Creepy Eyeball Donuts

Total Time:Prep: 30 min. Bake: 10 min.
Margaret Knoebel

By Taste Of Home Editorial Team

Recipe by Ronna Farley, Rockville, Maryland

Tested by Margaret Knoebel

Published on Aug. 12, 2025

You better keep an eye on these fun treats before they disappear! These cake donuts are dipped in white glaze and drizzled with dark red corn syrup. Gummy candies and chocolate chips are used for the rest of the design. They're fun, creepy and so delicious. —Ronna Farley, Rockville, Maryland

TEST KITCHEN APPROVED

Creepy Eyeball Donuts

Contest Winner
Yield:1 dozen
Prep:30 min
Cook:10 min

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons 2% milk
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons canola oil
  • GLAZE:
  • 3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 2 tablespoons 2% milk
  • 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
  • DRIZZLE:
  • 1/4 cup light corn syrup
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon red food coloring
  • GARNISH:
  • 12 green Life Savers Gummies
  • 12 semisweet chocolate chips
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Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, combine the first four ingredients. Combine eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Pipe or pour batter into two greased silicone sphere-shaped molds (2-1/2-in. diameter), filling cavities two-thirds full.
  2. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 10-12 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from molds to wire racks to cool completely.
  3. In a small bowl, combine glaze ingredients. Dip each doughnut halfway, allowing excess to drip off. Place on wire rack; let stand until set.
  4. In a small bowl, combine drizzle ingredients. Using a food safe plastic bag, fill with drizzle. To decorate, pipe vertical lines with drizzle around the doughnut. Top with a gummy candy. Place a chocolate chip in the center of each gummy, bottom side up.
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