Bloody Eyeballs Drink Food

EDIBLE EYEBALLS

Steps:

• Pour boiling water over the gelatin and stir to dissolve completely. Pour the mixture into ice cube trays with rounded bottoms (you should be able to fill 2 trays). Refrigerate until partially set, about 20 minutes. Push the blueberry eyeballs into the partially set gelatin and refrigerate until thoroughly set. Dip the ice cube tray in warm water for 15 to 30 seconds and run a knife around the edges of each ice cube. Turn the "eyes" out on a serving plate and refrigerate until serving time.

BLUEBERRY RICKETY EYEBALL PUNCH

Steps:

• Stick 1 to 2 blueberries, depending on their size, into the cavity of each lychee. Place on a foil-lined baking sheet and freeze, about 1 hour. (Wait until the "eyeballs" thaw a bit before eating, so that you don't choke on them.) Stir together 5 tablespoons of the lychee syrup, the blueberry juice and lime juice in a bowl or pitcher until combined. Stir in the sparkling water and add the lychee eyeballs. If it is a bit tart for your taste, add the remaining tablespoon syrup. Serve in tall glasses over ice, spooning the lychee eyeballs into the glasses as you pour. For a grown-up twist, stir in the gin before adding the sparkling water. Enjoy!

BLOODY EYEBALL PUNCH

Steps:

• Stuff the cherries into the holes of the lychees, using a toothpick to keep them in place if necessary. Place each stuffed lychee on a sheet pan or in a freezer-safe casserole dish. Freeze for at least 8 hours and up to overnight.
• Mix the prosecco, vodka and cherry juice together in a large punch bowl. Taste and add the reserved lychee juice as needed for sweetness. Remove the toothpicks from the frozen lychees. Add the "eyeballs" to the punch and serve with a gummy worm draped over the rim of each glass, if desired.

BLOODY EYEBALLS (DRINK)

Steps:

• Prepare ice"eyeballs" the day before you plan on serving.
• Peel radishes, leaving thin streaks of red skin on to represent"blood vessels".
• Using tip of a vegetable peeler or a small knife, carefully scoop out a small hole in each radish, about the size of an olive.
• Stuff a green olive, pimiento side out, in each hole.
• Place 1 radish"eyeball" in each section of an empty ice cube tray.
• Trim radishes down to fit in trays, if necessary.
• Fill tray with water and freeze overnight.
• To make drink, fill a tall cocktail glass with 3 or 4 eyeball ice cubes, add ingredients in the order given and shake or stir.
• You can create a salt rim on the glasses by running a piece of lemon or lime around the rim then dipping it in a small dish of salt.

EYEBALL MARTINI

Steps:

• Push a peppercorn into center of each olive, tucking under pimento filling to resemble an eye. Place olives in a martini glass.
• Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice; add vodka and vermouth. Shake well and strain into glass. Add bitters to one side of glass and serve.