When your cookie stares back at you...

When you find creepy candy eyeballs in your pantry, it feels just right to make some Monster Eye Cookies for Halloween. (Yes, I know this is posting nowhere near Halloween - but it's still fun!) The recipe is really simple, mostly pantry staples except the eyeballs... oddly I had eyeballs in my pantry - why don't you?
I asked the kids to pick 4 colors to make the cookies... yes there are 5, they initially picked 6, I hedged on 5. Who is the big ol' sap now?! This dough is so sticky, even refrigerated. It's no wonder you want to coat them in powdered sugar, otherwise you'd probably not get them on the pan, they'd be stuck to your fingers.
A fun afternoon project for sure. At first we thought they tasted just OK, but given a day? They are hard to stop eating. They melt in your mouth and are just that good. Even when they stare back at you... creepy.

Gooey Monster Eye Cookies Recipe
1 box Yellow Cake Mix
1/2 cup butter softened
1/2 tsp vanilla
8 oz cream cheese softened
1 egg
green food coloring
powdered sugar
candy eyeballs

Instructions
Beat butter, vanilla, egg and cream cheese until fluffy.
Mix in cake mix. Add green food coloring until it's the color you want. I used neon green. Chill for 30 minutes.
Roll into balls and dip in a bowl of powdered sugar.
Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes. While warm push eye balls into the center or all over the cookie. ENJOY!