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It’s been Halloween week here on the blog with all these Halloween party posts! Today will be our last post from the halloween party.
Because we didn’t have enough sugar at our I Scream You Scream Witch Halloween Party with ice cream and cupcakes I decided we needed a punch too! I hadn’t made a punch in a while. It use to be at any church event or shower you went to there was always a punch bowl full of some yummy, fruity punch. Often with some type of ice cream or sherbet floating in it. Maybe punch is out of style now? I think it’s time we brought back punch! When’s the last time you had a yummy punch??
Today’s punch recipe is one of those “been around forever recipes” that I have in my collection. It probably came from some church event or shower I attended in the 70’s or 80’s.
To serve the punch, I didn’t pull out my punch bowl (yes, I actually have two punch bowls) But instead used my cast iron cauldron I recently picked up at an antique mall. I was so excited to find it and knew it would be perfect for my witch’s brew. There are holes in the bottom of the pot and it was pretty rusty so I found a metal bowl to fit in the inside of the cauldron.
The punch is a combination of pineapple juice, lime sherbet and gingerale. I have also used 7 up or Squirt. Lime sherbet be a little hard to find. I found it at Safeway but you could also use orange sherbet. But for a witch’s brew it has to be green so I went for the lime. The crowning touch that turns it from just regular old party punch into Witch’s Brew is the plastic eyeballs floating in the punch that I picked up at the Dollar Store! The girls at the party loved it!! Of course the addition of dry ice to turn it into a bubbling cauldron would be fun too.
Witch’s Brew
Ingredients
- 1 46 oz. can chilled pineapple juice
- 2 liters of ginger ale 7 up or Squirt
- 1/4 C lime juice I used Key Lime Juice in the bottle
- 1 quart lime sherbet
Instructions
- Pour juices into punch bowl.
- Add lime shervet
- Pour ginger ale over the top
- Add dry ice if desired.
For more details on the I Scream You Scream party check out these posts.
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What a cool idea!!! Love the eye balls!! 🙂
Diana, The eyeballs turn it into a bowl of fun!!
Hi there – We’re making a punch for our Halloween party too – and after seeing this, I will need to hunt for some eyeballs as they look great! We’re in Cornwall, England, and we don’t have a great selection of Halloween accessories available but I’m sure I’ll be able to find some eyeball sweets or even draw some onto plain balls if it comes to that – after seeing this, I don’t think our bowl would look complete without them!
Thanks for this.
Good luck on your hunt. I think drawing some eyes on ping pong balls would work great too.
ok I know this is a stupid question how do you use dry ice? I know not in drink do you put it between the 2 bowls?would love to try this for our homeschool coop Halloween party thanks
Veronica, I didn’t actually use dry ice for this. You can put it directly in the punch so that the punch bubbles but you don’t want to drink it. It will sink to the bottom of the punch. Also, don’t touch it with bare skin.
So fun! I love punch!
Emily – punch is the best!
My yes! Definitely should bring the punch back – especially this one! So delicious and haven’t had it, or any other punch, in years…Thanks for sharing. Pinned!
We need to start a Bring Back the Punch movement!! Punch just makes a party more fun.
Leigh Anne,
Simply fun!
Thanks for sharing,
Karen Marie
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