![]() Use the end of a paintbrush to secure it. Now that you have a light coat place the wafer eye face down into mold, making sure it comes in contact with the Isomalt. Careful not to spill on you, coat the inside of the mold.Ĭaution ! Isomalt can be melted again if needed. Gently and slowly pour a little in your mold. ![]() Take the metal measuring cup and place in about a 1/4 of a cup Isomalt. Here we go edible wafer eye meets eye gloss. Please don't work with it around Children or Animals. The Isomalt when melted will burn very bad. If you want to mark the wafer paper for where the eye color will go, use a pastry tip, like the picture. The wafer paper will soften and start to form in the shape of the ball, after this dust on a little corn starch and dust off extra. Now place the wafer disk on- top of the ball, hold the center firm and with you other hand wet your finger or brush with vodka and softly add to the wafer disk. Wafer paper will curl when water is added, so if you put oil on the opposite side and pat dry, this keeps that from happening. Next the circle of wafer paper is lightly sprayed with oil. A small hole is made, and the ball is set in. In the picture you see a piece of blue foam, it will act as a holder for the acrylic ball. Wafer paper has lots of great features, one of those is that it can be moistened and formed. A hole punch was used to create the pupil. My eye requires a larger circle, so a lid was traced for this one. The picture shows a circle punch that can be used. ![]() and that is the key for food safety.Ĭircles are cut from wafer paper too represent the color parts of the eye. The Isomalt or hard candy coating will be what comes in contact with cake etc. I suspect water would be fine, too.Note: You could just print eyes on copy paper ,if you know they won't be eaten. I used rice milk because of the particular allergies in the group of kids we had attending the party, with no issues. These were a huge hit, and the kids absolutely loved them! When we did it the same day they were going to be eaten, with strawberries that were dried off after washing, they lasted for hours. They then will actually stick to fruit and dry relatively attached.ĭon’t do this too far in advance if you have moist fruit, though -trying to do it the night before we had them melt because the strawberries sweat too much. My husband discovered that if you wet your finger lightly and rub it gently on the back of the set googly eyes, you’ll feel them get sticky after a few seconds of rubbing. (An apple in the fruit basket, the pitcher of water…) We put them on strawberries and chains of grapes to make worms, and even decorated a few random things in the house with them. ![]() The paste IS thick, which is why they hardened so well into great little googly eyes. (I am sure that a real piping bag would have been the best.) I originally used a plastic bag with the corner cut to pipe little dots, but actually found I could take a small amount in my fingers, shape it lightly, and squish it down with the chocolate chip and that was easier than using the ziplock bag. The recipe was easy and turned out exactly as pictured. Wanted to say thanks again for this recipe now that I’ve used it! I made these for my son’s school Halloween Party, and they were AMAZING. Don’t want to use cornstarch either? Omit and sub in arrowroot powder. Again, you were warned. Don’t want to use it? Omit it but don’t yell at me if they aren’t as cute as mine. It helps with the texture and firmness of the eyes. Now let me answer your question as you review the recipe ingredients. And if you are someone who is trying to avoid animal products, how on earth are you supposed to eye-ball your cupcakes and cookies this holiday season? See the predicament! Eye got you covered (snickering…) The great thing about making your own homemade vegan googly eyes is that not only do you now have something to decorate your upcoming Halloween treats with but mainly because the goggly eyes sold in stores are actually made with gelatin. I kept asking them, “Are you looking at me? Are YOU looking at ME?” It never gets old… I’m telling you, as these googly eyes were setting for the past 24 hours, I kept walking past them and giggling with pure delight. I have been so excited to share with you this recipe. ![]()
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