Halloween spaghetti and eyeballs is the perfect Halloween dinner for your little ghouls and goblins! Just follow this simple recipe to make the colored noodles and realistic-looking eyeballs.
I am soooo thrilled to share this easy spooky spaghetti dinner recipe with you for Halloween!
What child can resist a big plate of colorful pasta with eyeballs staring right back at them?
And what adult can resist how easy this dinner is to throw together?
For even more fun, make these amazing mozzarella stick witches fingers to go with the meal.
Halloween Spaghetti
Halloween spaghetti is a great meal for a busy October night and is easy enough to make for Halloween night.
This scary spaghetti dinner features orange and dark purple noodles, along with some creepy eyes that make the meal look like a monster staring right back at you.
It totally creeped out my kids, which I’ll admit, was my goal. 😉
I’ll show you how simple it is to make this fun spooky spaghetti recipe for your family too!
Spooky Spaghetti Ingredients
- 1 16 oz. package spaghetti
- orange and purple food coloring (I used gel coloring)
- 12 mozzerella balls
- 12 stuffed olives
- 3 medium pitted olives
- 1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning
- 1/4 tsp. granulated garlic
- salt and pepper
Make the Colored Pasta
- Boil two large pots of water on the stove.
- Once the water reaches a boil, add half the package of spaghetti to each pot along with a dash of salt.
- Add about 1/4 tsp. of orange food coloring to one pot, and 1/4 tsp. of purple food coloring to the other pot.
- Boil to desired tenderness, about 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain the pasta.
Make the Eyeballs
- For each eyeball, cut a small slice off the end of a green olive.
- Poke a drinking straw through middle of the green olive slice, and remove the center, so there is a hole in the middle.
- Poke a hole through a black olive slice, and insert the cut out black olive circle into the green olive hole.
- Cut a thin slice of cheese off of the top of the mozzerella ball so the olives can lie somewhat flat.
- Stick both olive pieces onto the top middle of the mozzerella cheese ball.
The olives stick surpisingly well to the mozzerella cheese.
I turned my eyeballs upside down, and those olives didn’t slip at all!
Make the Halloween Spaghetti Sauce
- Combine 1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp. olive oil, 1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning, 1/4 tsp. granulated garlic, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Mix, then add sauce to both colors of pasta in a big bowl.
- Add the eyeballs to the top of the pasta and surprise your kids!!
I served my four kids their Halloween spaghetti and eyeballs with garlic toast.
Yum!
I also made some cute little pumpkins that I cut from cantaloupe and turned into tasty jack o’ lanterns.
Did you notice those cute little pretzel stems?
My kids were enthralled with their spooky spaghetti Halloween dinner, and loved the colors!
My two-year-old wasn’t too sure about the eyeballs, but my other kids thought they were pretty great! 😉
I hope you enjoy this fun Halloween dinner as much as we did!
This would be the perfect dinner to feed your little ones this fall or on Halloween night.
Guests are sure to love this meal at a Halloween party or dinner party with friends!
This Halloween recipe was updated in August 2021 and was originally posted in September 2013.
jyl from @momitforward says
I am dying over this recipe and how to. I HAVE to do this for my family this Halloween!
Laura @ Make Life Lovely says
Yes, you should, they’ll think you’re the coolest mom ever! And it’s soooo easy to make!
Lunchbox Dad says
This is an awesome recipe. I want to make it for my kids!
Laura @ Make Life Lovely says
Thank you! I love your recipe you created as well! So fun 🙂
Krista R says
This is insanely cute!! I usually order a pizza on Halloween but I’m going to plan a spooky dinner just so I can make this! I shared this over on my blog in my Friday Finds so glad I came across it on Pinterest!
Laura @ Make Life Lovely says
I’m so glad you’re going to make this! They eyeballs are my favorite part, they end up looking so real. Thanks so much for sharing on your blog- I’m off to check it out!!
Tawna says
My kiddos are going to have a hoot with this! We didn’t get the lemonade stand done this summer (it’s now snowing) but I’m going grocery shopping and can’t wait to pick up stuff for this! Awesome!
Tiffany says
I love it! I have my Halloween Dinner Menu set but I never thought about eyeballs!! Brillant! Tiffany
Celeste Meredith says
Such a cute, awesome idea, how did you ever come up with it?
Maysem says
Love this idea. Just pinned it!
Kathy says
Too cute! What a fun idea!
Julie Cohn says
What an awesome idea–I cannot wait to make this for my family! Thanks for sharing the recipe and idea!
Dawnn says
This is such a great idea! I can’t wait to make this. My son would flip! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Barbara Boser says
This is so cute and clever! I would have loved to make this for my kids when they were little.
Jeanne Crackel says
SUPER FUN AND SUPER COOL! I cannot wait to make this for my kids this Halloween! Thanks for the awesome recipe!! So creative!!
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Mrshippiewolf says
Does the dye on the pasta rub off on hands?? I have dyed pasta with food coloring after if was already cooked but never while it was cooking.
laura says
my daughter used this idea for her halloween sleepover her and her friends loved it it is such a good idea!!!
Mallory Parker says
I tried this recipe but the pasta wouldn’t change colour! Any ideas why? I’m using standard dry spaghetti pasta and black gel food colouring.
Laura says
Really? How strange, it works perfectly for me. Did you wait until the water was boiling to add the gel color after you added the spaghetti? Did you add the full amount of gel coloring to the pasta, and make sure to stir in in really well to distribute the color?
angel722angel says
Dous it stain your mouth?
Laura says
Nope! It didn’t stain anything at all. 🙂