Things You'll Need:
- Several large fresh mushrooms
- Whipped cream cheese
- Garlic salt
- Water chestnuts, very firmly chopped
- Sliced black olives
- Toothpicks
- Red food coloring or ketchup
- Fresh parsley for garnish
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Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Wash the mushrooms under cool running water and remove the stems.
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Step 2
Put the mushrooms in a baking dish and cook them for a few minutes, just until they begin to turn tender. Set them aside and allow them to cool.
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Step 3
Place the cooled mushrooms on a piece of waxed paper with the rounded sides down and the stem holes facing up.
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Step 4
Mix the whipped cream cheese, garlic salt and chopped water chestnuts in a small bowl.
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Step 5
Fill the stem holes with the cream cheese mixture, using a spoon to form the cream cheese into round eyeball shapes.
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Step 6
Put an olive slice in the middle of each mushroom eyeball and paint a few creepy broken veins on each mushroom eyeball with a toothpick dipped in ketchup or red food coloring.
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Step 7
Arrange the mushroom eyeballs on a large serving platter with some fresh parsley garnish tucked underneath, and serve.
