Whip up these three festive recipes this weekend for an even creepier Halloween. We’re making blood-splattered cupcakes, mummies dipped in blood and bloody vampire cocktails.

Cupcakes
Ingredients:
Red velvet cupcake mix
12 cupcake liners
1 can vanilla or cream cheese frosting
Red gel frosting
Red food coloring
Small paintbrush or new toothbrush

Directions:
Bake the cupcakes according to the box or a recipe from scratch if you’re very daring. Once the cupcakes are cool, frost them to your liking. Now comes the fun part. Squirt about a teaspoon of the gel frosting into a small bowl and add several drops of the food coloring. Mix together, adding more food coloring to make the color resemble blood. You may need to add 1/2 tsp. of warm water if the mix gets too thick. You want it to be slightly thicker than liquid so your paintbrush isn’t dripping. If you want big drops of “blood”, thicker is better. Next, coat your paintbrush with the “blood”. Holding it just over the cupcakes, run your index finger along the bristles to spray the cupcakes until you think they’re bloody enough. To protect your workspace, put some paper towels or wax paper around the area.

Mummies
Ingredients:
1 package of bun-length hot dogs (8-pack)
1 can Pillsbury Crescent Rolls (8 servings)
Some baking flour to keep the dough from getting sticky
Ketchup

Directions:
Cut the hot dogs to look like people by slicing the dog halfway up and then about three quarters of the way up for the arms. Take your dough and roll it into long strips to wrap around the hot dogs. Use some flower if you find the dough is getting too sticky to work with. Wrap the legs, body, arms and head. Once all your mummies are wrapped up, pop them in the oven for nine minutes (or according to the package of rolls you’re using). Serve with ketchup.

Vampire Cocktails (I found that this recipe was off in measurements, so I’m writing down what I used to make two drinks.)
Ingredients:
1 cup raspberries
1/4 cup sugar
4 oz. unflavored vodka
2 oz. amaretto
3 oz. orange juice
6 oz. club soda
2 plastic syringes (You can find these at a Halloween supply store.)

Directions:
Puree the raspberries in a blender. Take a fine mesh strainer and press the puree with a spoon through the strainer into a sauce pan to separate it from the seeds. Discard the seeds. Stir in the sugar and heat the puree over medium-low. Heat for about eight minutes or until the puree resembles blood. Pour the puree into a small bowl and put it in the fridge until you need it. Next, mix the vodka and amaretto for just a few seconds. Use a shaker with ice if you have one; otherwise, a quick stir in the blender will suffice. Then stir in the orange juice and club soda. Pour the drinks into iced glasses. Now grab your “blood” and syringes. Fill the syringes with the raspberry puree and place in the glasses until you’re ready to serve.

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