A mixture of ghoulishly delicious juices makes this Halloween drink recipe a delight for kids and adults alike.
Looking for Halloween drink ideas for kids? This vampire blood punch is always a fun recipe for Halloween parties, both at school and at home. Or you can even just serve it with Halloween dinner before your little ghouls and goblins hit the streets for trick or treating.
This vampire blood punch makes a great accompaniment to mummy dogs, crunchy spiders and black bean dip served with orange pepper slices or homemade tortilla chips. And for dessert on Halloween? It has to be pumpkin chocolate chip cookies or pumpkin cookies with Raisinets, of course.
If you want to make this Halloween drink recipe even more frightfully delicious, serve it with frozen worms. Just put one gummy worm in each compartment of an ice cube tray. Add water to cover and freeze. When the kids see these "worms in vampire blood," they won't be able to resist drinking them!
Low Fat and Less Sugar
Why add more sugar to the kids' Halloween party with sugar-sweetened drinks? Look for all-natural, 100% juices to make this vampire blood punch. If the label on the juice says, "juice drink," it probably has corn syrup or some additional sugar and water added to it.
Northland, Walnut Acres, Adam and Even and Ocean Spray all make 100% cranberry juice blends (some brands use the word "premium" to describe 100% juice). Most have apple juice or grape juice to sweeten the tart cranberry taste.
Be sure to use unsweetened (just flavored) raspberry-seltzer water with no added sugar or corn syrup. Look on the label. If the seltzer water has 0 calories, it is sweetened only with natural flavorings and has no added sugar.
Vampire Blood Punch
Ingredients:
- 4 cups cranberry raspberry juice (or cranberry juice cocktail)
- 2 cups natural pineapple juice (100% juice)
- 2 cups raspberry-flavored seltzer water
- wormy ice cubes (optional)
Directions:
- Mix all of the ingredients together, and pour into a large, decorative punch bowl.
- Serve the punch with wormy ice cubes if desired.
Makes 6-8 servings.
Per serving (based on 6): 120 calories, 0 g fat (0 g saturated fat), 0 mg cholesterol, 36 g carbohydrate, 1 g protein, 0% vitamin A, 133% vitamin C, 7% calcium, 6% iron
For more scary, delicious and healthy Halloween recipes, see also: pumpkin chili, caramel apple dip, spicy pumpkin soup, pumpkin brownies, pumpkin cookies with orange glaze, low fat pumpkin bread, roasted pumpkin seeds, and roasted red pepper black bean dip.
