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Announcement: Halloween Punch, Drink & Cocktail Recipes
By Leslie BlumensteinIf you'll be serving monster appetites at your Halloween party, try some of our favorite Halloween punch recipes. Be sure to also shop our Halloween party invitations as you plan your party. Ghastly Black Halloween Punch: Ingredients: 1 envelope orange kool aid mix 1 envelope grape kool aid mix 2 cups white sugar 3 quarts cold water 1 liter ginger ale (well chilled) Directions: Make a frozen hand using a disposable glove. Start by washing the glove thoroughly with dish soap and water. Turn it inside out and fill with water. Seal the glove closed with a rubber band and freeze until hard. This typically takes about 24 hours. Stir together the grape and orange kool aid mixes, sugar and water until solids are dissolved. Combine with chilled ...
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Halloween Fun Facts
- Trick-or-treating harks back to the Middle Ages and All Souls' Day, when poor people in Britain would beg for soul cakes, a sweet-bread treat, and pray for dead relatives in return.
- When trick-or-treating first became popular in the United States in the 1800s, more children played mischievous pranks than asked for candy.
- More than 93% of children, under the age of 12, will go out trick-or-treating
- Chocolate makes up about three-quarters of a trick-or-treater's loot, according to the National Confectioners Association.
- Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the first.
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