This festive bourbon Halloween punch recipe is a bold and fruity garnet red cocktail. It’s inspired by the Polyjuice Potion from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This fruity cherry, orange, and cranberry bourbon punch is a simple magic potion mix, which, in the Deathly Hallows story, allows the consumer to transform themselves and take on the appearance of someone else…
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To create this easy boozy grown up Halloween punch recipe with bourbon, I used the main ingredients from my non-alcoholic Harry Potter Polyjuice Potion Punch.
We’lI use just a handful of ingredients to make a simple yet crowd-pleasing cherry, orange, and cranberry punch finished with a splash of good bourbon and easy-drinking sparkling wine.
Serve it up cold over ice and topped with lots of beautiful red fruit for an elegant touch!
What You’l Need To Make A Boozy Polyjuice Potion Halloween Punch Recipe with Bourbon
- A bottle of Martinelli’s sparkling apple cider – already chilled
- A bottle of dry sparkling wine such as prosecco or champagne – already chilled
- Simply cranberry juice or Langer’s cranberry juice – already chilled
- Simply orange juice – already chilled
- Good quality maraschino cocktail cherries in syrup – such as Luxardo gourmet cherries, peninsula cocktail cherries, or (my favorite which I used in my recipe) Woodford Reserve bourbon cherries.
- Good quality bourbon – your favorite kind such as Woodford Reserve bourbon or any good Kentucky Straight Bourbon
- 100% pure maple syrup
- Fresh lime juice
- A blood orange – sliced into thin wheels for floating atop the punch
- A red apple – thin sliced for floating atop the punch
- Edible gold dust or edible gold cocktail glitter – optional for effect
How To Make Harry Potter’s Polyjuice Potion Punch (Bourbon Halloween Punch)
Enjoy this magical Polyjuice Potion punch as festive, fruity, and fizzy bourbon Halloween drink for grown-ups. Serve and sip while you watch your favorite Harry Potter films over the fall season and the spooky Halloween season!
This easy golden red halloween punch recipe makes such an easy and elegant small-batch bourbon cocktail to share with friends! Whether you’re throwing a fun Halloween party or having a spooky movie night with drinks and snacks, this easy bourbon Halloween punch will please a crowd!
Harry Potter Polyjuice Potion Halloween Punch Recipe with Bourbon
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 Martinelli's 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 Woodford Reserve Bourbon Infused Cherries) - or from a bottle of good quality cocktail cherries – I used Woodford Reserve bourbon infused cocktail cherries
- 1 oz 100% 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.
