This is an old recipe from the ’70’s. This used to be my tried and true punch that I always made for Christmas Parties…but now I use the much easier “False Champagne” punch, recipe in this book.

Black punch?? That’s right. This potion creates a beverage the color of the darkest night!
You can make this even more fun…freeze water in latex gloves for your ice and have spooky frozen hands floating around in your punch bowl! Use a black plastic caldron for your punch bowl. (Be sure your latex gloves are not the kind with powder in them.)

“Antique Recipe”
My mother was a cook and housekeeper for a wealthy family during the depression…yes the one in the 1930’s. She discovered this recipe then.

This is easy and I use this often because it is so good…it is also easy to add to when you need more. Tip: Save one of your ginger ale bottles to pour any left over punch in for the next day.

When I tire of my Shrimp Dip Dr.Pepper, I switch to this one. (The “Harris” part of this title comes from the lady that gave me this.)
Serve with crackers or chips.

One of the best!
Serve with crackers or tortilla chips.

This is great to serve with raw veggies or just crackers.
Use a hollowed out round loaf of bread to serve in or a large hollowed out bell pepper!
The microwave works great to cook the spinach.

These sound like they would be really hot…but I don’t like hot stuff and I loved these! I think the trick is cleaning out all those ribs and seeds. (You might want to use plastic gloves to protect your fingers.)
You can use one of those “grill pans” that have little holes in it for grilling fish or vegetables.

Always gets compliments.
My daughter makes hers different…she leaves out the Miracle Whip or sour cream, adds finely chopped fresh jalapeno and ALWAYS uses fresh lime, does not use salsa. (Hate to admit it…but hers is much better!!)
Serve with chips.