Mulled Blood Orange Punch Food

BLOOD ORANGE PUNCH

Steps:

• Fill ice cube trays with 1 1/2 cups orange juice, and freeze. To make punch, stir remaining orange juice, soda, lime juice, rum, and bitters into a 16-cup punch bowl. Before serving, add frozen orange slices. Add ice cubes as needed to keep chilled.

BLOOD ORANGE PUNCH

Steps:

• In a large punch bowl, combine the cranberry juice, lemon juice and sugar; stir until sugar is dissolved. Just before serving, add the soda, ice and candy fangs.

MULLED BLOOD-ORANGE PUNCH

Steps:

• Combine 2 cups blood-orange juice and spices in a saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Remove from heat and let cool. Transfer to a container, cover, and refrigerate at least 12 hours and up to 1 day. Pour mulled juice through a fine sieve into a punch bowl; discard spices. Stir remaining 2 cups blood-orange juice and regular orange juice into mulled mixture and garnish with orange rounds. Serve as is or topped with sparkling wine, sparkling water, or vodka.

BRANDY AND BLOOD ORANGE PUNCH

Steps:

• In a 4-quart bowl, arrange 1 sliced blood orange in concentric circles. Add the blackberries and cover with the orange juice and lemon lime soda. Place in the freezer overnight.
• In a punch bowl, add the ice block, blood orange juice, lime juice, lemon juice, brandy, raspberry or blackberry liqueur and peach schnapps. Pour in the seltzer. Ladle into rocks glasses or stemless wine glasses and serve chilled.

BLOOD ORANGE PUNCH WITH SPICED RUM

Steps:

• Add the dark and white rum, blood orange juice, orgeat, lemon juice and salt to a large pitcher, stirring to combine. Pour over ice-filled rocks glasses and garnish each glass with a lemon peel.
• To serve: Add dry ice pellets to a large, shallow platter. Put the glasses on the platter, surrounding each glass with the dry ice but being careful not to touch the pellets with your hands. Carefully serve the drinks on the platter.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE MULLED PUNCH

Steps:

• Cook all ingredients except cranberries in large saucepan on low heat 20 min. or until heated through, stirring occasionally. (Do not let punch come to boil.)
• Remove and discard cinnamon sticks and cloves. Serve punch warm garnished with cranberries.

BLOOD ORANGE BERRY PUNCH

Steps:

• Mash raspberries; strain, reserving juice and discarding seeds. Just before serving, combine the raspberry juice, orange juice and pineapple juice in a punch bowl. Stir in ginger ale. Garnish with orange slices if desired.

BLOOD-ORANGE RUM PUNCH

Steps:

• Stir together all ingredients in a pitcher and serve over ice.
• Note: Blood-orange juice can be squeezed 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.

HOT CRANBERRY-ORANGE PUNCH

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 4-6 hours.
• Serve hot, straining out the spices.

BLOOD-ORANGE RUM PUNCH

Steps:

• Stir together all ingredients in a pitcher and serve over ice.