Harry Potter Polyjuice Potion Halloween Punch Recipe with Bourbon
This festive boozy bourbon Halloween punch recipe is inspired by Harry Potter’s Polyjuice Potion! It's an easy recipe for the acclaimed body-transforming brew that any witch or wizard can craft just in time for Halloween!
Ingredients
- 4 cups Cranberry Juice - such as Simply Cranberry or Langers Craberry - chilled
- 1 cup Orange Juice - I used Simply Orange juice - chilled
- 1½ cup Martinellis Sparkling Cider - from a bottle of Martinelli's sparkling non alcoholic cider - chilled
- 1 to 2 cups Dry Prosecco or Champagne - already chilled
- 3/4 cup Bourbon - 3/4 cup to 1 cup - good quality favorite bourbon
- 2 oz Cocktail Cherry Syrup (from the jar of cocktail Cherries) - or from a bottle of good quality cocktail cherries such as Woodford Reserve bourbon cherries
- 1 oz Pure Maple Syrup
- 2 wedges Fresh Lime - or more as desired, for squeezing in to balance sweetness of punch. Taste, stir, and adjust as desired.
- 1 whole Blood Orange - thin sliced into wheels for floating on punch
- 1 whole Red Apple - gala apple or fuji red apple thin sliced for floating on top of punch
- Edible Gold Dust - optional, for stirring in or spraying on for added effect
Instructions
- In a medium punch bowl, splash in the cold cranberry juice and cold orange juice.
- Next, splash in the small bit of cocktail cherry syrup/juices from the bottle of cherries plus the maple syrup.
- Add between 3/4 cup to 1 cup of your favorite good quality bourbon to complement the infused bourbon cherry juice in the punch.
- Next, squeeze in the juice from 1 or 2 cut wedges of fresh lime. Gently stir in the lime juice and taste for balance, adding in more lime juice by the wedge as desired to balance the sweetness.
- In the same bowl, splash in the chilled Martinelli's sparkling apple cider. Now Splash in about half a bottle of dry prosecco sparkling wine or dry champagne.
- Finish the punch by floating thin slices of blood orange and red apple on top. Optionally, stir in edible gold glitter and swirl into the Polyjuice Punch for added effect.
- Contents of heavier liquids may settle towards the bottom of the bowl, so remember to give the punch an even stir before serving each time.
- To serve, fill a punch cup with ice and ladle in the punch. Garnish with a cocktail cherry and some slices of blood orange and apple. Serve very cold.
Nutrition
Calories: 130kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 1gFat: 0.3gSaturated Fat: 0.04gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gSodium: 6mgPotassium: 245mgFiber: 1gSugar: 31gVitamin A: 141IUVitamin C: 32mgCalcium: 28mgIron: 1mg
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