My friends and I love the HBO series True Blood based off of the infinitely better book series by Charlaine Harris, The Sookie Stackhouse novels. Each Sunday night we excitedly wait for an episode to air (like vamps wait in their coffins for the sun to set!)
Recently we created the most temping drink to sate our thirsts before the show started. ;) (I'm really getting into this vampire theme)! We call it V (it's what Vampire Blood is called on True blood).
V would be great for your own True Blood party/marathon or upcoming Halloween party!
Start by making 1 large box of your favorite flavor of any red jello (cherry, strawberry, even raspberry can work great!). Strawberry was our favorite flavor to use.
Let the jello set up until it's jello and then deposit spoonfuls of it onto a flat plate (we found that making the jello in a casserole dish cuts out this step).
Use a fork to go through and make 'vampire guts' (what True Blood's director Alan Ball thinks vampires look like when they meet their demise).
Spoon the vamp guts into clear cups.
This taboo drink was easy to make and waaay fun to drink; probably a good one to make with kids as well :) If you wanted to add a little adult into the mix you could probably follow a jello shot recipe for when you prepare the drink's innards!
Until next time, enjoy your V and the season finale of True Blood season 4!
Note: Me (left in the black and coral) and Arika (mid-right in the white and blue) worked together to perfect this recipe. Our men happily volunteered to be 'scary' in this photo ;). Check out Arika's blog, Happy Home!
Recently we created the most temping drink to sate our thirsts before the show started. ;) (I'm really getting into this vampire theme)! We call it V (it's what Vampire Blood is called on True blood).
V would be great for your own True Blood party/marathon or upcoming Halloween party!
Start by making 1 large box of your favorite flavor of any red jello (cherry, strawberry, even raspberry can work great!). Strawberry was our favorite flavor to use.
Let the jello set up until it's jello and then deposit spoonfuls of it onto a flat plate (we found that making the jello in a casserole dish cuts out this step).
Use a fork to go through and make 'vampire guts' (what True Blood's director Alan Ball thinks vampires look like when they meet their demise).
Spoon the vamp guts into clear cups.
Then fill the cups up with your favorite fizzy red drink (half jello, half fizzy drink). In our trials we tried sparkling blood orange and sparkling cranberry and then Faygo red pop. Faygo won! It tasted the best with our strawberry 'guts'.
Mmmmm, bloody!
This taboo drink was easy to make and waaay fun to drink; probably a good one to make with kids as well :) If you wanted to add a little adult into the mix you could probably follow a jello shot recipe for when you prepare the drink's innards!
Until next time, enjoy your V and the season finale of True Blood season 4!
Note: Me (left in the black and coral) and Arika (mid-right in the white and blue) worked together to perfect this recipe. Our men happily volunteered to be 'scary' in this photo ;). Check out Arika's blog, Happy Home!
