Could laundry detergent pods be made to look like eyeballs?

From the factory? Yes, probably. Strange colors might make them more of a alien, Martian, ET eye pod.

Why not? Yeah. Great for Halloween…

Not a bad idea, Apple might have a problem with the name,thats about it.

If you eat enough of them, then your eyes can be made to look like detergent pods. This could be pretty horribly recursive.

Is this to make them more appetizing?

It seems to me like a good deterrent.

It could cause some problems over in some of those middle east countries where they eat sheep eyes…

They could give you a nasty shock if you peer through the glass door to check if the washing cycle has finished.