HALLOWEEN RECIPES
You need to
have lots to drink at any party and Halloween just gives you
an excuse to do weird things to punch. Here are some of my
favorite punch recipes that I have found over the past
couple years. Party-goers get thirsty and are always on the
look-out for something good and cold to drink. Make sure you
have plenty of ingredients on hand to fill the punch bowl
back up as needed.
VAMPIRE PUNCH
This is a quick
and easy punch that you can whip up fast. The up-side is
that it tastes great, too! It can also be converted with
alcohol to an adults only punch.
Ingredients:
1 can or bottle Red Fruit Punch (46 ounce
size)
1 can or bottle Apple Juice (46 ounce size)
1 can or bottle Cranberry Juice (46 ounce size)
1 bottle Ginger Ale ( 2 liter size)
Crushed Ice (1 bag)
Directions:
Pour all ingredients together into a large punch bowl and
add crushed ice. Stir well to mix juices and chill punch.
To make adult version, add 4 cups of any berry flavored
vodka and a 1/2 cup of any orange liqueur.
WITCHES BREW
Try
this recipe for
this witches brew with a nice autumn
spice flavor! To give this punch a kick, you can add a cup of dark rum,
for adults only! You can use the syrup recipe to spice up any beverage,
like hot tea, as well. Just keep it in an air tight bottle in the
refrigerator, it keeps for about a week.
Ingredients For Punch:
1 chilled 25.4-ounce bottle sparkling cider (about 3 1/4
cups)
1 chilled 1-quart bottle cranberry juice cocktail
1 chilled 1-liter bottle club soda or seltzer water
1 cup dark rum if desired
For Spice
Syrup:
2 cinnamon sticks
(food grade, not craft store kind)
3 tablespoons finely chopped and peeled fresh ginger
root
5 whole cloves
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup sugar
Directions:
To make punch, combine all punch ingredients in a large punch
bowl.
Autumn Spice Syrup:
In a small saucepan bring syrup ingredients to a boil,
stirring until sugar is dissolved, and simmer, covered, 5
minutes. Let syrup cool. Strain syrup through a fine sieve
or cheese cloth and put into punch. Syrup can be made 1 week ahead and
chilled, kept in a covered container or bottle.
Stir punch
and add lots of ice. Makes about 13 cups.
GREEN GHOUL PUNCH
Ingredients:
1 (6-ounce) package lime gelatin
2 cups boiling water
3 cups chilled pineapple juice
1 (2 liter) bottle chilled lemon-lime soft drink or
ginger ale
1 bag crushed ice ( as needed to keep chilled)
Directions:
Pour the gelatin mix into a large bowl
and slowly stir in the boiling water. Stir until the gelatin
is completely dissolved, about 2 minutes. Let cool to room
temperature, stir in the pineapple juice and ginger ale.
Add a quarter to half a bag of crushed ice and stir
well to chill. You can add 2 cups of chilled vodka to make
it an adults only punch.
Freeze some
cubes in an ice cube tray made of the mixed punch. Add some
gummy worms or bugs to each cube before freezing to throw in
the punch bowl when they freeze completely.
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