Here is the recipe for a favorite:
“Apple Pie Moonshine”
Source: www.allrecipes.com
Ingredients:
1 gallon apple juice
1 gallon apple cider
2 c. white sugar
2 c. brown sugar
4 cinnamon sticks, or more to taste
1 pinch apple pie spice
1 (750 ml) bottle 190-proof grain alcohol
1 (750 ml) bottle vodka
Directions:
Combine apple juice, apple cider, white sugar, brown
sugar, and cinnamon sticks in a large pot; bring to
almost a boil. Cover pot with a lid, reduce heat, and
simmer for about 1 hour. Remove pot from heat and
cool completely.
Stir grain alcohol and vodka into syrup and remove
cinnamon sticks. Pour apple pie moonshine into clean
glass jars or bottles. Store in the refrigerator.
in the mix (for those who will not be ingesting alcohol).
Don’t forget the joy of a good Jell-O shot. Make 24-hours
ahead or entrust someone to pick up that task for you.
(PLEASE keep them well protected from the kids!)
A few years ago, we whipped up tonic Jell-O shots
and served them on a glass plate with black light
underneath...to make them GLOW! They weren’t quite as
tasty as I had hoped though.
We’ve also spent hours freezing Halloween-themed ice
mold shot glasses. Super cute, but unless you’re serving
them at the local ice rink, it’s far more likely that they will
slip right through your friend’s fingers...onto your carpet.
Trust.
Bites
Now here’s where you can have some fun. Pick up the
latest Martha Stewart Halloween magazine and really get
inspired.
One easy, favorite appetizer is a seven-layer dip, placed in
a circular tray, with a sour cream spider web piped on top.
Add black plastic spider in the middle. Grab some blue
corn tortilla chips, and voila!
Fresh Market is a favorite for Halloween party candy.
This year I scored black and orange fortune cookies from
World Market, and I normally find colored tortilla chips
there too. JoAnn’s has the best black and orange spiced
candy drops, up near the register. I display a variety of
seasonal candy in different levels of glass containers.
Photos
Yes, this advice is coming from a professional
photographer, but the photos are everything! Consider
setting up a fun backdrop, even if it’s a dark sheet for
guests to take camera snaps. Or, decorate a door by
the front of your house with Halloween paper. These
memories will come in handy next year when you...
Make a collage
Ok, this piece of advice is better for year two, but print
those photos and make a photo collage! Every year I tape
Halloween-themed ribbon around my kitchen cabinets and
French doors, then use glue dots to place photos on the
ribbon.
Trophies
A good costume should be rewarded! We noticed a major
increase in effort when we started giving costume trophies
at our parties. And you don’t have to buy traditional
trophies either. I used spaghetti jars and dip jars sprayed
with gold spray paint. On top of the lid, I added Dollar
Store resin tombstones, skeletons, etc. Set categories such
as best couple, best group costume, scariest, funniest, etc.
Wishing you a season of your own Cre