1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. In a large bowl or bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar on med/high speed for about 2 minutes. Add a few drops of black food coloring and mix again.

3. Add the egg and the vanilla and mix again for 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.

4. In a separate bowl add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk together to mix.

5. Add a little bit at a time of the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix on low. Continue until the flour mixture is all combined.

6. Add the milk and then mix again. Add the chocolate chips and mix again.

7. Scoop about 2 Tablespoons of the dough and roll into a ball and place on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Take the candy eyeballs and slightly press them into the top of the dough balls.

8. Bake for about 11 minutes. Remove and let cool on the sheet pan for about 5 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack.