Description
Creepy and chewy homemade gummy eyeballs featuring a layered pupil and iris. A perfect, kid-friendly treat for Halloween parties.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 envelopes (21g) unflavored gelatin
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup
- 1/2 cup white grape juice (for the white part)
- 2 tablespoons blue or green fruit juice (for iris)
- 1 tablespoon blackberry or pomegranate juice (for pupil)
- 1/4 teaspoon citric acid
- Optional: neutral oil for greasing molds
Instructions
- Lightly grease spherical molds with neutral oil.
- Sprinkle gelatin over cold water in a small saucepan and let bloom for 5 minutes.
- Stir in corn syrup and white grape juice over low heat until fully dissolved. Do not boil.
- Stir in citric acid and pour the mixture into molds until 2/3 full.
- Refrigerate for 20 minutes until the surface is tacky but not fully set.
- Mix the iris juice with a small amount of bloomed gelatin and drop into the center of each eyeball.
- Wait 5 minutes, then add one small drop of the pupil juice into the center of the iris.
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before popping the gummies out of the molds.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Chilling
- Cuisine: American