Spooky Spider Brew Halloween Punch

This delicious spiced Halloween punch recipe can be served plain as a non-alcoholic Halloween punch for kids or as a grown-up Halloween punch with vodka for a festive and spooky crowd-pleasing cocktail.

To make this festive fall spice Spooky Spider Brew Halloween punch, you'll need just a few simple ingredients:

Ingredients to make the Fall Spice Syrup to flavor the punch:

1. 1/3 cup Water
2. 1/3 cup Granulated Sugar
3. 2 whole Cinnamon Sticks
4. 3 pieces sliced ginger
5. 5 cloves
6. 3 slices Fresh Orange Peel

Ingredients for the Spider Brew Halloween Punch:

1. Spiced Syrup - recipe follows
2. Cranberry juice
3. Honeycrisp apple juice
4. Ginger Ale
5. Vodka – (optional) plain vodka
6. Fresh Lime – wedges for squeezing in at the end
7. Fresh Orange – for the spiced syrup and to garnish the punch
8. Apple slices – to garnish the punch
9. Cinnamon – optional, for garnish

Additionally, you'll want to have:

-measuring cups

-a medium punch bowl

-a ladle

-punch cups

-a small sauce pan and a strainer: for the spiced simple syrup.

1. ⅓ cup Water
2. 1/3 cup White Sugar
3. 2 whole Cinnamon Sticks
4. 3 pieces Fresh Ginger - sliced
5. 5 whole Cloves
6. 3 pieces Orange Peel - cut peel pieces only

To make the spiced syrup, add the cinnamon sticks, orange peel, sliced ginger, and cloves to a small sauce pan and cover with the sugar and water.

Set the saucepan over a flame and stir the contents until the sugar is melted into the water.

Bring the mixture to a light simmer and cover. Continue to cook the spiced syrup (covered to prevent evaporation) on a light simmer for another 5 minutes.

When 5 minutes of simmer time is up, turn the heat off and let the syrup steep an additional 5 minutes covered.

When steep time is up, remove cover, strain into a jar with a screw top lid, and let cool to use in the Spooky Spider Brew!

Additional Notes:

This spiced syrup can be made well in advance and refrigerated to be used within 2 weeks.

You can also use this same autumn spiced syrup to flavor a spiced apple moscow mule fall cocktail.

If you need extra, the recipe can be easily doubled to make more.

Once the spiced syrup is cooled, you can use it to make the fun Spider Brew Halloween Punch.

1. ⅓ cup Spiced Syrup - recipe shown above
2. 4 cups Cranberry Juice
3. 3 cups Honeycrisp Apple Juice
4. 3 cups Ginger Ale
5. 2 to 3 wedges Fresh Lime - for squeezing in
6. 1 cup Vodka - (optional) plain
7. 3 to 4 whole Cinnamon Sticks - (optional) for garnish
8. 4 to 5 slices Red Apple - for garnish
9. 4 to 5 slices Orange - for garnish

In a medium punch bowl, splash in the cooled homemade spiced syrup along with cranberry juice, honey crisp apple juice, and ginger ale. Stir with a ladle to combine.

If serving as an alcoholic Halloween punch with vodka, splash in about a cup or so to taste of plain vodka.

Squeeze the lime wedges in at the end and discard. Stir to combine evenly and garnish with thin slices of orange and thin slices of apple. Top with a few cinnamon sticks.

This spooky spiced spider brew is perfect for anyone that needs easy and fun no-fuss drinks for a Halloween party.

When ready to serve, fill small punch cups with ice and ladle the festive Spider Brew Halloween vodka punch over fresh ice.

Top your cups with fresh sliced orange and a cinnamon stick, if desired. Enjoy chilled.

Loaded with warm spiced flavors that stand up to the crisp cool nights of fall, this Spiced Spider Brew Halloween punch will put out a delightful batch of spooky drinks for friends in no time at all.