Bobbing For Apples Punch Recipes

Steps:

• Combine one 24-ounce bottle nonalcoholic sparkling apple cider with two 12-ounce bottles hard pear cider in a pitcher. Stir in 1 cup bourbon and add ice. Pour into 8 glasses and garnish with sliced pears.

Steps:

• Pour apple cider into all 5 (1/2-cup) containers, stopping about 1/2-inch from the top. Add 2 drops of red and 1 drop of green food coloring to each container and stir until the colors have blended.
• Hang 2 or 3 gummy worms around the edge of each dish and place the dishes in the freezer. If you use more than 3 worms, the rotten apples won't float as well. Freeze until the rotten apples are solid.
• Just before serving, slip the frozen wormy apples out of the dishes by setting them briefly in a few inches of warm water in your sink.
• Float the rotten apples in a large punch bowl filled with apple cider. For added creepiness, drape the gummy worms over the edges of your serving bowl as shown.

Steps:

• 1. Heat cider, 2 tsp.cloves, the allspice, cinnamon and sugar to boiling; cover and simmer 20 minutes. Stud oranges with cloves. Strain punch and pour into punch bowl. Float oranges sand apples in punch bowl. Makes 32 half cup servings.
• 2. Note: if using a glass punch bowl, first pour in warm water to heat bowl.