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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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.
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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kristi dominguez
Ha! "Eye" love this pie! Great idea, Beth!
Diane Balch
This is the creepiest cake..my kids think your party looks great. Please share this on foodie friday.
Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes
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 🙂
Anonymous
Cool! I love serving creepy food at my Halloween parties and this is a quick and easy idea I can even use. Thanks.
Our Pinteresting Family
That is an awesome pie! Love these ideas. Megan
Pint Sized Baker
Love this eyeball! Such a great idea. Love the party as well!
A Lived in Home
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
Cranberry Morning
Creepily delicious, I am sure! I know some kids who'd really like this pumpkin pie. Certainly makes my pie look boring. lol
Mama Jodi
What a great group of ideas for Halloween. Thanks for sharing. Jodi @ www.meaningfulmama.com
Bingo Buttercup Crafts
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!
Two Succulent Sisters
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
Katie
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
The Partiologist
How awesome is this party - LOVE the body part food - you made everything look so real, no wonder you felt like a mad scientist
Jo and Sue
As always Beth, your creativity never ceases to amazes us! Love, love, love the spooky diner theme. 🙂
Beth Jackson Klosterboer
Have you two started planning your Halloween party yet? I look forward to seeing what you come up with this year.
Jo and Sue
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! 🙂
Beth Jackson Klosterboer
Steal as much as you want, I'll just make more =) Have fun planning and cooking!
KCorb
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!
Beth Jackson Klosterboer
Thanks! I do hope you can make it to the party. It wouldn't be the same without you there.
KCorb
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.
Kitchen Riffs
Sounds like a wonderful time! Love the "creepy cuisine!" Really, really fun - thanks for a very entertaining post.
Beth Jackson Klosterboer
I'm happy you appreciate the humor in the creepy cuisine!
Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com
Love all of the eyeballs...cute pie!!!