Is there any chance you could make this compatable with the googlyeyes mod (https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/googlyeyes) so that only creepers with googly eyes explode into confetti? It would make a subtle tell to which ones are duds.

Not implementing this as their isn't any easy approach as the googly eyes are applied randomly so it would be a lot of effort to add an enhanced compatibility feature and would add unnecessary complexity to the mod.