Malted milk eyeballs. Photo: Monika Bartyzel.

With sweet ghost blondies and brownie bats out of the way, it’s time to focus on more ghoulish fare that’s not usually found on the Halloween table: Malted Milk Eyeballs. Not the sort of food Batman Halloween food Robin would approve of.

Unfortunately, these aren’t 100-percent true malted milk balls with that Whoppers-like crunch — rumor has it those are made in a vacuum to achieve the right texture. We don’t have a vacuum, nor are we interested in mass experimentation with sponge toffee to concoct something similar, so we’re relying on taste. And that classic flavor is easy to recreate at home. You can buy malted milk powder in most supermarkets.

Just a bit of that powder and some chocolate (white chocolate in this case, to get the eyeball color), and soon you’ll be surrounded by eerie rolling eyeballs just waiting to be devoured. More