Linda's Wicked Witch's Brew

Ghastly-looking but delicious, this punch--complete with eyeballs, smoking dry ice chunks, and wormy ice cubes--will be the hit of your Halloween party. Make it with or without coconut rum, and use any kind of frozen fruit to substitute for melon balls.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 191 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 (3 ounce) package gummy worms candy
• 1 (2 liter) bottle lemon-lime soda (such as Sprite®)
• several ice cube trays
• 1 large plastic cauldron (from party store)
• 1 large glass bowl (fits inside cauldron)
• 1 package plastic eyeballs (from party store)
• 2 (12 fluid ounce) cans seltzer water
• 1 (750 milliliter) bottle coconut-flavored rum (such as Malibu®)
• 2 (64 fl oz) cartons pineapple-orange-banana juice
• 4 cups frozen melon balls
• 1 pound dry ice chunks

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Fill ice cube trays with water, and place a candy gummy worm into each cube. Freeze the ice cubes solid, 1 to 2 hours.n

Step 2

Arrange the location for the cauldron, and place the glass bowl inside. Wash the plastic eyeballs, and set aside.n

Step 3

Pour lemon-lime soda, seltzer water, rum, and pineapple-orange-banana juice into glass bowl inside cauldron, and stir gently to mix. Mix in the plastic eyeballs, gummy worm ice cubes, and frozen melon balls. With tongs, gently add pieces of dry ice for smoke effect. Be careful; dry ice is so cold it will burn if it is ingested or touches skin. Serve in punch cups. Make sure whoever serves brew does not get dry ice in drinks!n