Best Gothic Blood Punch Recipes

DRACULA'S BLOOD PUNCH RECIPE

Steps:

• Pour the cherry juice into a large saucepan and add orange peel, chili, cinnamon sticks, cloves and ginger.
• Simmer for 5 mins, then turn off the heat.
• Leave to cool, then chill for a few hours or up to 2 days - the longer you leave it the more intense the flavors.
• If serving to young children, take the chili out after simmering or skip altogether.
• When you're ready to serve, pour the juice into a pitcher.
• Serve in champagne glasses or jars/mugs with a straw in each.

SPOOKY HALLOWEEN BLOOD PUNCH

Steps:

• Open tonic water and allow the carbonation to settle for a few minutes.
• Pour tonic water into food safe gloves, leaving enough space to tie a knot.
• Add filled and tied gloves to a flat tray and freeze 4 hours or overnight, until solid.
• Add all punch ingredients into a large pitcher or container, stirring to combine.
• Chill for at least 1 hour in the fridge.
• Add chilled punch into a serving bowl.
• Remove frozen gloves from freezer. Wipe each frozen glove with a hot wet paper towel to help loosen the glove from the ice inside.
• Cut away knot at top of glove, then continue to cut and peel the rest of the glove away from the ice hand.
• Add ice hands into bowl with chilled red punch (with glow-in-the-dark witch fingers, if desired).
• Serve under a blacklight to make the ice hands glow!

DRAGON'S BLOOD PUNCH (NON-ALCOHOLIC)

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large punch bowl or pot. Add ice and stir.
• For grown up version, add 4 cups berry vodka and 1/2 cup orange liqueur.
• Ladle into serving glasses.

BLOODY PUNCH

Steps:

• Fill a powder-free latex glove with punch; tie closed. Freeze at least 6 hours or overnight. (For the best shape, hang the glove from a rack in your freezer with the fingers pointing down.)
• When ready to serve, combine the remaining fruit punch, daiquiri mix, Dr Pepper, grape-raspberry juice and ginger ale in a large punch bowl. Peel the glove off the frozen hand and add to the bowl.

BLOOD ORANGE VAMPIRE PUNCH

Steps:

• Make the simple syrup: Combine the sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.
• Combine the blood orange juice, cherry juice, lemon juice, chilled simple syrup and 2 cups cold water in a pitcher. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 30 minutes.
• Just before serving, stir the tequila into the punch, if using. Decorate the rim of the pitcher with red gel icing, allowing some to drip down the side. Serve over ice.

HALLOWEEN PUNCH

Steps:

• Tip the cherry juice, orange peel, chilli, cinnamon sticks, cloves and ginger into a large saucepan. Simmer for 5 mins, then turn off the heat. Leave to cool, then chill for at least 4 hrs, or up to 2 days - the longer you leave it the more intense the flavours. If serving to young children, take the chilli out after a few hours.
• When you're ready to serve, pour the juice into a jug. Serve in glass bottles or glasses and pop a straw in each. If you're adding vodka, do so at this stage. Dangle a fangs sweet from each glass.