*VAMPIRE PUNCH
Ingredients:
8 cups cranberry juice
6 cups sparkling apple cider
6 orange slices

Preparation:
Put all ingredients in a punch bowl. Add ice cubes just before serving. Makes 14 cups
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*Bloody Bug Juice
Ingredients:
24 oz Frozen strawberries -- thawed
6 oz Lemonade, frozen concentrate
1 qt Ginger ale
1 cup Raisins
1 cup Blueberries-fresh or frozen

Directions:
Place the strawberries in a bowl and mash with a fork. In a large pitcher, mix the strawberry mash, lemonade and ginger ale. Place handfuls of raisins and blueberries (bugs) into tall glasses. Pour the liquid over the bugs, then sit back and watch the bugs and scum rise to the top of each glass.
To quench a creepy crowd's thirst, double or triple this recipe and serve in a punch bowl. Drape some gummy worms over the rim of your bowl for a particularly swampy-looking effect!
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*Caramel Coffee
Brew a pot of this delicious coffee to serve to adults who tag along with their youngsters on the trick-or-treat route.
Ingredients:
6 tablespoons Maxwell House Coffee, any variety
1/2 cup KRAFT Caramel Dessert Topping
4 1/2 cups cold water
Whipped topping
Chocolate-covered toffee

Directions:
Place coffee in filter in brew basket of coffeemaker. Place ropping in empty pot of coffeemaker. Prepare coffee with cold water.
When brewing is complete, stir until well mixed.
Top each serving with whipped topping and chocolate-covered toffee, if desired.
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*Putrid Punch
Ingredients:
1.13-ounce package of lemon lime Kool-Aid
1 cup sugar
8 cups water
1 can frozen orange juice concentrate
4 cups ginger ale
Worm cubes (ice cubes with gummy worms frozen inside)
3 scoops orange sherbert.

Directions:
This sick-colored punch looks disgusting but tastes boo-rific-ally good!
Empty the Kool-Aid package into a punch bowl. Add the sugar, then the water, and stir until dissolved.
Stir in the orange juice.
Just before serving, add the ginger ale and worm cubes and float the scoops of sherbert on top.
Before long, the punch will be green and infested with worms.
Party Tip:Be sure to freeze your worm cubes before the party.
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*Witches' Brew
Ingredients:
4 cinnamon sticks
16 whole allspice berries
5-inch square cheesecloth
12-inch length kitchen string
4 cups apple cider
4 cups cranberry juice
Orange slices for garnish

Directions:
1. Wrap cinnamon and allspice in cheesecloth, tying into bag with string. Combine cider and cinnamon packet in large saucepan. Bring to simmering over medium heat. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook at bare simmer for ten minutes.
2. Add cranberry juice. Bring to simmering. Remove cheescloth bag; discard. Remove from heat. Let stand about ten minutes before serving.
3. Garnish with orange sliced if desited.
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*Lime Chiller with Blood Drippings
Ingredients:
1/4 cup honey or corn syrup
12 drops red food coloring
4 cups chilled pineapple juice
6 ounces frozen limeade concentrate
3 cups chilled ginger ale

Directions:
In a shallow pan, add honey and food coloring and mix until well blended. Dip the rims of wine goblets into the mixture one at a time, coating the rims of the glasses. Turn upright and let stand to allow the mixture to drip down, resembling blood. Place a paper towel around the base of the glass to catch drips.
At time of serving, in a serving bowl or punch bowl, combine pineapple juice with limeade and stir until limeade dissolves; stir in ginger ale.
TIP:This may be doubled or tripled.
Note:Instead of using ice that can water down the drinks, freeze seedless red grapes to keep the punch cold. Fill a baking sheet in a single layer with grapes and freeze until they are frozen solid and store in freezer in a resealable bag until time of serving.
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*FLOATING-HAND PUNCH
Clean plastic glove (the kind food workers use) You're favorite fruit juice or punch (2 different colors)
Wash plastic glove inside and out. Fill with one flavor of juice or punch. Freeze. Cut glove from frozen hand, being careful not to snap off any fingers! Float hand in bowl of punch. For dramatic effect, use contrasting colors (ex: green hand in red punch)
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*Pumpkin Pie Smoothie
1 2/3 c canned or cooked pumpkin
1 1/2 c vanilla rice milk
3 T maple syrup (or to taste)
1/2 t. pumpkin pie spice (or cinnamon & nutmeg)
2 scoops Vanilla Super "Sun" Smoothie Powder
1/8 c soaked raisins (optional)
4 ice cube (optional)

Blend well on high 3 minutes
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*HOT MULLED CIDER
1 quart apple cider
2/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
2 small cinnamon sticks
8 whole cloves
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. ground ginger

Combine all ingredients in saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes. Remove cinnamon sticks and cloves. Serve at once, garnishing with cinnamon sticks, if desired.
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*Glycol Punch
Ingredients:
2 liters of Diet Mountain Dew
1 pkg. Blue Kool-Aide prepared

Preparation:
In a large punch bowl add the Diet Mountain Dew. Add in enough of the prepared Blue Kool-Aide to obtain the Glycol color. We obtained our color with about 3 cups of Kool-Aide.
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*RADIOACTIVE PUNCH
Easiest is to mix something yellow with something blue. Orange juice and Mountain Dew are good for the yellow, Great Bluedini kool-aid is good for the blue. You'll end up with a radioactive shade of green. If you're using a punch bowl, try this: Get some of those latex gloves, fill them with water or juice tinted with food colouring, freeze. Unmold carefully and float the disembodied hands in the punch bowl. Dry ice and back lighting are good for effect too." NOTEFill a rubber glove with water, tie off the end (at the wrist) and freeze it. When frozen, peel off the glove carefully so as not to break the fingers and float it in the punch. Or heck, break off a finger, then drizzle some red food coloring on it to look like blood.
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*EERIE WITCH'S BREW
4 cups cranberry juice
1 cup chopped candied ginger
3 oranges
12 ounce can frozen apple juice concentrate
6 ounce can frozen limeade concentrate
2 cups grapes
2 32-ounce bottles ginger ale
4 cups water
1 to 2 pounds dry ice

A SERIOUS CAUTION:
Never touch dry ice; use tongs to handle. In a 1 to 2 quart pan, bring 1 cup of cranberry juice and candied ginger to a boil over high heat. Boil, uncovered, about 2 minutes, set aside. With a vegetable peeler, peel zest from oranges; cut peel into thin 2 inch long worms. Add orange peel to cranberry mixture. Cover and chill at least 4 hours or as long as overnight.
Juice oranges; put juice in a 6 to 8 quart pan or heavy bowl. Stir in cranberry-ginger mixture, the 3 cups cranberry juice, apple concentrate, limeade, grapes and water. If made ahead, cover and chill up to 2 hours. Add ginger ale and about a 1 pound piece of dry ice (DO NOT put small pieces in punch or cups); ice should smolder at least 30 minutes. Ladle into cups. Add any remaining ice when bubbling ceases.
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*Slurppy Slime
Ingredients:
2 Pkg. Jello
1 Quart Cold Prepared Fruit Drink
8 Glasses
Straws

Preparation:
Prepare Jello as directed. Chill jello until set and firm. Chill fruit drink. When Jello is set take a fork and cut Jello into tiny pieces. Spoon 1/2 cup Jello into a glass, pour 1/2 cup cold juice on top of jello, place a straw into the glass and serve immediately. You might want to use orange, grape, punch or strawberry. You can also layer the Jello's just use 1/4 cup portions layering Jello and, 1/4 drink. With a little imagination, you can experiment with different colors and tastes.
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*Witches Broomsticks ( recipe follows )
1/2 c water
1/4 c red cinnamon candies
6 c milk
1/2 c chocolate drink mix

Prepare witches broomsticks.
Bring water and cinnamon candies to a boil over med-high heat in a med. saucepan, stirring til candies melt. Add milk. Whisk in drink mix. Bring to a simmer over med-high heat. Pour into mugs. Serve warm with witches broomsticks as stirrers.
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