These Ghost Hardboiled Eggs are a fun and healthy Halloween breakfast treat for the kids. Easy to make and the kids will love them as an addition to your Halloween-themed breakfast.
What a fun Halloween Food Idea that the kids will absolutely love at the breakfast table. I love making Halloween-themed foods and sharing them with you on this blog of mine. Just this year I added a couple of really cute and fun Halloween Treat Ideas like this Hocus Pocus Pull-Apart Brownie, Ghost Shaped Cupcakes and this Frankenstein Cupcake
So, I had this crazy idea that I could easily transform Hard Boiled Eggs into Fun Halloween Ghosts. It took me a few attempts to figure out exactly how to make this idea manifest itself into reality, but I think I’ve finally got this fun treat down to a science.
What I love about this Halloween Breakfast Idea
- It is fun for you or the kids to help make
- Hardboiled eggs are delicious, and now they are fun to eat
- A simple Halloween breakfast idea with very few supplies needed
Table of contents
- What I love about this Halloween Breakfast Idea
- Ingredients
- Instructions:
- Expert Tips
- Variations
- What to Serve with this Halloween Breakfast
- FAQs
- Storing
- More Halloween Foods to Try
- Serving Size
- Here are My Top Amazon Picks for this Ghost Hardboiled Eggs for a Healthy Halloween Kid’s Breakfast Treat
- Recipe for Ghost Hard-Boiled Eggs for Halloween
Let me show you my Easy Way to Make Ghost Hardboiled Eggs for a Healthy Halloween Kid’s Breakfast Treat
Ingredients
- Hardboiled eggs
- Knife
- A standard-size straw
- A Milkshake size straw
Instructions:
Step One
first, slice the bottom off of the eggs so they can stand upright without toppling over
Then, take your regular sized straw and insert it right where you imagine the ghost’s eyes to go – toward the narrow (top) end of the oval
Insert the straw just through the outer white portion of the egg and stop before you hit the firm yolk
twist the straw around so it carves out a circle
pull the straw out at a slight angle so the circle that you just carved out of the white part remains inside the straw as you pull it out of the egg (you’re essentially creating a vacuum effect with the straw)
squeeze the egg that is inside the straw out onto your work surface and repeat for more ghost eyes
Step Two
Mouth:
Use your milkshake sized straw for the mouth of the ghost
I like to squeeze the straw a little to shape it into an oval for the ghost’s mouth, but I’ve left it as a circle too – I like the different expressions that you can get that way
Step Three
Repeat the same procedure as you did for the ghost eyes
Insert the straw just through the outer white portion of the egg and stop before you hit the firm yolk
twist the straw around so it carves out a circle
pull the straw out at a slight angle so the circle that you just carved out of the white part remains inside the straw as you pull it out of the egg (you’re essentially creating a vacuum effect with the straw)
squeeze the egg that is inside the straw out onto your work surface and repeat for more ghost eyes
That’s it!
Enjoy your Ghost Hardboiled Eggs
Expert Tips
Use different-sized straws to create different shapes
Shape the straws by squeezing them a little with your fingertips to make fun mouth shapes
Variations
I made my eggs so they are well done and yellow in the center and that is reflected in the recipe. To make eggs with an orange or softer center, boil for fewer minutes. Boil eggs for 9-10 minutes for an orange center
What to Serve with this Halloween Breakfast
- Hot chocolate with Spooky Marshmallow Eyeballs
- Spider Doughnuts
- Apple Cider
- Bacon
- Sausage
- Biscuits or Toast
- Jam
- Apple Butter
FAQs
Mummy Hand Pies, Pumpkin Shaped Fruit Cups, and Creepy Eyeball Doughnuts, Spider Web Pancakes
Place the eggs in a large pot and cover with cold water by about 1 inch
Bring the water to a boil, then cover the pot and turn off the heat
Let the eggs cook, covered for 12 minutes
Transfer the eggs to a bowl of ice water and chill for 14 minutes
Storing
Hardboiled eggs can be covered in an airtight container and stored in the refrigerator for up to one week
More Halloween Foods to Try
Serving Size
This recipe makes 6 eggs
Double or triple the recipe for more
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Recipe for Ghost Hard-Boiled Eggs for Halloween
Ghost Hardboiled Eggs
Equipment
- large pot with lid
- bowl of ice water
- 1 regular sized straw
- 1 malt sized straw
- 1 paring knife
Ingredients
- 6 large eggs
Instructions
- Place the eggs in a large pot and cover with cold water by about 1 inch
- Bring the water to a boil, then cover the pot and turn off the heat
- Let the eggs cook, covered 12 minutes,
- Transfer the eggs to a bowl of ice water and chill for 14 minutes
Eyes
- first, slice the bottom off of the eggs so they can stand upright without toppling overThen, take your regular sized straw and insert it right where you imagine the ghost's eyes to go – toward the narrow (top) end of the ovalInsert the straw just through the outer white portion of the egg and stop before you hit the firm yolktwist the straw around so it carves out a circlepull the straw out at a slight angle so the circle that you just carved out of the white part remains inside the straw as you pull it out of the egg (you're essentially creating a vacuum effect with the straw)squeeze the egg that is inside the straw out onto your work surface and repeat for more ghost eyes
Mouth
- Same as above but with the larger straw
- Tip – Squeeze the sraw in the middle bso that it makes an oval shape before inserting it into the egg
These are adorable! My grandchildren are a bit old for this, but who cares? Actually, I think they will love them—everyone needs a grandmother who does things like this, right?
Absolutely! Your grandchildren are very lucky. 🙂
This made my boys and I smile this morning. Cute easy idea. Thank you. No one is too old for cute food. My guys are 11 & 14. They happily gobbled them up (I served them warm).
That’s awesome! I completely agree. My kids are getting older now and I’m determined to keep them young at heart.
Wow! These look awesome! I’ll definitely try this with my children they just don’t eat eggs so I hope this idea changes the thought of my children’s Thanks