Halloween Eyeball Punch
Happy Halloween, everyone!
I hope you enjoyed all the Halloween themed recipes I shared with you this week! It was hard to narrow it down to a small amount, since I had so many ideas. Oh well, now I have to wait ’til next year to share them with you!!!
Today I decided to share a Halloween cocktail since many of you might be hosting or attending parties and looking for spooky cocktails to serve. This Halloween Eyeball Punch can be served virgin or with alcohol and will scare whoever takes a sip and finds several “eyeballs” in their drink.
The “eyeballs” are made of lychees and blueberries. I absolutely love lychees and when I’m drinking this cocktail, I can’t wait to finish it so I can eat them. Oh, who am I kidding? I usually “fish” for them with my fingers! It usually results in me making a mess and getting punch all over myself. How classy!!! (Totally worth it though!)
You could also add some strawberry (or raspberry) jam inside the lychees before you stuff them with the blueberries so they look like bloody eyeballs! That would be even creepier, wouldn’t it? Good! That’s the intention!
This cocktail is a bit on the tart side because of the black currant juice, so if you want to make it sweeter, just substitute the seltzer for Sprite or any other lemon lime soda brand of your choice.
And there you have it: the perfect cocktail for your Halloween party! I’m actually a little jealous of all you guys that will be celebrating Halloween. I will be working while you all have fun! :( Maybe next year I will throw an unforgivable party that will require months of planning (Yes, I do need months of prep because I like to plan every single decoration, food, drinks, music!). Oh that would be so awesome! But for now, to make me happy, you can promise me to make my cocktail so I can be there in spirit (literally! lol Got it? Spirits = alcohol? Duh!). Deal?!?
Halloween Eyeball Punch
Ingredients
- 18 lychees (canned)
- 18 fresh blueberries
- 1/2 cup concentrate black currant juice (unsweetened)
- 1/2 cup syrup from lychee can
- 4 cups lemon lime seltzer (or Sprite if you want it to be sweeter)
- 3oz light rum (optional)
- 1.5oz Grand Marnier (optional)
Instructions
9 Comments on “Halloween Eyeball Punch”
this is SO cool! so festive i love it!
This is just about the most festive Halloween punch that I’ve seen, Olivia! I love it! And the flavor sounds delicious, too. Hope you have a great Halloween!
this is awesome! and I love lychee, it’s my favorite fruit ever! It’s sad that I don’t get fresh lychees here very often like I used to get in India :( and Olivia I loved all your Halloween recipes, you are super creative!
Thank you, dear! I also love lychee!! Every now and then I find them fresh in the market but if not, there’s always the canned ones! :)
This is so much fun! I’ll have to file this punch for next year… And I agree with Manali, your Halloween recipes have been so creative! Nice job!
Do you think I could substitute Cranberry Concord Grape Juice for the Black Current? I think it will be easier to find at my grocery store. This recipe looks great. I think I will serve it virgin but have syringes of the Grand Marnier and Rum with some red food coloring on hand for those who want theirs spiked. I also plan to put a cube of dry ice in the punch cup for some more wicked fun. I love your lychee eyeballs!
Absolutely! :)
Hi Olivia! I was wondering where to find unsweetened blackcurrant concentrate; or if it’s not easily acquired (and fast), would sweetened blackcurrant concentrate work?
Hi Csipo! I think you can find it at Whole Foods! But the sweetened one would work fine (as well as any other red/purple concentrated juices, like cranberry or grape). Just adjust the amount of lychee syrup (or skip it altogether) so the results are to your liking and not too sweet. :)