VAMPIRE PUNCH

VAMPIRE PUNCH

750 ml vodka

1½ cups lime juice

1½ cups cranberry juice

1½ cups cherry brandy

½ cup grenadine

Club soda

My friend Chris threw a great Halloween party tonight. There was good food, live music, great friends, a fun crowd… all the party elements were there. I, of course, brought a cocktail. It was called VAMPIRE PUNCH and I got the recipe from another friend who had visited The Chew website.

To make it, I put all of the ingredients listed above into a large pitcher, added ice and mixed it well. The recipe — which serves 12 — called for a punch bowl, but I was looking for a portable container. A nice touch is to add some cherries to the cocktail as well. For the pitcher, I just threw some in the bottom and they made nice “blood clots.” If using a punch bowl, the cherries can be muddled and floating on the top.

The red-colored VAMPIRE PUNCH was a hit with most of the blood-thirsty ghouls and boys at the party. I never found a vampire to model the cocktail for me, but a ghostface from the Scream movies made a great stand-in. The cocktail was both sour and sweet, but it’s tartness kept it from being a hit with everyone. It was powerfully strong and may lead to a coffin nap if you have more than two. Cherry and cranberry flavors dominate the VAMPIRE PUNCH cocktail like a blanket of darkness. But I say go the dark side and…..

Drink Up^

Cocktail Connie