Celebrate Halloween by serving your guests a ghoulish brew that’s concocted in a cauldron and overflowing with mist. Offer a spooky Halloween punch recipe to save time from having to mix and pass around the individual cocktails all night long.
The following recipes listed are alcoholic Halloween punch creations. If you are looking for something for the kiddies or non-drinkers in the family, you can try a few of my favorite Simple Holiday Party Punch Recipes.
Wicked Witch Apple Punch
* 1 750 ml bottle Skyy Infusions Passion Fruit
* 1 750 ml bottle sparkling apple cider
* 1 64 oz. bottle cranberry juice cocktail
* 1 Liter ginger ale
* 2 cups pineapple juice
* Red apple slices
Combine all of the ingredients in a large black witch’s cauldron with ice and stir thoroughly. Garnish with large slices of red apple, and float on top. If desired, add dry ice. Serves 12-14. Recipe and image from Skyy Vodka.
Halloween Harvest Punch
* 1 part Midori Melon Liqueur
* 1 part Dark Rum
* 1 part Light Rum
* 2 part White Cranberry Juice
* 1 part Unfiltered Apple Juice
* 1 part Simple Syrup
* Juice of one lemon
* Apple slices, blueberries and melon balls for garnish
For a punch bowl (32 ounces), use this recipe 8 X’s. Add the liquid ingredients and mix well. Top with apple slices, blueberries, and melon balls. For an individual cocktail: shake and strain into an old-fashioned glass. From Midori Melon Liqueur.
Dragon’s Blood Sangria
* 1 bottle red wine
* 12 oz. of club soda
* 2 oz. of cognac
* 3 tbs. warmed honey
* 4 sliced figs
* 1/2 cup red or black grapes, halved
* 1/2 cup pitted cherries (fresh, canned, or frozen)
Combine all of the fruit and full bottle of wine in your punch bowl or pitcher, adding the cognac and honey until the honey has completely dissolved. Refrigerate for at least two hours. When you are ready to serve, add the club soda and stir gently.
These dark chocolate treat finds are the most visually-appealing displays of dark and romantic treats to make your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day. Hopefully they include a great recipe to accompany the pictures to make, as I didn’t get much farther than wiping the drool off the keyboard in time to read through ingredient lists…
Truffle Tarts with Raspberries
Black Chocolate Bites
Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies
If you are are melting chocolate and dipping into it yourself this year, instead of just strawberries you can include random surprises such as banana slices, cherries, nuts, and even gummy bears.
While the chocolate is still dripping down the sides, you can also roll the fruit in chopped nuts or fine chocolate slivers to appear somewhat gourmet.
If you’d need a few last-minute gift ideas for Valentine’s Day (or any day that you’d like to show your love for someone special), visit my romantic gifts ideas here: Romantic Gifts and Ideas
“Eye” spy something that is round…and maybe a little bit squishy when stabbed with a fork. It’s always the eye kills that make me turn my head in a horror movie. I don’t mind watching the rest of the body hacks and slashes – eyeballs are just so vulnerable.
So if you like having your food look back at you, these Halloween creepy treats are worth a peek. Simply quite eye-catching, if you ask me. Feast your eyes on these eye treats (or is it treat yourself to these eye feasts)??? All in favor…say “eye”!
Eyeballs on a Stick
Eyeball Soup with Bugs
Eyeball Caprese
This hauntingly delicious candied apple recipe deserves its own post. I won’t even dare to mix and match these with traditional candied apples because there has never been a more dark & elegant Halloween treat dropped out of the orchard before…in Snow White fashion – these apples are simply to die for.
These candied apples are dripping with blood red and black glass-like candy with natural twig branches that serve as the sticks. They are perfect for Gothic and Vampire themed Halloween parties. Kudos to the talented apple dipper and the stunning visuals from the photographer. I can foresee these forever charming my macabre dinner parties for many years…
Not for the faint of heart, these recipes might have you seeing red if you dare to slaughter an attempt at recreating these creepy treats. Looks like a ton of bloody dripping fun to me…
Surprise your guests with a few gross Halloween treats this year, such as Blood and Guts Potatoes and Blood Drip Martinis.
Cut out and then…um…cut up a few batches of Zombie Cookies. They are just dying to lie in a pool of red icing, and may sever an extra limb or two along the way.
Most importantly, you cannot skip over the cupcakes recipes that I have featured above in the photo! Blood Clot and Brain Cupcakes are definitely winners in the grossness and gore category. Almost enough to freak your guests out enough to lose their appetites. At least they’ll be plenty of ahem…leftovers?
Spiders to Kill For…
An elegant Halloween treat, and who wouldn’t want to rip into these 8-legged Raspberry and whipped cream filled chocolate spider cakes?
Tutorial: Spider Cakes
Forget the deviled eggs this Halloween, these spider web eggs are much more creepy and fully cracked up to be all they can be…a little bit of food dye goes a long way!
Tutorial: Spider Eggs
Classy, intricately designed little spider web cookies. Brush up on your icing skills, and get ready to decorate…it’s ok, don’t forget you get to eat all the rejects to hide the evidence. lol
Tutorial: Spider Web Cookies
