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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » Halloween

    Eyeball Pie

    Modified: Sep 10, '23 · Published: Sep 19, '12 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

    Turn a homemade or store-bought pumpkin pie into a creepy Eyeball Pie for Halloween. Your party guest won't be able to resist this deliciously gory dessert.

    eyeball pie.

    A few years ago, we hosted a Dead Man's Diner party for Halloween and I felt like a mad scientist in my kitchen bringing body part-shaped food to life.

    I know some people would be totally grossed out when served food shaped like skulls, bones, fingers, and toes, but we found that the majority of our 80+ guests gleefully gobbled up Hand-Burgers served with Finger Fries, Bone Calzones, Open Face Sandwiches (with a mashed potato face), and more.

    Crafting food to look like eyeballs was particularly fun.

    eyeball appetizers for Halloween
    Eyeball Appetizers
    creepy Halloween desserts
    Creepy Desserts

    We served an entire table filled with eyeball-shaped Halloween appetizers including eyeball pizzas, dips, and cheese puffs.

    Then once, those snacks were all gobbled up, we filled the table with dead-serts! We served a Creme Brulee Pie Eyeball, eyeball buckeyes, peanut butter body parts (fingers, toes, and noses), chocolate lips, and this Eyeball Pie.

    pumpkin pie decorated like an eyeball.

    The eyeball pie was super easy to make because I used a store-bought pumpkin pie.

    Then I decorated it using Cool Whip and gel icing. I had the pie decorated in under 10 minutes.

    I hope you have fun making one of these creepy P-EYEs for your party!

    eyeball pie ingredients including pumpkin pie, Cool Whip, black and green sparkle gel, and red gel.

    Ingredients

    1 store-bought or homemade pumpkin pie
    Cool Whip Frozen Whipped Topping, thawed
    Green or Blue Sparkle Gel or Decorating Gel
    Black Sparkle Gel or Decorating Gel
    Red Sparkle Gel or Decorating Gel

    Supplies

    offset spatula or spoon

    Instructions

    decorating an eyeball pie with whipped topping and green gel icing.

    Spread an even layer of whipped topping on your pie, it can be thick or thin, depending on your preference.

    Draw a circle in the center of the pie using the green gel.

    Pipe a larger circle around the first and fill in with the green gel.

    decorating an eyeball on a pie using black gel to create the pupil inside a green iris.

    Fill in the center circle with the black gel.

    To make the eye more realistic, pipe in some black streaks on top of the green gel.

    Pipe on bloodshot veins using red gel.

    That's it! This is such a fun way to make a creepy dessert for a Halloween party.

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    Be sure to check out all of my Halloween recipes for more fun party food ideas.

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    Beth Klosterboer
    Beth Klosterboer
    Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. kristi dominguez says

      August 19, 2014 at 1:22 pm

      Ha! "Eye" love this pie! Great idea, Beth!

      Reply
    2. Diane Balch says

      September 28, 2012 at 2:46 pm

      This is the creepiest cake..my kids think your party looks great. Please share this on foodie friday.

      Reply
    3. Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes says

      September 27, 2012 at 12:33 pm

      I'm hosting an It's Fall Y'all ~ Linky Party. I would love for you to share this, and any other Fall projects you have! Hope to see you there 🙂

      Reply
    4. Anonymous says

      September 25, 2012 at 3:54 pm

      Cool! I love serving creepy food at my Halloween parties and this is a quick and easy idea I can even use. Thanks.

      Reply
    5. Our Pinteresting Family says

      September 25, 2012 at 12:15 pm

      That is an awesome pie! Love these ideas. Megan

      Reply
    6. Pint Sized Baker says

      September 25, 2012 at 2:02 am

      Love this eyeball! Such a great idea. Love the party as well!

      Reply
    7. A Lived in Home says

      September 24, 2012 at 4:58 pm

      So creepy, yet fabulous at the same time! I would love for you to come link up your awesome blog to my Get Social link party that's live right now! http://alivedinhome.blogspot.com/2012/09/get-social-sunday_22.html

      Reply
    8. Cranberry Morning says

      September 24, 2012 at 2:26 pm

      Creepily delicious, I am sure! I know some kids who'd really like this pumpkin pie. Certainly makes my pie look boring. lol

      Reply
    9. Mama Jodi says

      September 24, 2012 at 5:00 am

      What a great group of ideas for Halloween. Thanks for sharing. Jodi @ www.meaningfulmama.com

      Reply
    10. Bingo Buttercup Crafts says

      September 24, 2012 at 2:53 am

      I love this! I hardly ever see quirky/fun decorated pies- such a fun idea for those (like my best friend) who prefer pies to cakes and cookies. I found you via Mop It Up Mondays- I'm #171!

      -Amberly!

      Reply
    11. Two Succulent Sisters says

      September 23, 2012 at 8:51 pm

      This is so cool. Would love to have you hook up to our Pumpkin Party with your unusual EYE pumpkin. Too funny. And all the other stuff, too. Hope you can make it. It's open all month and I'm promoting it, too. Best wishes, Linda

      http://twosucculentsisters.blogspot.com/2012/09/thirty-days-of-pumpkins.html

      Reply
    12. Katie says

      September 23, 2012 at 7:08 pm

      That's so cool. I'd love to have you link up to the Fall Into the Holidays blog hop.

      http://redcrowgreencrow.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/fall-into-the-holidays-3-happy-fall/

      Katie @ Horrific Knits

      Reply
    13. The Partiologist says

      September 20, 2012 at 1:22 pm

      How awesome is this party - LOVE the body part food - you made everything look so real, no wonder you felt like a mad scientist

      Reply
    14. Jo and Sue says

      September 20, 2012 at 12:07 pm

      As always Beth, your creativity never ceases to amazes us! Love, love, love the spooky diner theme. 🙂

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        September 20, 2012 at 1:57 pm

        Have you two started planning your Halloween party yet? I look forward to seeing what you come up with this year.

        Reply
      • Jo and Sue says

        September 21, 2012 at 12:31 pm

        The planning has begun! We just need to narrow our menu down from a million things to something a little more do-able 🙂 Of course we have stolen *eeermm* borrowed tons of your ideas! 🙂

        Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        September 21, 2012 at 1:07 pm

        Steal as much as you want, I'll just make more =) Have fun planning and cooking!

        Reply
    15. KCorb says

      September 20, 2012 at 1:12 am

      The body part food at that party was AWESOME!! Your book is an amazing guide to doing it all yourself.
      I will come to your party this year as a Zombie Traveler right off the airplane. Can't wait!

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        September 20, 2012 at 2:05 am

        Thanks! I do hope you can make it to the party. It wouldn't be the same without you there.

        Reply
    16. KCorb says

      September 20, 2012 at 1:11 am

      The "body parts" food at that Party was AWESOME!!!!!
      I can't wait until this year's party. I will get off the airplane and come to your party as a zombie traveler.

      Reply
    17. Kitchen Riffs says

      September 19, 2012 at 9:08 pm

      Sounds like a wonderful time! Love the "creepy cuisine!" Really, really fun - thanks for a very entertaining post.

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        September 20, 2012 at 1:57 pm

        I'm happy you appreciate the humor in the creepy cuisine!

        Reply
    18. Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com says

      September 19, 2012 at 7:53 pm

      Love all of the eyeballs...cute pie!!!

      Reply
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