Whether you’re hosting a Halloween party or just handing out candy and don’t feel like trying to mix up a new drink in between doorbell rings, a punch bowl cocktail can be the perfect solution! From dry ice smokiness to candy garnishes, there are all kinds of ways to get your kicks with spooky sips!
Check out some of our favorite recipes below and get your cauldron ready for toil and trouble!
Wicked Black Forest Punch
Ingredients:
15 oz. Jägermeister
5 oz. Kirschwasser
5 oz. velvet falernum
5 oz. agave syrup
5 oz. lemon juice
5 oz. passionfruit juice
5 oz orange juice
5 oz. pineapple juice
10 oz. water
10 dash Angostura bitters
20 oz. ginger beer
Directions:
Combine all ingredients except ginger beer in a gallon container and refrigerate.
To serve, pour into a punch bowl with ice and garnish with orange and lemon wheels or hibiscus flowers.
For fog effect, add a couple of chips of food grade dry ice. Make sure it has evaporated completely before drinking.
Hardcore Punch
Ingredients:
750 mL. Nolet’s Silver Dry Gin
25 L apple cider
2 whole lemons, juiced
Lemon wheels
Green apple wheels
Directions:
Add all ingredients to a punch bowl with a large ice block. Stir well to combine.
Serve over ice in a rocks glass and garnish with a thin slice of green apple and lemon.
Swamp Sipper Punch
Ingredients:
5 ¼ cups dark rum
1 ¾ cups blue curacao
3 ½ cups pineapple juice
1 ¾ cups lemon juice freshly squeezed
3 ½ cups lemon lime soda
Directions:
Chill all ingredients for several hours or overnight.
Combine the ingredients in a punch bowl and add a block of dry ice to keep the spooky vibe going. Warn guests not to break off or touch ice.
*Another Option: Find a witch’s cauldron or other receptacle that’s larger than your punch bowl, so that you can put the punch bowl into the cauldron. Add dry ice in the space between the cauldron and the punch bowl. Fill the punch bowl with punch and any other garnishes. Instead of the punch smoking, the cauldron will smoke.
Bloody Vampire Punch
Ingredients:
4 cups clear rum
4 cups orange juice
6 cups pomegranate juice
½ cup fresh-squeezed lime or lemon juice
1 L pomegranate seltzer
Directions:
Combine the rum, orange, pomegranate and lime or lemon juices in your favorite punch bowl and refrigerate until just before serving.
Add the seltzer immediately prior to serving and, as a creepy finishing touch, toss in a few gummy vampire fangs to frighten and delight your Halloween guests.
Worm Juice Punch
Ingredients:
1 bottle vanilla vodka
7 cups fresh orange juice (with pulp)
5 liters Dr. Pepper soda
Ice
Directions:
In a large clear punchbowl combine the vodka, orange juice, Dr. Pepper, and ice. Mix well.
Add in additional things like gummy bugs to complete your Halloween punch.
