Finishing Touches

What’s a party without drinks and chips? Well, it could be a party with drinks and popcorn. One important fact about Singapore: one bag of chips costs more than a box with three bags of microwavable popcorn in it. Thus, today I’m sharing three flavored popcorns that were whipped up on the fly and some slimy punch to wash it down.

Super-simple Flavored Popcorn

1. Mix about ¼ cup melted butter/margarine in a small bowl with ½ a packet (about 2 Tbs) taco seasoning mix, a dash of salt/seasoned salt and a dash or more of chili powder depending on your love of spice (start small).
2. Pour the mixture over a bag of popped popcorn in a sealable bag or piece of tupperware.  Shake to coat.

1. Mix about ¼ cup melted butter/margarine in a small bowl with 2 Tbs grated parmesan cheese (the cheap kind in the shaker) and a dash each of garlic powder, oregano, basil and salt.
2. Pour the mixture over a bag of popped popcorn in a sealable bag or piece of tupperware.  Shake to coat.

1. Melt ¼ cup of butter/margarine and 20 marshmallows (about 1 7oz jar of marshmallow crème) in a large bowl in the microwave at 1 minute intervals, stirring in-between until melted and smooth.
2. Stir ¼ cup of peanut butter into the melted marshmallows.
3. Pour mixture over a bag of popped popcorn in a large casserole or baking dish and turn with a spoon or spatula to coat.
4. Bake in the oven at 300F (150C) for 15-20 minutes, stirring once in the middle.

Slime Juice

I would love to make a creepy and disgusting, blood-colored punch for Halloween, but alas- I am deathly allergic to all things artificially red, which includes pretty much all red drinks and mixers.  And so I must resort to creepy and disgusting SLIME.

1.      Mix 1 bottle of champagne with 1 liter of orange juice and 2 cups of Blue Curacao or Midori.
2.      Drink and be merry!

• Depending on where you live, liqueurs like Blue Curacao or Midori may be impossible to find or crazy expensive. Last year I had to substitute one 8oz bottle of blue sports drink and 2 cups of light rum instead (and cut the orange juice in half).
• I like to salvage the orange juice from my Orange-o’-lanterns for this punch.
• Of course, the ratio of alcohol to fruit juice is always up to you!