Halloween Punch
A slow-simmered, hauntingly spiced punch built on dark cherry juice, warming cloves and fiery chilli, with a citrusy orange peel brightness cutting through. Vodka adds a clean alcoholic backbone without masking the complex, mulled-style depth. Best served chilled, it's as dramatic in the glass as it is on the palate.
- Type
- Punch
- ABV
- ~20.3%
- Time
- 2 min
- Glass
- Punch bowl
- Technique
- Built
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Build in the glass
- Cherry Juice 1 piece
- Orange peel 3 piece
- Red Chili Flakes 1 piece
- Cloves 10 piece
- Ginger 6 piece
- Vodka 200 ml
- 1
Tip the cherry juice, orange peel, chilli, cinnamon sticks, cloves and ginger into a large saucepan. Simmer for 5 mins, then turn off the heat. Leave to cool, then chill for at least 4 hrs, or up to 2 days – the longer you leave it the more intense the flavours. If serving to young children, take the chilli out after a few hours.
- 2
When you’re ready to serve, pour the juice into a jug. Serve in glass bottles or glasses and pop a straw in each. If you're adding vodka, do so at this stage. Dangle a fangs sweet from each glass.
