Halloween Eyeball Donuts You Can Make in Minutes

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Halloween eyeball donuts are a quick, no-bake Halloween treat that turns simple store-bought donuts into creepy Halloween desserts.

With white frosting, red icing and colorful candy, each donut becomes a spooky bloodshot eyeball that looks perfect on a Halloween party table.

They’re easy to make in just a few minutes, making them ideal for classroom celebrations, Halloween parties, movie nights or last-minute treats.

Kids can also help decorate the donuts by adding the gummy rings, candy pupils and red icing veins.

No oven or complicated ingredients are needed, so this fun recipe is a simple way to create a festive dessert everyone will enjoy.

Eyeball donuts with white icing, red icing veins, and a candy eye center sit on a cooling rack. Halloween decorations like skeleton hands and eyeball candies are scattered on a purple cloth. Text reads Halloween Eyeball Donuts.

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How to Make Eyeball Donuts

You only need five simple ingredients to make these spooky donuts: plain donuts, white frosting, red decorating icing, gummy rings and colorful candy.

A cooling rack holds plain bagels ready to become eyeball donuts in a box, a bag of Skittles, Life Savers Gummies, vanilla frosting, red icing, and a gold butter knife, all arranged on a marble surface.

Pour the frosting into a shallow dish and dip the top of each donut, letting the excess drip off.
Let the frosting set slightly before adding the red icing to prevent colors from bleeding.
Use red icing to draw spooky veins, then place a gummy ring in the center with a Skittle inside to create a creepy candy eyeball.
Store the finished donuts at room temperature in a single layer to keep the decorations intact.

Two-step image: Step 1 shows five round cookies with white frosting on a cooling rack, resembling eyeball donuts; a cup of white frosting and a spoon are in the center. Step 2 shows the cookies with red zigzag icing decorations added.

Two images show a cooling rack with six decorated eyeball donuts, white frosting in a bowl with a brush, red icing, and gummy candies. Packs of Life Savers Gummies and Skittles sit beside the donuts.

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Can I Make Eyeball Donuts Ahead of Time?

Eyeball donuts are best served the day they’re decorated, but you can make them up to 24 hours ahead. Store them in a single layer inside an airtight container at room temperature. Avoid stacking the donuts because the frosting and candy decorations may stick together.

Can Kids Help Make Halloween Eyeball Donuts?

Yes! This is an easy Halloween treat for kids to help make because it doesn’t require baking. Younger children can add the gummy rings and candy centers, while older children can use the red icing to draw the veins. An adult may want to handle dipping or frosting the donuts to keep cleanup manageable.

What Kind of Donuts Work Best?

Plain cake donuts work especially well because they’re sturdy and easy to frost. You can also use glazed, powdered or unfrosted yeast donuts. Choose donuts with a hole in the middle so the gummy ring and candy pupil fit neatly in the center.

What Can I Use Instead of Skittles?

You can replace the Skittles with M&M’s, Sixlets, candy-coated chocolate pieces or large candy eyes. Choose a round candy that fits inside the gummy ring without falling through the donut hole.

Tips for Making Halloween Eyeball Donuts

Plain cake or glazed donuts both work. Cake donuts are a little sturdier and hold the frosting well.
Let the white frosting set slightly before adding the red icing so the colors don’t bleed together.
Use any color gummy rings and candy you like to create different colored eyes.
Place the decorated donuts in a single layer so the frosting and candy stay in place.
For a party, arrange the donuts on a tray with plastic spiders, candy eyeballs or skeleton hands.

LIFE SAVERS 5 Flavors Summer Gummy Candy, Sharing Size, 14.5 oz Bag SKITTLES Original Chewy Summer Candy Sharing Size, 15.6oz Duncan Hines Creamy Vanilla Frosting, 16 OZ OXO Good Grips Non-Stick Pro Cooling Rack and Baking Rack,Metal Betty Crocker Cookie Icing, Red, 7 oz