Straight From The Witches Cauldron

Now this yummy beverage would be perfect served with the Witches crunchy fingers! I just LOVE the 'spirits' of Halloween!

Halloween Witches Brew!
(Prep time: 15 minutes Serves 24)

What You Need: 

• 1 (59 ounce) Container of Dole Pineapple Juice, chilled
• 1 Pint Orange Sherbet, Softened
• 2 Bottles of Orange Soda, Chilled (20 ounces each)

What You'll Do:

• In a punch bowl, stir together the  pineapple juice and the orange sherbet until all of the sherbet is dissolved.

• Just before serving the drink, slowly pour the orange soda into the juice mixture. Ladle the brew into cups!!

This is a delicious drink / dessert to serve to those kiddies, but would be even better with a splash of rum! Enjoy the Witches Brew! I snagged & modified this recipe from this cute blog; Very Culinary < Click Here!

The Witche's Fingers!

I don't think Halloween would be complete without The Old Witches Fingers. Her knobby pointy fingers are just the secret ingredient for an after dinner dessert!

Who want's a Crunchy Finger..I mean cookie?!

( Makes 90 Cookies ) 

What You Need To Gather:

• 2 Sticks Softend Butter
• 3/4 Cup of Confectioner's Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1 Tsp Almond Extract
• 2 - 2/3 Cups of  All Purpose Flour
• 1 Tsp Baking Powder
• Strawberry Jam or Red Cake Icing (optional)
• 1 Tsp Salt
• 3/4  Cup of Almonds (whole or cut in half, depending on how thick you want the witches nails to be)

How You'll Prepare Your Delicacy:

• Put all of the ingredients, (not the almonds yet), in a mixing bowl and knead it together. If you've got a food processor ( you lucky devil you) go ahead & get it dirty!

• Wrap your dough mix with cling film and leave it in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

• Preheat your oven to 200°C/180°C fan. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or wax paper.

• Scoop one big heaping teaspoon of the dough and shape it into a finger (try to envision a witches finger & mold it to that shape & size. They do spread when baking.)

• Press an almond into the end of each cookie to form the witches nail.(if you want to give the fingers a bit of gore, take some strawberry jam (or blood like color jam of your choice) OR you can use red cake icing! Put a dab on the end & press the almond nail into the 'blood')

• Squeeze in the centre of the dough to create the witches knobby knuckle!

• For her knuckles creases, all you have to do ( or don't have to if you don't want!) is take a knife & slit in some lines!

(If the dough gets too sticky, put the majority of it in the fridge & take piece by piece as you work)

• Bake her knobby fingers for 8 to 10 minutes or until they have turned golden

• Transfer her fingers to a wire rack to cool. Careful! They're fragile!

Halloween Creepy Certified! I'd love to hear some feedback guys!, share your Halloween recipes, ideas, & likes with me here! I love featuring recipes, infact that's what my blog does! The Witches Fingers recipe is from another awesome Food Blog, 'Magdas Cauldron', which I personally think is worth a look!

Bloody Hands Punch

Punch,  at parties is like candles on a birthday cake. Without a great punch, the flow of beverages isn't quite the same! The bloody hands will add the perfect amount of creepy to your Halloween Bash!

What You'll Need:

~ 4 or 5 Blood Orange or Regular Orange Slices

~ 6 cups of  Unsweetened Pineapple Juice, chilled

~ 3 cups of Cold Water

~ 1 6-ounce Can of Frozen Lemonade (concentrated)

~ Cranberry Juice

~ Non- Powdered Latex Gloves

~ 1 recipe of Frozen Hands (see recipe below)

What You Need To Do:

For The Punch;

~ In a punch bowl stir together the pineapple juice, water, and lemonade concentrate. Mix it thoroughly.
~ Float the Blood Orange or Regular Orange slices and the Frozen Hands into the punch.

For the Frozen Hands;

~Carefully pour cranberry juice into 2 or 3 clear plastic gloves. Fill the gloves so that the fingers can move easily.
~ Tightly seal the gloves with rubber bands.
~ Place the gloves onto a baking sheet, lined with papertowels.
~ Freeze the gloves until firm ( about 8 hours )
~ Use a clean pair of scissors to cut the glove away from the hands.

* If any fingers break off, just put them into the punch bowl along with the rest of the hands. *

Seemed pretty easy huh? Sit back, relax & watch the guests suprised reactions when they go for a glass of Bloody Hands Punch!

~Did you like this recipe? Let me know! Tell me how your punch turned out! You can find some other fun & delicious ideas from: Recipe.com