Best Halloween Butterfinger Eyes Recipes

SCARY EYEBALLS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream peanut butter and butter until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Shape into 1-in. balls. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. , In a microwave-safe bowl, melt candy coating and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip peanut butter balls into coating; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper. Place M&M's, plain side up, on top. Let stand until set. Use red gel to create "bloodshot" eyes.

HALLOWEEN BUTTERFINGER EYES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl stir together peanut butter and butter until creamy.
• Gradually add powdered sugar, stirring until combined.
• Stir in Butterfinger candy.
• Shape into 1-inch balls; place on waxed paper.
• Freeze about 45 minutes.
• Melt white chocolate in a double boiler or get a med sauce pan filled 1/4 of the way with water and heat until simmering and place a large glass or stainless steel bowl over top and turn heat off -if water is boiling it will scorch chocolate.
• Add chocolate to bowl, stir constantly until melted and smooth, if you want the coating thinner add a Tbs shortening until desired thickness is reached.
• Dip balls, one at a time, into coating. Let excess coating drip off
• Place on waxed paper, immediately press an M&M onto center of each peanut butter ball (you can also wait to put M&M's on until after set and just use a dot of your piped colored chocolate to adhere)
• Refrigerate until coating is firm.
• Using leftover white chocolate add red food coloring until desired color is reached (you may have to reheat) and place in a ziploc or pastry bag,cut a corner very small, pipe squiggly lines on eyes to make them look blood shot or use red decorating gel.
• Add a dot of black gel or black food colored coating to the center of M&M pieces for pupils.