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Halloween Pasta Recipe: An Eyeball Spaghetti Dinner

August 10, 2021 By Morgan Last Updated: August 10, 2021

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This Halloween pasta recipe is spooky, fun, and the perfect Halloween dinner. An easy meal to serve before going trick or treating, you can whip it up in just a few minutes. Kids will love eating the spooky eyeball spaghetti and mozzarella eyes while you’ll love knowing that they’re getting in a good meal before inhaling all of that candy!

bright green spaghetti noodles covered in veggie pesto and topped with mozzarella eyeballs on a black plate

There are people in this world who will tell you that you can’t enjoy the splendors of Halloween until it cools down and/or it hits October first.

I say I don’t need that kind of negativity in my life. (Even if that negativity is my own husband.)

You can find me listening to Halloween Songs and sipping Halloween hot cocoa starting in August.

That being said, this Halloween Pasta recipe is perfect for a super spooky dinner the night of trick or treating. Not only does it look fun, but it will pack your kiddos full of real food and even, if you’re lucky, some veggies!

olive and mozzarella eyeballs on top of green pasta

How to make this eyeball Halloween Spaghetti recipe:

  1. Grab your favorite pesto. I like my veggie pesto sauce but whatever will work here.
  2. Toss pasta with whatever pesto you choose.
  3. Top with mozzarella balls with sliced black olives to make eyes.
  4. Coating the pasta in the gooey, green sauce makes it look spooky and monster like. If you want to make the pasta extra green, add a few drops of green food dye to the pasta, just like how I did with my Christmas Tree Pasta.

Some variations on this Halloween Dinner:

Not a fan of pesto? Use normal red sauce (try my hidden veggie pasta sauce!) instead for a spooky bloody meal.

Try a mix of meatballs and mozzarella balls for extra protein. We love hidden veggie meatballs.

My favorite part about this Halloween Pasta recipe with spooky mozzarella eyeballs is that you’ll get the chance to get some good, wholesome food into your kiddos before they go out trick or treating and start inhaling all things sugar and chocolate.

a silver fork holding a mozzarella eyeball on a black plate filled with green halloween spaghetti

Tips for making eyeballs for this Spooky Spaghetti

There’s a bunch of fun ways to make edible eyeballs, but here are some of my favorites.

  • Add sliced olives to fresh mozzarella balls.
  • Cut slice mozzarella with a small circle cutter and top with sliced black olives.
  • Stuff large olives with cheese (fresh mozzarella or cream cheese work well, but this pesto would also work well!) and sit side by side to make eyes.
  • Slice a cheese stick into circles and use a straw tip to cut small circles from a black olive.

Enjoy while listening to our favorite Halloween songs for kids!

bright green spaghetti noodles covered in veggie pesto and topped with mozzarella eyeballs

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Pesto Eyeball Halloween Pasta Recipe

This Halloween pasta recipe is spooky, fun, and the perfect Halloween dinner. An easy dinner to serve before going trick or treating, you can whip it up in just a few minutes. 

Course Dinner
Cuisine Italian
Keyword halloween, pasta
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 6
Author Morgan

Ingredients

  • 1 pound spaghetti
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1.5 cup creamy pesto most if needed
  • black olives sliced
  • fresh mozzarella balls

Instructions

  1. Boil spaghetti using instruction on the box.

  2. Drain and toss pasta with olive oil to avoid sticking.

  3. Mix pasta with pesto.

  4. Serve with mozzarella balls topped with sliced black olives. 

Find the creamy pesto pasta recipe here.

Find the hidden veggie pesto pasta recipe here.

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Filed Under: Dinner, Fall, Holidays

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  1. Kate says

    October 28, 2019 at 10:57 am

    What a fun idea! Plan on trying this tonight 🙂

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