This spooky drink is as fun to display as it is to drink! All the ghosts and ghouls will love this creepy twist on a fall favorite this Halloween season!

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Haunted Shrunken Head Apple Cider

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups lemon juice
• 2 tbsp salt
• 3-4 large apples
• 1 gallon Apple Cider

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, add lemon juice and salt. Stir to combine.
• Peel and cut each apple in half, removing the core including the stem and seeds from each apple.
• Now, take a small paring knife and carve faces in the the rounded side of each apple half.
• Add apples to the bowl with the lemon and salt mix and let soak for a minute or two.
• Remove apples and place face up on a lined baking sheet.
• Bake apples until dry about 90 minutes.
• Meanwhile, why the apples bake add apple cider to a slowcooker on low to heat up.
• When the apples are done add them to the warm cider so the shrunken heads float on top.
• Display the Haunted Shrunken Head Apple Cider in a punchbowl or in the slowcooker with a ladle and mugs for serving.

Start with 3-4 large apples. 

 Peel and cut each apple in half.

Remove the core including the stem and seeds from each apple. 

Add apples to the bowl with the lemon and salt mix and let soak for a minute or two.

This keeps the apples from browning.

Now, take a small paring knife and carve faces in the the rounded side of each apple half.

My girls enjoyed carving scary and funny faces into the apples. 

A paring knife works well but you can also use a melon baller or small spoon to scoop out the eyes and mouth. 

Remove apples and place face up on a lined baking sheet. 

Bake apples until dry at 250 degrees for 90 minutes. 

When the apples are done add them to the warm cider.

The shrunken heads should float on top.

Display the Haunted Shrunken Head Apple Cider in a punchbowl or in the slowcooker with a ladle and mugs for serving. 

This recipe is inspired by two of our favorite family movies (that happen to feature shrunken heads), Harry Potter and Beetlejuice!

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