Recipe: Spooky Sparkling Punch

Every year, our neighbors’ home underwent a spooky transformation, in anticipation of the guests they’d host for their annual Halloween party. As a child, I remember the fun we had bobbing for apples and gnoshing on Halloween eats. I’m always intrigued by the desserts and the drinks, which manage to take on a particularly creative and festive twist. The punch they made each year was eerily delicious, and since I rarely ever put much thought into drinks, I thought I’d create a kid-friendly drink with a ghoulishly green glow!

I dreamed up this kid-friendly Halloween recipe last week, which can be made in just a few minutes.

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Spooky Sparkling Punch

Ingredients

• Lemonade
• Ocean Spray Sparkling Citrus Drinks
• Lemon-Lime Sherbert
• McCormick's Neon Green Food Coloring
• Gummy worms

Instructions

1. Freeze the lemonade in ice trays for several hours (or overnight)
2. Fill a glass halfway with the sparkling citrus drink
3. Add one lemonade ice cube
4. Add 1 drop of food coloring
5. Add a small dollop of sherbert
6. Garnish with gummy worms

My kids were so excited about these drinks and we felt like they were the perfect way to get in the mood for Halloween.  One of the stand out features of this drink is the fact that I used a sparkling juice as opposed to a soda.

One important thing to mention is that if you have a child with food allergies, you might consider substituting sorbet for the sherbert.

Halloween is as much about color as it is about creepy, spooky and cooky. For additional recipes merging the Fall colors and flavors that dominate this season, visit McCormick.

 No compensation was received for this post. Products for review and giveaway were supplied by McCormick. 

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Caryn Bailey

Caryn is a NICU nurse by day, blogger by night and mom 24/7. She savors the warm Southern California sun and loves to travel, shopping, baking, reading and frequenting her local tea room. Caryn created the column Lavishly Green for Peekaboo Picks Magazine to share her best tips for going green in style, she is the Former editor for Family Review Network, former OC Family Magazine online contributor, former Orange County Moms Blog contributor, former Evenflo Savvy Parent contributor, former member of the Totsy Advisory Board and former freelance writer for CBS Los Angeles.

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