About!
What a fun appetizer – Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party – Have a fabulous week!
Thanks for sharing this fun Halloween appetizer! You will be the featured post on this weeks Friday and the Fire Station link up!
Thanks so much for the feature. I’ll see you at the party!