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Two glasses of Halloween Punch with lychee eyeballs, skull and spider web decorations.

Halloween Punch

A glass of Halloween Punch becomes strangely inviting when lychee “eyes” peek through the deep purple drink, a spooky surprise for both little ghouls and grown-ups.

Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 4
Author: Recipe adapted from Food Network

Ingredients

  • 8 to 16 fresh blueberries
  • 8 canned lychees in syrup – drained
  • 5 tbsp syrup from the lychee can
  • 2 cups blackcurrant drink
  • ½ lemon – juiced
  • ½ cup sparkling water
  • Ice – as needed
  • ½ cup rum – optional

Instructions

  1. To make the “eyeballs,” stick 1 to 2 blueberries, depending on their size, into the cavity of each lychee and freeze them for about 1 hour.
    Lychees stuffed with blueberries to look like edible eyeballs.
  2. Stir together 5 tablespoons of the lychee syrup, blueberry juice, and lemon juice in a bowl or pitcher. Stir in the sparkling water. Mix well, and add the eyeballs.
    Bowl with dark red blueberry and lychee juice mixture for Halloween punch.
  3. Serve in tall glasses over ice, spooning 2 lychee eyeballs into each glass.
    Two glasses of Halloween Punch beside a plate of lychee blueberry eyeballs.

Optional (For Grown-Ups)

  1. For a grown-up twist, stir in the rum before adding the sparkling water. Enjoy, and Happy Halloween!

Recipe Notes

Wait until the “eyeballs” thaw a little before eating them so you don’t choke.