Kim's Halloween Recipes! It's a Borcherding Thing!

Kim’s Halloween Recipes!

Halloween--It’s a Borcherding Thing! Check out Kim’s favorite Halloween party recipes—from Zombie Brain Punch to Ghosts in the Graveyard.  

Bloody Zombie Brain Punch

Ingredients:

·       4 cups coconut rum

·       4 cups orange juice

·       6 cups pomegranate juice

·       1/2 cup lime or lemon juice

·       1 liter pomegranate seltzer

Combine everything in a bowl and refrigerate before serving. Add the seltzer immediately before serving. Buy a brain-shaped ice tray at your local Halloween store/party store, fill it with water, freeze it and drop it in!

 Ghosts in the Graveyard (with Worms!)

(variation of Kraft recipe)

Ingredients:

·      2 pkg.  (3.9 oz. each) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding

·      3 cups  cold milk

·      1 tub  (12 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided

·      15 OREO Cookies, crushed (about 1-1/2 cups)

·      1 bag gummy worms

·      8 oblong vanilla cream-filled sandwich cookies

·      One tube of black icing

Beat pudding mixes and milk in large bowl with whisk 2 min. Let stand 5 min. Stir in 3 cups COOL WHIP and half the cookie crumbs. Spread into 13x9-inch dish; sprinkle with remaining crumbs.

Refrigerate 1 hour. Meanwhile, decorate sandwich cookies with decorating gel to resemble tombstones.

Decorate cookies with RIP/BOO and top graveyard with them just before serving. Drop large spoonfuls of remaining COOL WHIP onto dessert to resemble ghosts. Sprinkle gummy worms around ghosts and graves.

Serves: 18

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