Monday, October 19, 2009

Halloween Cocktails

Pink Sunrise Cocktails
(Rachael Ray)

4 cocktails.

Ingredients
•2 shots Campari liqueur
•1 quart red grapefruit juice
•1 bottle dry Champagne

Directions
Add half a shot of Campari to a champagne flute. Add a few ounces red grapefruit juice to the glass then fill the glass with Champagne to the rim and serve.





Spellbinders with Devil Eyeballs
(Emeril Lagasse)
10 servings.

Ingredients
•1/4 cup blue curacao
•3/4 cup galliano liqueur
•1 1/2 cups coconut rum
•2 quarts pineapple juice
•2 quarts seltzer water
Spooky Ice Cubes:
•Food coloring
•Water

Special Equipment: Novelty ice cube trays

Devil Eyeballs

•20 maraschino cherries
•20 chocolate chips (white or dark chocoale)
•20 lychee nut fruits (canned and pitted)

Directions
For the Punch:
Combine all ingredients in a large glass punch bowl and mix well.

For the Ice Cubes:
Color water with desired food colorings and pour into ice cube trays. Freeze until firm.

For the Devil Eyeballs:
Remove the stems from the cherries. Insert a chocolate chip, point side in, into each cherry to make "pupil" of the eye. Stuff cherry into pitted lychee nut fruit.
Ladle some of the punch into each glass. Garnish with ice cubes or devil eyeballs.




Witch's Brew
12 servings

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
•2 cups chilled vodka, optional

Special equipment:
•1 large black plastic cauldron (available at party or craft stores)
•1 punch bowl that fits inside the cauldron
•1 plastic hand (available at party supply stores), sterilized in hot water
•1 block dry ice (available at supermarkets, ice cream shops or ice companies)

Directions
Pour the gelatin mix into a large bowl. Slowly stir in the boiling water. Stir at least 2 minutes, until the gelatin is completely dissolved. Stir in the pineapple juice. Let cool to room temperature.

Wearing heavy duty gloves or using tongs, place the block of dry ice in the bottom of the cauldron. (Dry ice will burn skin, so handle it with gloves and tongs and keep it away from kids and pets!)

Use an ice pick to break the block into smaller chunks, if necessary.
Fill the cauldron with just enough water to cover the dry ice. It will begin to "steam."
Place the punch bowl inside the cauldron, on top of the dry ice. The cauldron will appear to be magically smoking.

Entrap the sterilized rubber hand between the cauldron and the punch bowl, squeezing it tight so the hand appears to be reaching out of the mist for help. Hot-glue the hand to the cauldron, if necessary, to hold it in place.

Carefully pour the drink mixture into the punch bowl. Slowly add the chilled vodka and lemon-lime soda or ginger ale. Stir gently to mix.

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