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Soft, cake-like red velvet cookies dipped in rich white chocolate and decorated to look like scary cool eyeballs!

Red Velvet "Eyeball" Cookies

Soft, cake-like red velvet cookies dipped in rich white chocolate and decorated to look like scary cool eyeballs!
Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 42 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 2 Dozen

Ingredients
  

Red Velvet Cookies:

  • 1 (15.25 oz) box red velvet cake mix
  • 2 eggs
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 Tablespoons cream cheese

For Decorating:

  • 8 ounces white chocolate
  • 1 Tablespoon coconut oil
  • Red candy melts
  • Green/Blue candy melts (any color will work)
  • Semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350ºF, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cake mix, eggs, vegetable oil and cream cheese together until combined. Scoop dough out onto baking sheet.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until puffed and springy to the touch. Allow to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • In a microwave-safe bowl, heat the white chocolate and coconut oil in the microwave until smooth and melted.
  • Working one at a time, dip the top (domed side) of the red velvet cookie into the white chocolate, then place back onto the wire rack. Immediately press a green/blue candy melt onto the center of the cookie (flat side up). Put a tiny dab of white chocolate onto the bottom-side of a chocolate chip, then place onto the center of the green/blue candy melt. Repeat with the remaining cookies.
  • Once the chocolate has set, melt the red candy melts in the microwave, then transfer to a pastry bag fitted with a small round tip, or a ziplock bag with the very tip of the corner cut off. Pipe the melted red candy melts/"veins" onto the white part of the "eyeball". Repeat with the remaining cookies, then refrigerate cookies until chocolate is set.