DO IT YOURSELF - HALLOWEEN DRINK ADDITIONS

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Impress your guests by incorporating some of these in to your drinks this Halloween!

1.) Shrunken Heads - This little character will look great in a brew of apple cider and it only adds to the flavor! Use your artistic talents and cut some creepy characters out of apples, make sure to core them before you begin, choose which kind depending on the type of flavor you are looking for, once you are happy with your design remember to mist some lemon juice on to them so they do not brown, the apples will float and your guests will get a kick out of the creepy characters you have created.

2.) Frozen Hands - Fill non-latex, non-powdered rubber gloves with water, tie the ends and place them in your freezer. Laying them flat is the easiest way to get the frozen ice out of the gloves, but you can always lay them over objects in your freezer to get a more realistic hand. Once the hands are completely frozen take them out of the freezer and dip them in warm water to remove them from the glove. They will look neat and keep your punch cold! Try using fruit juice instead of water so your punch doesn't become watered down!

3.) Bloody Streaks-  Add this to your punch bowl but do not stir it in, grenadine or pomegranate syrup looks like blood as it sits in the bowl; Perfect for a spooky Halloween party! Try using a tooth pick and "pulling: your lines to give a more blood like appearance.

4.) Bloody Ice Cubes - This is a great idea to add a little color to your favorite punch recipe. Begin by filling a standard ice cube tray with water and allow it to freeze slightly, enough that there are ice
crystals within the tray, next take red food coloring and put a few drops into the tray. Don't go over board with the food coloring as it will slowly disperse throughout the cube, if you add too much you with just be left with a completely red ice cube. You want to give the look of bloody sections in the cube not a fully red one.

5.) Blood Rimmed Glasses - This is geared towards adults, as it could be a little messy for small hands! In a shallow dish  mix honey with red food coloring, dip stemmed wine or martini glasses into the mixture and allow them to dry on paper towel. They will likely remain tacky for a while so make sure to hold your drink by the stem or base.  An alternative to this is mixing honey and red food coloring in a shallow dish and dipping it in red cocktail salt or sugar!

6.) Glow in the Dark Drinks - Try mixing drinks or making ice cubes from tonic water as it glows under a black light due to the quinine used to make it.

7.) Spooky Fog -  Using food grade dry ice pieces you can create and eerie fog that will add a spooky effect to any Halloween punch. Do not put the dry ice pieces into your punch directly as you do not want someone to accidentally consume it, another option is to put your punch bowl into a larger bowl and putting the pieces in the bottom of the larger bowl around the base of your punch bowl. Add some water to activate the dry ice and watch it envelop your punch bowl. It is very simple to do but it will give a lasting impression.