Halloween Cocktail Garnishes

Eyeball Garnish

Radish with olives for martinis, canned lycee fruit with blueberries inserted in the center for fruity drinks.

Mandarin Orange Jack-o-lantern

Cut out a jack-o-lantern face into an unpeeled mandarin orange using a paring knife. Do the same on the other side.

Cut the orange in half and use the end of a spoon to carefully scrape the orange segments from the mandarin orange to create empty orange peel halves. Float on top of the ice in a drink.

Halloween Drink with Fake Dripping Blood

To make: Mix corn syrup with red food colouring.

To decorate glass, dip the outside edge of the rim of each glass in the syrup and stand them upright. The syrup will trickle down the sides of the glass.

Let the glasses dry for a few minutes before using.

Fog

Dry ice

Shrunken Heads in Cider Punch

This one-of-a-kind Halloween recipe is courtesy of viewer Allison DiNatale. Granny Smith apples are peeled, cored, and halved, then receive a spooky carving. They're baked until dehydrated to give them a "shrunken" appearance. Float in large punch bowl with apple cider, lemonade, and spiced rum (if desired).

2 cups lemon juice
2 tablespoons coarse salt [omit?]
8 large Granny Smith apples
32 whole cloves
2 gallons apple cider
2 (12-ounce) cans frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
2 cups spiced rum (optional)

Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. In a medium bowl, mix together lemon juice and salt; set aside.

Peel apples and cut each in half through the stem; remove seeds and core. Using a sharp paring knife, carve a face, as desired, on the rounded side of each apple half. Place apples in lemon mixture for one minute; transfer to paper towels to drain.

Place apples, face-side up on prepared baking sheet and transfer to oven. Let bake until apples are dry and begin to brown around the edges, about 90 minutes. Remove apples from baking sheets and press cloves into the "eye" sockets.

Combine cider, lemonade, and rum (if using) in a large punchbowl; float shrunken heads on top.

Gummy Worms

 

Plastic Spider Rings to put around stem of glass