Spooky Spaghetti with Eyeballs Pasta Recipe

For Halloween, as part of a sponsored post for Collective Bias, I made this spooky spaghetti with eyeballs using La Romanella products from Smart and Final. #ChooseSmart

I am thrilled to be sharing this easy dinner recipe with you, perfect for fall and Halloween! It was so easy to make, and a whole lot of fun... 

Spooky Spaghetti with Eyeballs!!

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? I'll show you how easy it is to make this fun pasta recipe for your family!  

I headed to my local Smart & Final to pick up some ingredients for the meal. I love shopping at Smart & Final because I can get all of my shopping done in one spot. They have so many great products to choose from, including produce and meat. While I was there I couldn't help but buy some cute little white fall pumpkins they were selling as part of a huge fall display. I also picked up some Gala apples (my favorite apple), as well as some chicken breasts that were on a great sale.

The main portion of my meal were La Romanella items. I bought the La Romanella spaghettini, stuffed queen olives, and garlic toast. All of the La Romanella items were a great price, and tasted great!

Spooky Spaghetti with Eyeballs Recipe

• 1 16 oz. package La Romanella Spaghettini
• Orange and Purple Food Coloring (I used gel coloring)
• 12 Mozzerella Balls
• 12 La Romanella Stuffed Queen Olives
• 3 La Romanella Medium Pitted Olives
• 1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp. Olive Oil
• 1/2 tsp. Italian Seasoning
• 1/4 tsp. Granulated Garlic
• Salt and Pepper

To Make the Pasta:

Boil two large pots of water on the stove. Once the water reaches a boil, add half of the package of spaghettini 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, 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain pasta in a colander.

To Make the Eyeballs:

1. 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.  

2. Cut a thin slice of cheese off of the top of the mozzerella ball, so that 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!

To Make the 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, and 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 spooky spaghetti with eyeballs, some delicious La Romanella garlic toast, and some cute little pumpkins that I cut from cantaloupe, and turned into tasty jack o' lanterns, complete with a little pretzel stem!

The kids were enthralled with their spooky spaghetti, and loved the colors! My two year old wasn't too sure about the eyeballs, but my other kids thought they were great! ;)

I hope you enjoy this fun meal as much as we did! This would be the perfect dinner to feed your little ones this fall or on Halloween night, and guests would love it at a Halloween party or dinner party with friends!

Be sure to check out the Smart & Final Social Circular, Smart & Final on Twitter, and Smart & Final on Facebook for more inspiration.

xo, Laura

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