Party Recipes

Blood Red Ice

For deep red ice, try cherry koolaid. Can even be frozen inside a plastic glove, now this really adds some snap to a punchbowl!

Mystery Punch

1/4 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon ground ginger
2 quarts apple cider
3 cups water
12 ounce can of frozen orange juice concentrate

Stir all ingredients together until well blended. Chill 1 hour. Serve cold with blood red ice mold (above) To serve warm, after chilling, bring mixture to a boil, then simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.

Strained Eyeballs

6 eggs, hardcooked, cooled, and peeled
6 oz whipped cream cheese
12 green olives stuffed with pimientos
Red food coloring or ketchup

Half eggs widthwise. Remove yolks and fill the hole with cream cheese, smoothing surface as much as possible. Press an olive into each cream cheese eyeball, pimiento up, for an eerie green iris and red pupil. Dip a toothpick into ketchup and draw broken blood vessels in the cream cheese.

Gnarled Witches Fingers

1 T veg oil
4 boneless chicken breasts
1 cup flour
1 egg, beaten
1 c bread crumbs
Pitted black olives, halved lengthwise
Shredded lettuce

Grease cookie sheet with oil, set aside. Carefully cut chicken breasts partway to create five fingers (the uncut part will be the palm of the hand). Slice them a little crooked for effect. Dust in flour, dip in egg, coat in bread crumbs, broil 5 minutes each side til golden and cooked through. Trim the tips with the olive fingernails and serve on lettuce.

Bleeding Heart Jello

The Preparation:
The heart is made from red jello with a some evaporated milk added to make it opaque. The blood is honey or kyro syrup with red food coloring added. PLace the 'blood' in a small ziplock plastic bag and submerged in the jello. I guess you could use any mold for the jello but a heart shape really looks special.

The Presentation:
A heart shaped mold sits innocently on a platter. When peirced with a sharp knife it oozes blood red sauce. The effect is disgusting , but not bad tasting. When you've gathered everyone around for the cutting, be sure to use a fairly sharp knife so it pierces the bag. Also, the best effect is when the center of the heart is pierced, then the knife is twisted. This oozes blood out of the "wound" and looks gross!! If you have a "hearty" crowd that wants to dig in, just remember to remove the bag! (I've heard of a halloween gag, but this is ridiculus!)